Justice minister

Short description: Government agency in-charge of justice

A justice ministry, ministry of justice,[1] or department of justice[2] is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a very few countries) or a secretary of justice. In some countries, the head of the department may be called the attorney general, for example in the United States.[3] Monaco is an example of a country that does not have a ministry of justice, but rather a Directorate of Judicial Services (head: Secretary of Justice) that oversees the administration of justice.[4] Vatican City, a country under the sovereignty of the Holy See, also does not possess a ministry of justice. Instead, the Governorate of Vatican City State (head: President of the Governorate of Vatican City State), the legislative body of the Vatican, includes a legal office.

Depending on the country, specific duties may relate to organizing the justice system, overseeing the public prosecutor[5] and national investigative agencies (e.g. the American Federal Bureau of Investigation), and maintaining the legal system and public order. Some ministries have additional responsibilities in related policy areas such as overseeing elections, directing the police, law reform, and administration of the immigration and citizenship services. The duties of the ministry of justice may in some countries be split from separate responsibilities of an attorney general[6] (often responsible for the justice system) and the interior minister[7] (often responsible for public order). Sometimes the prison system is separated into another government department called Corrective Services.

## Contents

* 1 Related articles and lists
* 2 See also
* 3 Other topics of interest
* 4 References

## Related articles and lists

Country, State or Territory  | Subnational division  | Ministry  | Head  | List

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Afghanistan† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Albania | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Algeria† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Andorra† | Ministry of Social Affairs, Justice and Interior | Minister of Social Affairs, Justice and Interior | list
Angola | Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Minister of Justice and Human Rights | list
Anguilla† | Attorney General's Chambers | Attorney General | list
Antigua and Barbuda† | Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs | Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs | list
Argentina† | Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Minister of Justice and Human Rights | list
Armenia | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Aruba† | Ministry of Justice, Security and Integration | Minister of Justice, Security and Integration | list
Australia | Attorney General's Department | Attorney General of Australia | list
| Australian Capital Territory |  | Attorney General | list
| New South Wales† | Department of Attorney General and Justice | Attorney General; Minister of Justice† | list

list

| Norfolk Island | Attorney General | Chief Minister |
| Northern Territory | Department of Justice and Attorney General | Attorney General and Minister of Justice  | list
| Queensland | Department of Justice and Attorney General | Attorney General of Queensland | list
| South Australia | Department of the Attorney General | Attorney General | list
| Tasmania | Department of Justice and the Attorney General | Attorney General and Minister of Justice | list
| Victoria† | Department of Justice and Community Safety | Attorney-General | list
| Western Australia | Department of the Attorney General | Attorney General | list
Austria | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Azerbaijan | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Bahamas | Office of the Attorney General and
Ministry of Legal Affairs (Bahamas) | Attorney General
Minister of Legal Affairs | list
Bahrain† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Bangladesh† | Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs | Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs | list
Barbados | Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs | Attorney General | list
Belarus† | Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus | Minister of Justice | list
Belgium | Federal Public Service Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Belize | Ministry of the Attorney General Office | Attorney General | list
Benin | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Bermuda | Attorney General's Chambers | Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs | list
Bhutan† | Office of the Attorney General | Attorney General | list
Bolivia | Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency | Minister of Justice and Institutional Transparency | list
Bonaire† | Chief Public Prosecutor | Attorney General (Ministry of Justice and Security) | list
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Botswana | Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security | Minister of Defence, Justice and Security | list
Brazil† | Ministry of Justice and Public Security | Minister of Justice and Public Security | list
British Virgin Islands | Department of Justice | Attorney General | list
Brunei | Office of the Attorney General | Attorney General | list
Bulgaria | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Burkina Faso | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Burundi | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Cambodia† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Cameroon† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of State for Justice | list
Canada | Department of Justice | Minister of Justice
Attorney General of Canada | list
| Alberta | Ministry of Justice and Attorney General | Attorney General and Minister of Justice  | list
| British Columbia | Ministry of Justice | Attorney General and Minister of Justice | list
| Manitoba | Department of Justice (Manitoba) | Attorney General and Minister of Justice | list
| New Brunswick | Department of Justice (New Brunswick) | Attorney General and Minister of Justice | list
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Department of Justice and Public Safety | Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Public Safety |
| Northwest Territories | Department of Justice | Minister of Justice |
| Nova Scotia | Department of Justice | Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Public Safety |
| Nunavut | Department of Justice | Minister of Justice |
| Ontario | Ministry of the Attorney General | Attorney General | list
| Prince Edward Island | Department of Justice and Public Safety | Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Public Safety  |
| Quebec | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice (Quebec) | list
| Saskatchewan | Ministry of Justice | Attorney General and Minister of Justice |
| Yukon | Department of Justice | Minister of Justice |
Cape Verde | Ministry of Justice and Labor | Minister of Justice and Labor | list
Cayman Islands | Office of Director of Public Prosecutions | Director of Public Prosecutions | list
Central African Republic | Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Minister of Justice and Human Rights | list
Chad† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Chile | Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Minister of Justice and Human Rights | list
People's Republic of China | Ministry of Justice
Public Notary Office of People's Republic of China
Supreme People's Procuratorate | Minister of Justice

Procurator-General | list
| Template:HK | Department of Justice | Secretary for Justice | list
|  Macau | Secretariat for Administration and Justice | Secretary for Administration and Justice | list
Republic of China (Taiwan) | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Colombia | Ministry of Justice and Law | Minister of Justice and Law | list
Comoros† | Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs, Public Administration and Human Rights | Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs, Public Administration and Human Rights | list
Cook Islands† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Costa Rica | Ministry of Justice and Peace | Minister of Justice and Peace | list
Croatia | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Cuba | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Curaçao† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Cyprus | Ministry of Justice and Public Order | Minister of Justice and Public Order | list
Czech Republic | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Democratic Republic of Congo† | Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Minister of Justice and Human Rights | list
Denmark | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Djibouti† | Ministry of Justice and Penal Affairs | Minister of Justice and Penal Affairs | list
Dominica† | Ministry of Justice, Immigration and National Security | Minister of Justice, Immigration and National Security | list
Dominican Republic | Attorney General of the Republic (Dominican Republic) | Attorney General | list
East Timor | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Ecuador | Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Cults | Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Cults | list
Egypt† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
El Salvador | Public Ministry | Attorney General | list
Equatorial Guinea | Ministry of Justice, Worship and Penitentiary Institutions | Minister of Justice, Worship and Penitentiary Institutions | list
Eritrea | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Estonia† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Ethiopia† | Federal Attorney General's Office (formerly Ministry of Justice) | Federal Attorney General | list
European Union | DG Justice | Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship | list
Template:FRO | Ministry of Internal Affairs | Minister of Internal Affairs | list
Fiji† | Office of the Attorney General | Attorney General and Minister of Justice | list
Finland | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
France | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Gabon | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Gambia | Ministry of Justice | Minister for Justice | list
Georgia | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
|  Abkhazia | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
|  South Ossetia | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Germany | Federal Ministry of Justice | Federal Minister of Justice | list
Ghana | Ministry of Justice and Attorney General's Department | Attorney General | list
Gibraltar† | Office of the Attorney General | Attorney General and Director of Public Prosecution | list
Greece | Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights | Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights | list
Greenland | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice |
Grenada† | Office of the Attorney General | Attorney General | list
Guam | Office of the Attorney General | Attorney General | list
Guatemala | Public Ministry | Attorney General | list
Guinea | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Guinea-Bissau | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Guyana† | Ministry of Legal Affairs and Attorney General's Chambers | Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs | list
Haiti | Ministry of Justice and Public Security | Minister of Justice and Public Security | list
Honduras | Ministry of Human Rights, Justice, Governance and Decentralization | Minister of Human Rights, Justice, Governance and Decentralization | list
Hungary | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Administration and Justice | list
Iceland | Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Minister of Interior | list
India† | Ministry of Law and Justice | Minister of Law and Justice | list
Indonesia† | Ministry of Law and Human Rights
Office of the Attorney General | Attorney General†

Minister of Justice and Human Rights†

| list

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Iran† | Ministry of Justice و Judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran | Chief Justice, Attorney General and Minister of Justice | list
Iraq† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Ireland | Department of Justice | Minister for Justice | list
Isle of Man† | Attorney General | Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom) | list
Israel | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
|  Palestine† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Italy | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Ivory Coast | Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Minister of Justice and Human Rights | list
Jamaica | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Japan | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Jordan† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Kazakhstan | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Kenya | Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice (formerly Ministry of Justice) | Attorney General | list
Kiribati† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
South Korea | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Kyrgyzstan | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Kuwait† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Laos† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Latvia | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Lebanon† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Lesotho | Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Correctional Services | Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Correctional Services | list
Liberia | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice
Attorney General | list
Libya† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Liechtenstein | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Culture | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Culture | list
Lithuania | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Luxembourg | Ministry of Justice  | Minister of Justice | list
North Macedonia | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Madagascar | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Malawi† | Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs | Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs | list
Maldives | Ministry of Law and Gender | Attorney General and Minister of Law and Gender | list
Mali | Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Minister of Justice and Human Rights | list
Malta† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Marshall Islands† | Ministry of Justice, Immigration and Labor | Minister of Justice, Immigration and Labor | list
Mauritania† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Mauritius | Attorney General's Office, Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Institutional Reforms | Attorney General and Minister of Justice | list
Mexico | Office of the Attorney General | Attorney General | list
File:Flag of Federated States of Micronesia.svg Micronesia | Department of Justice | Secretary of Justice | list
Moldova | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice  | list
|  Transnistria | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Mongolia† | Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs | Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs | list
Montenegro† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Montserrat | Office of the Attorney General | Attorney General | list
Morocco† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
|  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic† | Ministry of Justice and Religious Affairs | Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs | list
Mozambique | Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs | Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs | list
Myanmar† | Office of the Attorney General | Union Attorney General | list
Namibia | Ministry of Justice | Attorney General and Minister of Justice | list
Nauru† | Ministry of Justice and Border Control | Minister of Justice and Border Control (Nauru) | list
Nepal† | Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs | Minister of Justice | list
Netherlands | Ministry of Justice and Security | Minister of Justice and Security | list
New Zealand | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Nicaragua | Public Ministry | Attorney General | list
Niger† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Nigeria† | Ministry of Justice | Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria | list
Niue† | Justice Department (formerly Ministry of Justice) | Secretary of Justice (Ministry of Social Services) | list
Norway | Ministry of Justice and Public Security | Minister of Justice and Public Security | list
Oman† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Pakistan | Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights  | Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights | list
Palau† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Panama | Ministry of Government (formerly Ministry of Government and Justice)  | Minister of Government  | list
Papua New Guinea | Department of Justice and Attorney General | Attorney General and Minister of Justice | list
Paraguay | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Peru | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Philippines | Department of Justice | Secretary of Justice | list
Poland | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Qatar† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Republic of Congo† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Romania | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Russia† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
| Template:Country data Crimea | Prosecutor General's Office | Prosecutor General | list
Rwanda | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Saba† | Chief Public Prosecutor | Attorney General (Ministry of Security and Justice) | list
Saint Kitts and Nevis† | Ministry of the Attorney General, Justice and Legal Affairs and Communications | Attorney General | list
Saint Lucia | Ministry of Legal Affairs | Minister of Legal Affairs | list
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines† | Ministry of Legal Affairs | Minister of Legal Affairs | list
Samoa | Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration | Minister of Justice and Courts Administration | list
San Marino† | Department of Institutional Affairs and Justice | Secretariat of State for Justice, Information and Research | list
São Tomé and Príncipe | Ministry of Justice, Internal Administration and Human Rights | Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Human Rights | list
Saudi Arabia† | Ministry of Justice and Legal Reform | Minister of Justice | list
Senegal | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Serbia | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
|  Kosovo | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
File:Flag of the Seychelles.svg Seychelles† | Department of Legal Affairs | Attorney General | list
Sierra Leone | Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice | Attorney General and Minister of Justice | list
Sint Eustatius† | Chief Public Prosecutor | Attorney General (Ministry of Security and Justice) | list
Sint Maarten† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Singapore† | Attorney-General's Chambers
Ministry of Law | Attorney-General
Minister of Law | list
list
Slovakia | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Slovenia | Minister of Justice | Ministry of Justice | list
Solomon Islands† | Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs | Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs | list
Somalia† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
|  Somaliland† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
South Africa | Department of Justice and Constitutional Development | Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development | list
South Sudan† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Spain | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Sri Lanka | Ministry of Justice and Legal Reform | Minister of Justice | list
Sudan† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Suriname | Ministry of Justice and Police | Minister of Justice and Police | list
Swaziland (Eswatini) | Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs | Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs | list
Sweden | Ministry of Justice | Minister for Justice | list
Switzerland | Federal Department of Justice and Police | Head, Federal Department of Justice and Police | list
File:Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Tajikistan† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Tanzania | Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs | Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs | list
Thailand† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Togo | Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | Minister of Justice and Human Rights | list
Tonga | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Trinidad and Tobago | Office of the Attorney General | Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs | list
Tunisia | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Turkey† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Turkmenistan† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Turks and Caicos Islands | Office of the Attorney General | Attorney General | list
Tuvalu | Office of the Attorney General | Attorney General | list
Uganda | Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs | Minister of Justice | list
Ukraine | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
United Arab Emirates† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
United Kingdom | Ministry of Justice | Lord Chancellor
Secretary of State for Justice | list
|  Northern Ireland | Department of Justice | Minister of Justice
Attorney General for Northern Ireland | list
| Template:SCO | Learning and Justice Directorates | Cabinet Secretary for Justice | list
| File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales† |  | Counsel General | list
United States | United States Department of Justice | Attorney General | list
|  American Samoa† | Department of Legal Affairs | Attorney General | list
|  Northern Mariana Islands | Office of the Attorney General | Attorney General | list
|  Puerto Rico | Department of Justice | Attorney General and Secretary of Justice | list
|  United States Virgin Islands | Department of Justice | Attorney General of the United States Virgin Islands | list
Uzbekistan | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Vanuatu | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Venezuela | Ministry of Popular Power for Interior Relations, Justice and Peace | Minister of Popular Power for Interior Relations, Justice and Peace | list
Vietnam† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Yemen† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Zambia† | Ministry of Justice | Minister of Justice | list
Zimbabwe† | Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs | Minister of Justice | list

† Based on available research, these are the countries, states or territories that have yet to appoint a female as the Minister of Justice, Attorney General or equivalent.

## See also

* Attorney general
* Interior minister
* List of female justice ministers
* List of first women lawyers and judges by nationality

## Other topics of interest

* Ministry of Justice (imperial China): A Chinese government ministry between the Sui and Qing dynasties
* Ministry of Justice (pre-modern Japan): A Japanese government ministry between the Asuka and Meiji periods
* Ministry of Justice (Soviet Union): A government ministry of the USSR that existed from 1923 to 1991
* Ministry of Justice (Yugoslavia): The justice ministry that was responsible for the judicial system of the following: Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918-1945), SFR Yugoslavia (1945-1992), and FR Yugoslavia period (1992–2003)

## References

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1. ↑ "Ministry of Justice (Defined)" (in en). https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/the-ministry-of-justice.
2. ↑ "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Legal Definition)" (in en). https://www.merriam-webster.com/legal/Department of Justice.
3. ↑ "History & Art of the Department of Justice | DOJ | Department of Justice" (in en). https://www.justice.gov/about/history.
4. ↑ Monaco, Gouvernement Princier de. "La Justice / Les Institutions / Gouvernement et Institutions / Portail du Gouvernement - Monaco" (in fr-FR). https://www.gouv.mc/Gouvernement-et-Institutions/Les-Institutions/La-Justice.
5. ↑ "Public Prosecutor (Meaning)" (in en). https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/public-prosecutor.
6. ↑ "What is ATTORNEY GENERAL? (Definition of ATTORNEY GENERAL in Black's Law Dictionary)" (in en-US). The Law Dictionary. 2011-11-04. https://thelawdictionary.org/attorney-general/.
7. ↑ "Interior (adjective) - American English definition and synonyms" (in en). https://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/interior_2.

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