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{{Redirect|DoJ|the federal executive department of the United States|United States Department of Justice||DOJ (disambiguation){{!}}DOJ}}
A '''justice ministry''', '''ministry of justice''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/the-ministry-of-justice|title=Ministry of Justice (Defined)|website=Oxford Learners Dictionaries|language=en|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref> or '''department of justice''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/legal/Department%20of%20Justice|title=DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Legal Definition)|website=Merriam-Webster|language=en|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref> is a [[Ministry (government department)|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 Department of Justice|United States]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/about/history|title=History & Art of the Department of Justice {{!}} DOJ {{!}} Department of Justice|website=www.justice.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref> [[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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gouv.mc/Gouvernement-et-Institutions/Les-Institutions/La-Justice|title=La Justice / Les Institutions / Gouvernement et Institutions / Portail du Gouvernement - Monaco|last=Monaco|first=Gouvernement Princier de|website=www.gouv.mc|language=fr-FR|access-date=2018-07-18}}</ref> [[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.▼
▲{{short description|Government agency in-charge of justice}}
▲A '''justice ministry''', '''ministry of justice''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/the-ministry-of-justice|title=Ministry of Justice (Defined)|website=Oxford Learners Dictionaries|language=en|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref> or '''department of justice'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/legal/Department%20of%20Justice|title=DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Legal Definition)|website=Merriam-Webster|language=en|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref> is a [[Ministry (government department)|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 Department of Justice|United States]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/about/history|title=History & Art of the Department of Justice {{!}} DOJ {{!}} Department of Justice|website=www.justice.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref> [[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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gouv.mc/Gouvernement-et-Institutions/Les-Institutions/La-Justice|title=La Justice / Les Institutions / Gouvernement et Institutions / Portail du Gouvernement - Monaco|last=Monaco|first=Gouvernement Princier de|website=www.gouv.mc|language=fr-FR|access-date=2018-07-18}}</ref> [[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 [[Criminal justice|justice system]], overseeing the [[public prosecutor]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/public-prosecutor|title=Public Prosecutor (Meaning)|website=Cambridge English Dictionary|language=en|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref> and national investigative agencies (e.g. the American [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]), and maintaining the [[justice system|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]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thelawdictionary.org/attorney-general/|title=What is ATTORNEY GENERAL? (Definition of ATTORNEY GENERAL in Black's Law Dictionary)|date=2011-11-04|work=The Law Dictionary|access-date=2018-07-17|language=en-US}}</ref> (often responsible for the justice system) and the [[interior minister]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/interior_2|title=Interior (adjective) - American English definition and synonyms|website=Macmillan Dictionary|language=en|access-date=2018-07-17}}</ref> (often responsible for public order). Sometimes the [[Prison|prison system]] is separated into another government department called Corrective Services.
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Afghanistan}}
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|colspan="2"|{{ALB}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Albania)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[List of Justice Ministers of Albania|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{ALG}}
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Andorra}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Angola}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Angola)|Ministry of Justice and Human Rights]]||Minister of Justice and Human Rights||[[Ministry of Justice (Angola)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Anguilla}}
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{ARG}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Armenia}}||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Armenia)|list]]
|-▼
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Aruba}}† ||Ministry of Justice, Security and Integration ||Minister of Justice, Security and Integration||[[Ministry of Justice, Security and Integration (Aruba)|list]]▼
|-
|colspan="2"|{{AUS}}||[[Attorney-General's Department (Australia)|Attorney General's Department]]||Attorney General of Australia ||[[Attorney-General for Australia|list]]
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| rowspan="11" | ||[[Australian Capital Territory]]|| Justice and Community Safety Directorate||
|-
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[[Minister for Corrections (New South Wales)|list]]▼
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▲|[[Minister for Corrections (New South Wales)|list]]
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|[[Norfolk Island]]||Attorney General|| Chief Minister ||
|- |[[Northern Territory]]||Department of Justice and Attorney General||Attorney General and Minister of Justice |[[Attorney-General of the Northern Territory|list]]
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|-
|-
|-
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|Minister for Corrections
|||[[Western Australia]]||Department of the Attorney General||Attorney General||[[Attorney-General of Western Australia|list]]▼
|[[Minister for Corrections (Victoria)#Ministers|list]]
▲|-
▲
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|colspan="2"|{{AUT}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Austria)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Austria)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{AZE}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Azerbaijan)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Azerbaijan)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{BAH}}||[[Office of the Attorney-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs (Bahamas)|Office of the Attorney General and <br />Ministry of Legal Affairs (Bahamas)]]||Attorney General
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Bahrain}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Bangladesh}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Barbados}} ||Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs||Attorney General||[[Attorney-General of Barbados|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{BLR}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{BEL}}||[[Federal Public Service Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[Minister of Justice (Belgium)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Bermuda}}||Attorney General's Chambers||Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs||[[Attorney General of Bermuda|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Bhutan}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Bolivia}}||Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency||Minister of Justice and Institutional Transparency||[[Ministry of Justice and Institutional Transparency (Bolivia)|list]]
|-▼
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Bosnia and Herzegovina)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Bosnia and Herzegovina)#List of ministers|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Botswana}}||[[Ministry of Defence and Security (Botswana)|Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security]]||Minister of Defence, Justice and Security||[[Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security (Botswana)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{BRA}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|British Virgin Islands}}||Department of Justice||Attorney General||[[Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Burundi}} ||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Burundi)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Cambodia}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{CMR}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{CAN}}||[[Department of Justice (Canada)|Department of Justice]]||
|-
| rowspan="13" | ||[[Alberta]]||Ministry of Justice and Attorney General||
|[[Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General of Alberta|list]]
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
||
|-
|-
|-
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Cape Verde}}||Ministry of Justice and Labor||Minister of Justice and Labor||[[Ministry of Justice (Cape Verde)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Central African Republic}}||Ministry of Justice and Human Rights ||Minister of Justice and Human Rights||[[Ministry of Justice (Central African Republic)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Chad}}
|-
| colspan="2" |{{flag|Chile}}||[[Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Chile)|Ministry of Justice and Human Rights]]||Minister of Justice and Human Rights||[[Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Chile)|list]]
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |{{
|-
|[[Supreme People's Procuratorate]]
|Procurator-General
|[[Supreme People's Procuratorate#List of Prosecutors-General|list]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | ||{{
|-
▲|-
| colspan="2" |{{
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Colombia}}||[[Ministry of Justice and Law (Colombia)|Ministry of Justice and Law]]||Minister of Justice and Law ||[[List of Ministers of Justice and Law (Colombia)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Comoros}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Cook Islands}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Costa Rica}}||Ministry of Justice and Peace||Minister of Justice and Peace ||[[Ministry of Justice and Peace (Costa Rica)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Cuba}}||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Cuba)|list]]
|-▼
▲|colspan="2"|{{flag|Curaçao}}†||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Curaçao)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{CYP}}||[[Ministry of Justice and Public Order (Cyprus)|Ministry of Justice and Public Order]]||Minister of Justice and Public Order||[[Ministry of Justice and Public Order (Cyprus)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Czech Republic}}||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Czech Republic)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{DNK}}||[[Ministry of Justice of Denmark|Ministry of Justice]]||[[Justice Minister of Denmark|Minister of Justice]]||[[List of Justice Ministers of Denmark|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Djibouti}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Dominica}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{DOM}}||[[Attorney General of the Republic (Dominican Republic)]]||
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|East Timor}}||[[Ministry of Justice (East Timor)|Ministry of Justice]]||
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Ecuador}}||Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Cults||Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Cults||[[Ministry of Justice (Ecuador)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{EGY}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|El Salvador}} ||Public Ministry||Attorney General||[[Attorney General of El Salvador|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Eritrea}}||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Eritrea)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{EST}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|European Union}}|| [[Directorate-General for Justice
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|colspan="2"|{{FRO}}||Ministry of Internal Affairs||Minister of Internal Affairs||[[List of Ministers of Internal Affairs of the Faroe Islands|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Fiji}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{FIN}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Finland)|Ministry of Justice]]||
|-
|colspan="2"|{{FRA}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Gabon}}||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Gabon)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Ghana}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Ghana)|Ministry of Justice and Attorney General's Department]]||Attorney General||[[Attorney General of Ghana|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Gibraltar}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{GRE}}||[[Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights]]||Minister of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights ||[[Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{GRL}}||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Grenada}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Guam}}||Office of the Attorney General||Attorney General||[[Attorney General of Guam|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Guinea-Bissau)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Guyana}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Haiti}}||Ministry of Justice and Public Security||Minister of Justice and Public Security||[[Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Haiti)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Iceland}}||Ministry of Justice and Human Rights||Minister of Interior||[[Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Iceland)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{IND}}
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |{{IDN}}
▲Minister of Justice and Human Rights†
|[[List of Ministers of Law and Human Rights (Indonesia)|list]]
[[Attorney General of Indonesia|list]]▼
|-
|Office of the [[Attorney General (Indonesia)|Attorney General]]
|colspan="2"|{{IRN}}†||[[Ministry of Justice (Iran)|Ministry of Justice]] و Judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran||Chief Justice, Attorney General and Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Iran)|list]]▼
|[[Attorney General (Indonesia)|Attorney General]]
▲|[[Attorney General of Indonesia|list]]
|-
| colspan="2" |{{
▲|-
▲| colspan="2" |{{
|-
|colspan="2"|{{IRL}}||[[Department of Justice (Ireland)|Department of Justice]]||[[Minister for Justice (Ireland)|Minister for Justice]]||[[Minister for Justice (Ireland)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Isle of Man}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{ISR}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Israel)|Ministry of Justice]]|||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Israel)|list]]
|-
|
|-
|colspan="2"|{{ITA}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Italy)|Ministry of Justice]]|||Minister of Justice||[[Italian Minister of Justice|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{JPN}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Japan)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[Minister of Justice (Japan)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Jordan}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Kazakhstan)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Kenya}}||Office of the Attorney General and [[Department of Justice (Kenya)|Department of Justice]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Kiribati}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{KOR}}||[[Ministry of Justice (South Korea)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (South Korea)|list]]
|-▼
▲|colspan="2"|{{flag|
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Kyrgyzstan)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Kuwait}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Laos}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Latvia}}||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Latvia)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Lebanon}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Lesotho}} ||Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Correctional Services||Minister of Justice, Human Rights and Correctional Services||[[Ministry of Justice (Lesotho)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{LBR}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Liberia)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice<br />Attorney General||[[Ministry of Justice (Liberia)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Libya}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Liechtenstein}}||Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Culture||Minister of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Culture||[[Ministry of Justice (Liechtenstein)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{MDG}}||[[Minister of Justice (Madagascar)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[Minister of Justice (Madagascar)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Malawi}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Maldives}} ||[[Ministry of Law and Gender (Maldives)|Ministry of Law and Gender]]||Attorney General and Minister of Law and Gender||[[Attorney General (Maldives)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Mali}}||Ministry of Justice and Human Rights||Minister of Justice and Human Rights||[[Ministry of Justice (Mali)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Malta}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Marshall Islands}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Mauritania}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Mauritius}}||Attorney General's Office, Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Institutional Reforms||Attorney General and Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Mauritius)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Micronesia}}||Department of Justice||Secretary of Justice||[[Secretary of Justice (Micronesia)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Moldova}}||Ministry of Justice|[[Ministry of Justice (Moldova)|Ministry of Justice]]|||Minister of Justice
|[[Ministry of Justice (Moldova)|list]]
|-
|||{{flag|Transnistria}} ||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Transnistria)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Mongolia}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{MNE}}
|-
| colspan="2" |{{flag|Montserrat}}||Office of the Attorney General||Attorney General||[[Attorney General of Montserrat|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Morocco}}
|-
|||{{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Mozambique}} ||Ministry of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs||Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs||[[Ministry of Justice (Mozambique)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Myanmar}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Namibia}}||Ministry of Justice||Attorney General and Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Namibia)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Nauru}}
|-
| colspan="2" |{{flag|Nepal}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{NLD}}||[[Ministry of Justice and Security (Netherlands)|Ministry of Justice and Security]]||[[Ministry of Justice and Security (Netherlands)|Minister of Justice and Security]]||[[List of Ministers of Justice of the Netherlands|list]]
|-▼
| rowspan="6" |
|{{flag|Bonaire}}
| rowspan="3" |Public Prosecution Service
| rowspan="3" |Attorney General
| rowspan="3" |[[Chief Public Prosecutor (BES Islands)|list]]
|-▼
|{{flag|Saba}}
|-▼
|{{flag|Sint Eustatius}}
|-
|{{flag|Aruba}}
|Ministry of Justice, Security and Integration
|Minister of Justice, Security and Integration
|[[Ministry of Justice, Security and Integration (Aruba)|list]]
|-
|{{flag|Curaçao}}
|Ministry of Justice
|Minister of Justice
|[[Ministry of Justice (Curaçao)|list]]
|-
|{{flag|Sint Maarten}}
|Ministry of Justice
|Minister of Justice
|[[Ministry of Justice (Sint Maarten)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{NZL}}||[[New Zealand Ministry of Justice|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[Minister of Justice (New Zealand)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Nicaragua}} ||Public Ministry||Attorney General||[[Public Ministry of Nicaragua|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Niger}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Niue}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{NOR}}||[[Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security|Ministry of Justice and Public Security]]||[[Minister of Justice and Public Security (Norway)|Minister of Justice and Public Security]]||[[Minister of Justice and Public Security|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Oman}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{PAK}}||[[Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights (Pakistan)|Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights]]
||Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights ||[[Minister for Law and Justice (Pakistan)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{PLW}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Panama}}||Ministry of Government (formerly Ministry of Government and Justice)
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|colspan="2"|{{POR}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Portugal)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Portugal)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Qatar}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Republic of Congo}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{ROM}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Romania)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Romania)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{RUS}}
|-
|||{{flag|Crimea}}||Prosecutor General's Office ||Prosecutor General ||[[Prosecutor General of the Republic of Crimea|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{RWA}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Rwanda)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Rwanda)|list]]
|-
| colspan="2" |{{flag|
▲|-
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Saint Lucia}}||Ministry of Legal Affairs||Minister of Legal Affairs||[[Ministry of Legal Affairs (Saint Lucia)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Samoa}} ||Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration||Minister of Justice and Courts Administration||[[Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration (Samoa)|list]]
|-
| colspan="2" |{{flag|San Marino}}
|-
| colspan="2" |{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}||Ministry of Justice, Internal Administration and Human Rights ||Minister of Justice, Public Administration and Human Rights ||[[Ministry of Justice (São Tomé and Príncipe)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2" |{{KSA}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Senegal}}||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Senegal)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{flag|Serbia}}||Ministry of Justice||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Serbia)|list]]
|-
|
▲|-
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Sierra Leone}}||Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice||Attorney General and Minister of Justice||[[Attorney General and Minister of Justice (Sierra Leone)|list]]
|-
| colspan="2" |{{SGP}}
▲|-
▲|-
▲|colspan="2"|{{SGP}}†||Attorney-General's Chambers<br>[[Ministry of Law (Singapore)|Ministry of Law]]||[[Attorney-General of Singapore|Attorney-General]]<br>Minister of Law||[[Attorney-General of Singapore#Attorney-General of the Republic of Singapore|list]]<br>[[Minister for Law (Singapore)|list]]
|-
| colspan="2" |{{SVK}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Slovakia)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Slovakia)|list]]
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| colspan="2"|{{flag|Slovenia}}||Ministry of Justice|Minister of Justice||Ministry of Justice ||[[Ministry of Justice (Slovenia)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Solomon Islands}}
|-
| colspan="2" |{{flag|Somalia}}
|-
|||{{flag|Somaliland}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{RSA}}||[[Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (South Africa)|Department of Justice and Constitutional Development]]||Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development||[[List of South African Ministers of Justice|list]]
|-
| colspan="2" |{{flag|South Sudan}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{ESP}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Spain)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Spain)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{SRI}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Sri Lanka)|Ministry of Justice and Legal Reform]]||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Sri Lanka)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Sudan}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Suriname}}||Ministry of Justice and Police||Minister of Justice and Police||[[Ministry of Justice and Police (Suriname)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{SWE}} ||[[Ministry of Justice (Sweden)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister for Justice||[[Minister for Justice (Sweden)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{SUI}}||[[Federal Department of Justice and Police]]||Head
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Syria}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Tanzania}} ||Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs||Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs||[[Ministry of Justice and Constitution Affairs|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{THA}}
|-
|colspan="2"|{{flag|Togo}}||Ministry of Justice and Human Rights||Minister of Justice and Human Rights||[[Ministry of Justice (Togo)|list]]
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|colspan="2"|{{TUN}}||[[Ministry of Justice (Tunisia)|Ministry of Justice]]||Minister of Justice||[[Ministry of Justice (Tunisia)|list]]
|-
|colspan="2"|{{TUR}}
|-
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*[[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), [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]] (1945-1992), and [[FR Yugoslavia]] period (1992–2003)▼
== See also==
*[[Attorney general]]
*[[Interior minister]]
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*[[List of first women lawyers and judges by nationality]]
== References ==▼
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▲*[[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), [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]] (1945-1992), and [[FR Yugoslavia]] period (1992–2003)
▲== References ==
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▲<references />{{Types of government minister}}
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