A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice 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 (called minister for justice in only very few countries) or secretary of justice. In countries where this agency is called a department (usually department of justice, sometimes attorney general's department) the head of the department is entitled attorney general, for example in the United States. Some countries have a solicitor general.
Specific duties may relate to organizing the justice system, overseeing the public prosecutor and maintaining the legal system and public order. Some ministries have additional responsibilities in related policy areas overseeing elections, directing the police, law reform. The duties of the ministry of justice may in some countries be split from separate responsibilities of an attorney general (often responsible for the justice system) and the interior minister (often responsible for public order). Sometimes the prison system is separated into another government department called Corrective Services.
There have been 122 female justice ministers since 1952,[citation needed] when Adriana Olguín was appointed by the Chilean government to be justice minister. She was also the first female minister in Latin America.
Sovereign states
- Italics denotes an acting justice minister and of extinct states
Name | Image | Country | Continent | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Adriana Olguín | Chile | America | 29 July 1952 | 3 November 1952 | 97 days | |
Ho Jong-suk | North Korea | Asia | 1957 | 2 months[1] | ||
Stella Soulioti | Cyprus | Europe | 1960 | 1970 | 10 years, 0 days | |
Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer | Norway | Europe | 12 October 1965 | 3 October 1970 | 4 years, 356 days | |
Svetla Daskalova | Bulgaria | Europe | 12 March 1966 | 8 February 1990 | 23 years, 333 days | |
Yolanda Myers de Vásquez | El Salvador | America | 1967 | 1972 | 5 years, 0 days | |
Auður Auðuns | Iceland | Europe | 10 October 1970 | 14 July 1971 | 277 days | |
Inger Louise Valle | Norway | Europe | 16 October 1973 | 8 October 1979 | 5 years, 355 days | |
Inkeri Anttila | Finland | Europe | 13 June 1975 | 30 November 1975 | 170 days | |
Mónica Madariaga | Chile | America | 20 April 1977 | 14 February 1983 | 5 years, 300 days | |
Colette Flesch | Luxembourg | Europe | 22 November 1980 | 20 July 1984 | 3 years, 241 days | |
Mona Røkke | Norway | Europe | 14 October 1981 | 3 October 1985 | 3 years, 354 days | |
Dina Castro de Callejas | El Salvador | America | 1982 | 1984 | 2 years, 0 days | |
Anna-Greta Leijon | Sweden | Europe | 11 November 1983 | 15 November 1983 | 4 days | |
Elisabeth Kopp | Switzerland | Europe | 2 October 1984 | 12 January 1988 | 4 years, 102 days | |
Wenche Frogn Sellæg | Norway | Europe | 4 October 1985 | 9 May 1986 | 217 days | |
Helen Bøsterud | Norway | Europe | 9 May 1986 | 16 October 1989 | 3 years, 160 days | |
Pura Luz Núñez Pérez | Dominican Republic | America | 1986 | 1987 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Anna-Greta Leijon | Sweden | Europe | 19 October 1987 | 7 June 1988 | 232 days | |
Semiramis Olivo de Pichardo | Dominican Republic | America | 1988 | 1990 | 2 years, 0 days | |
Laila Freivalds | Sweden | Europe | 4 October 1988 | 4 October 1991 | 3 years, 0 days | |
Rhina de Rey Prendes | El Salvador | America | 1989 | 1990 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Mónica de Greiff | Colombia | America | 16 July 1989 | 22 September 1989 | 68 days | |
Else Bugge Fougner | Norway | Europe | 16 October 1989 | 3 November 1990 | 1 year, 18 days | |
Mari Eugenia Chacon Pacheco | Costa Rica | America | 1990 | 1990 | ? | |
Kim Campbell | Canada | America | 23 February 1990 | 3 January 1993 | 2 years, 315 days | |
Tarja Halonen | Finland | Europe | 1 March 1990 | 26 April 1991 | 1 year, 56 days | |
Kari Gjesteby | Norway | Europe | 3 November 1990 | 3 September 1992 | 1 year, 305 days | |
Elizabeth Odio Benito | Costa Rica | America | 1991 | 1994 | 3 years, 0 days | |
Hannele Pokka | Finland | Europe | 26 April 1991 | 30 April 1994 | 3 years, 4 days | |
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger | Germany | Europe | 18 May 1992 | 17 January 1996 | 3 years, 244 days | |
Grete Faremo | Norway | Europe | 4 September 1992 | 25 October 1996 | 4 years, 51 days | |
Anna Benaki-Psarouda | Greece | Europe | 3 December 1992 | 13 September 1993 | 284 days | |
Celin Discua | Honduras | America | 1993 | 1994 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | Ireland | Europe | 4 January 1993 | 15 December 1994 | 1 year, 345 days | |
Janet Reno | United States | America | 11 March 1993 | 20 January 2001 | 7 years, 315 days | |
Anneli Jäätteenmäki | Finland | Europe | 1 May 1994 | 13 April 1995 | 347 days | |
Winnie Sorgdrager | Netherlands | Europe | 22 August 1994 | 3 August 1998 | 3 years, 346 days | |
Laila Freivalds | Sweden | Europe | 7 October 1994 | 21 September 2000 | 5 years, 350 days | |
Nora Owen | Ireland | Europe | 15 December 1994 | 26 June 1997 | 2 years, 193 days | |
Janet Bostwick | Bahamas, The | America | 1995 | 1997 | 2 years, 0 days | |
Maureen Clarke | Costa Rica | America | 1996 | 1996 | ? | |
Ritsuko Nagao | Japan | Asia | 11 January 1996 | 7 November 1996 | 301 days | |
Hawa Sisay-Sabally | Gambia | Africa | April 1996 | 31 July 1998 | 2 years, 121 days | |
Margarita Mariscal de Gante | Spain | Europe | 6 May 1996 | 28 April 2000 | 3 years, 358 days | |
Anne Holt | Norway | Europe | 25 October 1996 | 4 February 1997 | 102 days | |
Vlasta Parkanova | Czech Republic | Europe | 7 January 1997 | 22 July 1998 | 1 year, 196 days | |
Gerd-Liv Valla | Norway | Europe | 4 February 1997 | 17 October 1997 | 255 days | |
Alma Beatriz Rengifo López | Colombia | America | 21 April 1997 | 7 August 1998 | 1 year, 108 days | |
Élisabeth Guigou | France | Europe | 4 June 1997 | 18 October 2000 | 3 years, 136 days | |
Anne McLellan | Canada | America | 11 June 1997 | 14 January 2002 | 4 years, 217 days | |
Syuzanna Stanik | Ukraine | Europe | 21 August 1997 | 7 May 2002 | 4 years, 259 days | |
Amanda Vanstone | Australia | Oceania | 9 October 1997 | 30 January 2001 | 3 years, 113 days | |
Aud Inger Aure | Norway | Europe | 17 October 1997 | 15 March 1999 | 1 year, 149 days | |
Hanna Suchocka | Poland | Europe | 31 October 1997 | 8 June 2000 | 2 years, 280 days | |
Monica Nagel Berger | Costa Rica | America | 8 May 1998 | 8 May 2002 | 4 years, 0 days | |
Fatou Bensouda | Gambia | Africa | 31 July 1998 | March 2000 | 1 year, 214 days | |
Herta Däubler-Gmelin | Germany | Europe | 27 October 1998 | 22 October 2002 | 3 years, 360 days | |
Ingrīda Labucka | Latvia | Europe | 26 November 1998 | 16 July 1999 | 232 days | |
Januaria Moreira | Cape Verde | Africa | 1999 | 2001 | 2 years, 0 days | |
Sólveig Pétursdóttir | Iceland | Europe | 28 May 1999 | 23 May 2003 | 3 years, 360 days | |
Antonieta Rosa Gomes | Guinea-Bissau | Africa | 19 February 2000 | 19 March 2001 | 1 year, 28 days | |
Soledad Alvear | Chile | America | 11 March 2000 | 1 October 2004 | 4 years, 204 days | |
Hanne Harlem | Norway | Europe | 17 March 2000 | 19 October 2001 | 1 year, 216 days | |
Ingrīda Labucka | Latvia | Europe | 5 May 2000 | 7 November 2002 | 2 years, 186 days | |
Lena Hjelm-Wallen | Sweden | Europe | 21 September 2000 | 16 October 2000 | 25 days | |
Marylise Lebranchu | France | Europe | 18 October 2000 | 6 May 2002 | 1 year, 200 days | |
Rodica Stănoiu | Romania | Europe | 28 December 2000 | 10 March 2004 | 3 years, 73 days | |
Mia Mottley | Barbados | America | 2001 | 2003 | 2 years, 0 days | |
Cristina Fontes Lima | Cape Verde | Africa | 2001 | 2006 | 5 years, 0 days | |
Vera Sofia Rubi | Honduras | America | 2001 | 27 January 2002 | 1 year, 26 days | |
Mayumi Moriyama | Japan | Asia | 16 April 2001 | 19 November 2003 | 2 years, 217 days | |
Ingrid Antičević-Marinović | Croatia | Europe | 28 September 2001 | 23 December 2003 | 2 years, 86 days | |
Barbara Piwnik | Poland | Europe | 19 October 2001 | 6 July 2002 | 260 days | |
Lene Espersen | Denmark | Europe | 27 November 2001 | 10 September 2008 | 6 years, 288 days | |
Patricia Vega | Costa Rica | America | 2002 | 8 May 2006 | 4 years, 127 days | |
Ana Pessoa Pinto | East Timor | Asia | 20 May 2002 | 2003 | 226 days | |
Brigitte Zypries | Germany | Europe | 22 October 2002 | 27 October 2009 | 7 years, 5 days | |
Merceditas Gutierrez | Philippines | Asia | 27 November 2002 | 15 January 2003 | 49 days | |
24 December 2003 | 31 August 2004 | 251 days | ||||
Kang Kum-sil | South Korea | Asia | 27 February 2003 | 29 July 2004 | 1 year, 153 days | |
Karin Gastinger | Austria | Europe | 28 February 2003 | 11 January 2007 | 3 years, 317 days | |
Laurette Onkelinx | Belgium | Europe | 11 July 2003 | 21 December 2007 | 4 years, 163 days | |
Hyacinthe Wodobodé | Central African Republic | Africa | 12 December 2003 | 2 September 2004 | 265 days | |
Vesna Škare-Ožbolt | Croatia | Europe | 23 December 2003 | 10 February 2006 | 2 years, 49 days | |
Vineta Muižniece | Latvia | Europe | 9 March 2004 | 2 December 2004 | 268 days | |
Monica Macovei | Romania | Europe | 29 December 2004 | 5 April 2007 | 2 years, 97 days | |
Brigitte Mabandla | South Africa | Africa | 29 April 2004 | 25 September 2008 | 1 year, 149 days | |
Victoria Iftodi | Moldova | Europe | 8 July 2004 | 20 September 2006 | 2 years, 74 days | |
Chieko Nōno | Japan | Asia | 22 September 2004 | 31 October 2005 | 1 year, 39 days | |
Solvita Āboltiņa | Latvia | Europe | 2 December 2004 | 7 November 2006 | 1 year, 340 days | |
Martha Karua | Kenya | Africa | 2005 | 6 April 2009 | 4 years | |
Wu Aiying | China | Asia | 1 July 2005 | 24 February 2017 | 11 years, 266 days | |
Leena Luhtanen | Finland | Europe | 23 September 2005 | 19 April 2007 | 1 year, 208 days | |
Allyson Maynard Gibson | Bahamas, The | America | 2006 | 2007 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Mary Nagu | Tanzania | Africa | 2006 | 2008 | 2 years | |
Lucia Žitňanská | Slovakia | Europe | 8 February 2006 | 4 July 2006 | 55 days | |
Ana Lovrin | Croatia | Europe | 10 February 2006 | 10 October 2008 | 2 years, 243 days | |
Laura Chinchilla | Costa Rica | America | 8 May 2006 | 8 October 2008 | 2 years, 153 days | |
Rita Verdonk | Netherlands | Europe | 21 September 2006 | 22 September 2006 | 1 day | |
Beatrice Ask | Sweden | Europe | 6 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | 7 years, 362 days | |
Tzipi Livni | Israel | Asia | 29 November 2006 | 7 February 2007 | 70 days | |
Claire Hepburn | Bahamas, The | America | 2007 | 2008 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Maria Berger | Austria | Europe | 11 January 2007 | 2 December 2008 | 1 year, 326 days | |
Carmelita Pires | Guinea-Bissau | Africa | 13 April 2007 | 2 January 2009 | 1 year, 264 days | |
Tuija Brax | Finland | Europe | 19 April 2007 | 22 June 2011 | 4 years, 64 days | |
Rachida Dati | France | Europe | 18 May 2007 | 23 June 2009 | 2 years, 36 days | |
Miglena Tacheva | Bulgaria | Europe | 19 July 2007 | 27 July 2009 | 2 years, 8 days | |
Agnes Devanadera | Philippines | Asia | 3 September 2007 | 15 November 2007 | 73 days | |
12 January 2010 | 8 March 2010 | 55 days | ||||
Dorothy Lightbourne | Jamaica | America | 11 September 2007 | 23 October 2011 | 4 years, 42 days | |
Marie Saine-Firdaus | Gambia | Africa | 14 September 2007 | 19 March 2010 | 2 years, 186 days | |
Annette King | New Zealand | Oceania | 31 October 2007 | 19 November 2008 | 1 year, 19 days | |
Marisa Helena Morias | Cape Verde | Africa | 2008 | 2011 | 3 years, 0 days | |
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf | Switzerland | Europe | 1 January 2008 | 31 December 2010 | 2 years, 364 days | |
Snežana Malović | Serbia | Europe | 7 July 2008 | 27 July 2012 | 4 years, 20 days | |
Betty Mould-Iddrisu | Ghana | Africa | 7 January 2009 | 3 January 2011 | 1 year, 361 days | |
Claudia Bandion-Ortner | Austria | Europe | 15 January 2009 | 21 April 2011 | 2 years, 96 days | |
Ragna Árnadóttir | Iceland | Europe | 1 February 2009 | 2 September 2010 | 1 year, 213 days | |
Aurelia Frick | Liechtenstein | Europe | 25 March 2009 | 2 July 2019 | 10 years, 99 days | |
Daniela Kovářová | Czech Republic | Europe | 8 May 2009 | 13 July 2010 | 1 year, 66 days | |
Michèle Alliot-Marie | France | Europe | 23 June 2009 | 13 November 2010 | 1 year, 143 days | |
Margarita Popova | Bulgaria | Europe | 27 July 2009 | 29 November 2011 | 2 years, 125 days | |
Keiko Chiba | Japan | Asia | 16 September 2009 | 17 September 2010 | 1 year, 1 day | |
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger | Germany | Europe | 28 October 2009 | 17 December 2013 | 4 years, 50 days | |
Simonetta Sommaruga | Switzerland | Europe | 1 January 2010 | 31 December 2018 | 8 years, 364 days | |
María Encarnación de Contreras | Guatemala | America | 15 May 2010 | 25 May 2010 | 10 days | |
María Encarnación de Contreras | Guatemala | America | 11 June 2010 | 9 December 2010 | 181 days | |
Leila de Lima | Philippines | Asia | 30 June 2010 | 12 October 2015 | 5 years, 104 days | |
Lucia Žitňanská | Slovakia | Europe | 8 July 2010 | 4 April 2012 | 1 year, 271 days | |
Claudia Paz y Paz | Guatemala | America | 9 December 2010 | 17 May 2014 | 3 years, 159 days | |
Grete Faremo | Norway | Europe | 1 January 2011 | 31 March 2011 | 89 days | |
Fiame Naomi Mata'afa | Samoa | Oceania | 18 March 2011 | 19 March 2016 | 5 years, 1 day | |
Marisela Morales | Mexico | America | 1 April 2011 | 30 November 2011 | 243 days | |
Beatrix Karl | Austria | Europe | 21 April 2011 | 16 December 2013 | 2 years, 239 days | |
Johana Pesántez | Ecuador | America | 13 May 2011 | 18 June 2013 | 2 years, 36 days | |
Anna-Maja Henriksson | Finland | Europe | 22 June 2011 | 29 May 2015 | 3 years, 341 days | |
Grete Faremo | Norway | Europe | 11 November 2011 | 16 October 2013 | 1 year, 339 days | |
Paola Severino | Italy | Europe | 16 November 2011 | 28 April 2013 | 1 year, 163 days | |
Diana Kovatcheva | Bulgaria | Europe | 30 November 2011 | 21 February 2013 | 1 year, 83 days | |
Annemie Turtelboom | Belgium | Europe | 6 December 2011 | 25 July 2014 | 2 years, 231 days | |
Judith Collins | New Zealand | Oceania | 12 December 2011 | 30 August 2014 | 2 years, 261 days | |
Nicola Roxon | Australia | Oceania | 14 December 2011 | 2 February 2013 | 1 year, 50 days | |
Ana Pineda | Honduras | America | 2012 | 27 January 2014 | 2 years, 26 days | |
Edite Tenjua | São Tomé and Príncipe | Africa | 2012 | 2014 | 2 years, 0 days | |
Ana Isabel Garita Vilchez | Costa Rica | America | 1 April 2012 | 8 May 2014 | 2 years, 37 days | |
Lucia Freitas Lobato | East Timor | Asia | 8 May 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 5 years, 92 days | |
Allyson Maynard Gibson | Bahamas, The | America | 10 May 2012 | 24 May 2017 | 5 years, 14 days | |
Christiane Taubira | France | Europe | 16 May 2012 | 27 January 2016 | 3 years, 256 days | |
Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende | Latvia | Europe | 21 June 2012 | 5 July 2012 | 14 days | |
Ruth Stella Correa Palacio | Colombia | America | 12 July 2012 | 13 September 2013 | 1 year, 63 days | |
Mona Pivniceru | Romania | Europe | 23 August 2012 | 28 March 2013 | 217 days | |
Tea Tsulukiani | Georgia | Europe | 25 October 2012 | 1 October 2020 | 7 years, 342 days | |
Patricia Pérez Goldberg | Chile | America | 17 December 2012 | 11 March 2014 | 1 year, 84 days | |
Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong | Ghana | Africa | 14 February 2013 | 7 January 2017 | 3 years, 328 days | |
Tzipi Livni | Israel | Asia | 18 March 2013 | 4 December 2014 | 1 year, 261 days | |
Anna Maria Cancellieri | Italy | Europe | 28 April 2013 | 22 February 2014 | 300 days | |
Amie Joof | Gambia | Africa | 25 May 2013 | 27 August 2013 | 94 days | |
Zinaida Zlatanova | Bulgaria | Europe | 29 May 2013 | 6 August 2014 | 1 year, 69 days | |
Olena Lukash | Ukraine | Europe | 4 July 2013 | 27 February 2014 | 238 days | |
Marie Benešová | Czech Republic | Europe | 10 July 2013 | 29 January 2014 | 203 days | |
Sheila Abed | Paraguay | America | 15 August 2013 | 15 August 2018 | 5 years, 0 days | |
Mama Fatima Singhateh | Gambia | Africa | 27 August 2013 | 27 August 2014 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Ledy Zúñiga | Ecuador | America | 19 November 2013 | 24 May 2017 | 3 years, 186 days | |
Karen Hækkerup | Denmark | Europe | 12 December 2013 | 10 October 2014 | 302 days | |
Asha-Rose Migiro | Tanzania | Africa | 20 January 2014 | 5 November 2015 | 1 year, 289 days | |
Baiba Broka | Latvia | Europe | 22 January 2014 | 6 August 2014 | 196 days | |
Helena Válková | Czech Republic | Europe | 29 January 2014 | 1 March 2015 | 1 year, 31 days | |
Cristina Ramirez Chavarria | Costa Rica | America | 8 May 2014 | 16 July 2015 | 1 year, 69 days | |
Frances Fitzgerald | Ireland | Europe | 8 May 2014 | 14 June 2017 | 3 years, 37 days | |
Thelma Aldana | Guatemala | America | 17 May 2014 | 16 May 2018 | 3 years, 364 days | |
Carmelita Pires | Guinea-Bissau | Africa | 3 July 2014 | 13 October 2017 | 3 years, 102 days | |
Maggie De Block | Belgium | Europe | 25 July 2014 | 11 October 2014 | 78 days | |
Amy Adams | New Zealand | Oceania | 30 August 2014 | 26 October 2017 | 3 years, 57 days | |
Midori Matsushima | Japan | Asia | 3 September 2014 | 20 October 2014 | 47 days | |
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría | Spain | Europe | 24 September 2014 | 29 September 2014 | 5 days | |
Mette Frederiksen | Denmark | Europe | 10 October 2014 | 28 June 2015 | 261 days | |
Yōko Kamikawa | Japan | Asia | 20 October 2014 | 7 October 2015 | 352 days | |
Vuna Fa'otusia | Tonga | Oceania | 30 December 2014 | Incumbent | 6 years, 154 days | |
Ekaterina Zakharieva | Bulgaria | Europe | 3 January 2015 | 27 January 2017 | 2 years, 24 days | |
Mama Fatima Singhateh | Gambia | Africa | 12 January 2015 | 17 January 2017 | 2 years, 5 days | |
Virginia Velasco Condori | Bolivia | America | 22 January 2015 | 23 January 2017 | 2 years, 1 day | |
Loretta Lynch | United States | America | 27 April 2015 | 20 January 2017 | 1 year, 268 days | |
Ayelet Shaked | Israel | Asia | 14 May 2015 | 2 June 2019 | 4 years, 19 days | |
Cecilia Sánchez Romero | Costa Rica | America | 16 July 2015 | 1 January 2018 | 2 years, 296 days | |
Arpine Hovhannisyan | Armenia | Europe | 4 September 2015 | 11 May 2017 | 1 year, 249 days | |
Jody Wilson-Raybould | Canada | America | 4 November 2015 | 12 February 2019 | 3 years, 100 days | |
Raluca Prună | Romania | Europe | 17 November 2015 | 4 January 2017 | 1 year, 48 days | |
Francisca Van Dunem | Portugal | Europe | 26 November 2015 | Incumbent | 5 years, 188 days | |
Marlene Malahoo-Forte Attorney General of Jamaica | Jamaica | America | 7 March 2016 | Incumbent | 5 years, 87 days | |
Lucia Žitňanská | Slovakia | Europe | 23 March 2016 | 22 March 2018 | 1 year, 364 days | |
Janice Lelis | Cape Verde | Africa | 22 May 2016 | Incumbent | 5 years, 11 days | |
Liz Truss | United Kingdom | Europe | 14 July 2016 | 11 June 2017 | 332 days | |
Nela Kuburović | Serbia | Europe | 11 August 2016 | 28 October 2020 | 4 years, 78 days | |
Milda Vainiutė | Lithuania | Europe | 13 December 2016 | 6 March 2018 | 1 year, 83 days | |
Sigríður Á. Andersen | Iceland | Europe | 11 January 2017 | 14 March 2019 | 2 years, 62 days | |
Sally Yates | United States | America | 20 January 2017 | 30 January 2017 | 10 days | |
Gloria Akuffo | Ghana | Africa | 21 January 2017 | 6 January 2021 | 3 years, 351 days | |
Maria Pavlova | Bulgaria | Europe | 27 January 2017 | 4 May 2017 | 97 days | |
Ana Birchall | Romania | Europe | 9 February 2017 | 23 February 2017 | 14 days | |
Tsetska Tsacheva | Bulgaria | Europe | 4 May 2017 | 5 April 2019 | 1 year, 336 days | |
Rosana Alvarado | Ecuador | America | 24 May 2017 | 23 August 2018 | 1 year, 91 days | |
Nicole Belloubet | France | Europe | 21 June 2017 | 6 July 2020 | 3 years, 15 days | |
Yōko Kamikawa | Japan | Asia | 3 August 2017 | 2 October 2018 | 1 year, 60 days | |
Thalatha Atukorale | Sri Lanka | Asia | 25 August 2017 | 4 August 2020 | 2 years, 345 days | |
Etilda Gjonaj | Albania | Europe | 11 September 2017 | Incumbent | 3 years, 264 days | |
Sylvi Listhaug | Norway | Europe | 17 January 2018 | 20 March 2018 | 62 days | |
Karla Cuevas | Honduras | America | 27 January 2018 | Incumbent | 3 years, 126 days | |
Katarina Barley | Germany | Europe | 14 March 2018 | 27 June 2019 | 1 year, 105 days | |
Marcia González Aguiluz | Costa Rica | America | 8 May 2018 | 7 February 2020 | 1 year, 275 days | |
María Consuelo Porras | Guatemala | America | 17 May 2018 | Incumbent | 3 years, 16 days | |
Dolores Delgado | Spain | Europe | 7 June 2018 | Incumbent | 2 years, 360 days | |
Priscilla Schwartz | Sierra Leone | Africa | 11 June 2018 | Incumbent | 2 years, 356 days | |
Taťána Malá | Czech Republic | Europe | 28 June 2018 | 10 July 2018 | 12 days | |
Gloria María Borrero | Colombia | America | 7 August 2018 | 16 May 2019 | 282 days | |
Andreja Katič | Slovenia | Europe | 13 September 2018 | 13 March 2020 | 1 year, 182 days | |
Karin Keller-Sutter | Switzerland | Europe | 1 January 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 152 days | |
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir | Iceland | Europe | 14 March 2019 | 5 September 2019 | 175 days | |
Anna-Maja Henriksson | Finland | Europe | 6 June 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 361 days | |
Christine Lambrecht | Germany | Europe | 27 June 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 340 days | |
Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir | Iceland | Europe | 5 September 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 270 days | |
Masako Mori | Japan | Asia | 31 October 2019 | 16 September 2020 | 321 days | |
Marcela Losardo | Argentina | America | 10 December 2019 | 29 March 2021 | 1 year, 109 days | |
Choo Mi-ae | South Korea | Asia | 2 January 2020 | 27 January 2021 | 1 year, 25 days | |
Alma Zadić | Austria | Europe | 7 January 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 146 days | |
Marie-Claude Najm | Lebanon | Asia | 21 January 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 132 days | |
Monica Mæland | Norway | Europe | 24 January 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 129 days | |
Suella Braverman | United Kingdom | Europe | 13 February 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 109 days | |
Lilijana Kozlovič | Slovenia | Europe | 13 March 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 81 days | |
Mária Kolíková | Slovakia | Europe | 21 March 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 73 days | |
Helen McEntee | Ireland | Europe | 27 June 2020 | 27 April 2021 | 304 days | |
Yōko Kamikawa | Japan | Asia | 16 September 2020 | Incumbent | 259 days | |
Maja Popović | Serbia | Europe | 28 October 2020 | Incumbent | 217 days | |
Evelina Dobrovolska | Lithuania | Europe | 7 December 2020 | Incumbent | 177 days | |
Dia Forrester | Grenada | America | 1 January 2021 | Incumbent | 152 days | |
Maris Lauri | Estonia | Europe | 26 January 2021 | Incumbent | 127 days | |
Marta Cartabia | Italy | Europe | 13 February 2021 | Incumbent | 109 days | |
Graziella Marok-Wachter | Liechtenstein | Europe | 25 March 2021 | Incumbent | 69 days | |
Michaelia Cash | Australia | Oceania | 29 March 2021 | Incumbent | 65 days | |
Heather Humphreys | Ireland | Europe | 27 April 2021 | Incumbent | 36 days |
Dependent territories, constituent states, autonomous regions, supra-national unions and unrecognized states
- Italics denotes an acting justice minister and of defunct states/territories/regions
Name | Image | Country | Continent | Mandate start | Mandate end | Term length |
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Anne X. Alpern Pennsylvania Attorney General | Pennsylvania | North America | 20 January 1959 | 28 August 1961 | 2 years, 220 days | |
Arlene Violet 68th Attorney General of Rhode Island | Rhode Island | North America | 1985 | 1987 | 2 years, 0 days | |
Corinne Watanabe 7th Attorney General of Hawaii | Hawaii | North America | 1985 | 1986 | 1 year, 0 days | |
Mary Sue Terry 36th Attorney General of Virginia | Virginia | North America | 11 January 1986 | 28 January 1993 | 7 years, 17 days | |
Grace Berg Schaible 20th Attorney General of Alaska | Alaska | North America | 1987 | 1989 | 2 years, 0 days | |
Clarine Nardi Riddle 22nd Attorney General of Connecticut | Connecticut | North America | 3 January 1989 | 9 January 1991 | 2 years, 6 days | |
Frankie Sue Del Papa 29th Attorney General of Nevada | Nevada | North America | 7 January 1991 | 6 January 2003 | 11 years, 364 days | |
Bonnie Campbell 32nd Attorney General of Iowa | Iowa | North America | 11 January 1991 | 6 January 1995 | 3 years, 360 days | |
Susan B. Loving 15th Attorney General of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | North America | 22 June 1991 | 9 January 1995 | 3 years, 202 days | |
Dancia Penn Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands | British Virgin Islands | North America | 1 October 1992 | 1 November 1999 | 7 years, 31 days | |
Jan Wade 50th Attorney-General of Victoria | Victoria | Australia | 6 October 1992 | 19 October 1999 | 7 years, 13 days | |
Heidi Heitkamp 28th Attorney General of North Dakota | North Dakota | North America | 15 December 1992 | 15 December 2000 | 8 years, 0 days | |
Christine Gregoire 16th Attorney General of Washington | Washington | North America | 13 January 1993 | 12 January 2005 | 11 years, 365 days | |
Pamela Carter 38th Indiana Attorney General | Indiana | North America | 13 January 1993 | 16 January 1997 | 4 years, 3 days | |
Jan Graham 18th Attorney General of Utah | Utah | North America | January 1993 | January 2001 | 8 years, 0 days | |
Cheryl Edwardes 34th Attorney-General of Western Australia | Western Australia | Australia | 2 February 1993 | 21 December 1995 | 2 years, 308 days | |
Rosemary Vodrey Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Manitoba | Manitoba | North America | 10 September 1993 | 6 January 1997 | 3 years, 88 days | |
Deborah Poritz 50th New Jersey Attorney General | New Jersey | North America | 1994 | 1996 | 2 years, 0 days | |
M. Jane Brady 42nd Attorney General of Delaware | Delaware | North America | 3 January 1995 | 7 December 2005 | 10 years, 338 days | |
Betty Montgomery 45th Attorney General of Ohio | Ohio | North America | 6 January 1995 | 5 January 2003 | 7 years, 364 days | |
Carla Stovall 40th Kansas Attorney General | Kansas | North America | 9 January 1995 | 13 January 2003 | 8 years, 4 days | |
Margery Bronster 10th Attorney General of Hawaii | Hawaii | North America | 1995 | 1999 | 4 years, 0 days | |
Joan Sheldon Attorney-General of Western Australia | Western Australia | Australia | 19 February 1996 | 26 February 1996 | 7 days | |
Linda Goupil 14th Minister of Justice in Quebec | Quebec | North America | 15 December 1998 | 8 March 2001 | 2 years, 83 days | |
Lois Browne-Evans Attorney General of Bermuda | Bermuda | North America | 1999 | ? | ? | |
Jennifer Granholm 51st Attorney General of Michigan | Michigan | North America | 1 January 1999 | 1 January 2003 | 4 years, 0 days | |
Patricia A. Madrid 29th Attorney General of New Mexico | New Mexico | North America | 1 January 1999 | 1 January 2007 | 8 years, 0 days | |
Yeh Chin-fong Minister of Justice of Taiwan | Taiwan | Asia | 1 February 1999 | 20 May 2000 | 1 year, 109 days | |
Florinda Chan Secretary for Administration and Justice of Macau | Macau | Asia | 20 December 1999 | 20 December 2014 | 15 years, 0 days | |
Karen Freeman-Wilson | Indiana | North America | 8 June 2000 | 14 January 2001 | 190 days | |
Gale Norton 35th Attorney General of Colorado | Colorado | North America | 31 January 2001 | 31 March 2006 | 5 years, 59 days | |
Elish Angiolini Solicitor General for Scotland | Scotland | Europe | 28 November 2001 | 12 October 2006 | 4 years, 318 days | |
Judy Jackson Attorney-General of Tasmania | Tasmania | Australia | 9 August 2002 | 5 April 2006 | 3 years, 239 days | |
Ramona Villagomez Manglona Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands | Northern Mariana Islands | Asia | November 2002 | May 2003 | 181 days | |
Peggy Lautenschlager 42nd Attorney General of Wisconsin | Wisconsin | North America | 3 January 2003 | 3 January 2007 | 4 years, 59 days | |
Lisa Madigan 41st Attorney General of Illinois | Illinois | North America | 13 January 2003 | 14 January 2019 | 16 years, 1 day | |
Cathy Jamieson 2nd Minister of Justice in Scotland | Scotland | Europe | 20 May 2003 | 16 May 2007 | 3 years, 361 days | |
Kelly Ayotte 27th Attorney General of New Hampshire | New Hampshire | North America | 15 June 2004 | 17 July 2009 | 5 years, 32 days | |
Judith Jagdmann 43rd Attorney General of Virginia | Virginia | North America | 1 February 2005 | 14 January 2006 | 347 days | |
Linda Lavarch Attorney-General of Western Australia | Western Australia | Australia | 28 July 2005 | 18 October 2006 | 1 year, 82 days | |
Zulima Farber 55th New Jersey Attorney General | New Jersey | North America | 30 January 2006 | 31 August 2006 | 213 days | |
Elish Angiolini Lord Advocate | Scotland | Europe | 12 October 2006 | 30 April 2011 | 4 years, 200 days | |
Catherine Cortez Masto 32nd Attorney General of Nevada | Nevada | North America | 1 January 2007 | 5 January 2015 | 8 years, 4 days | |
Barbara Underwood Solicitor General of New York | New York | North America | 1 January 2007 | Incumbent | 14 years, 152 days | |
Lori Swanson 29th Attorney General of Minnesota | Minnesota | North America | 2 January 2007 | 7 January 2019 | 12 years, 4 days | |
Alicia Limtiaco 10th Attorney General of Guam | Guam | Oceania | 3 January 2007 | 21 June 2010 | 3 years, 169 days | |
Martha Coakley 58th Attorney General of Massachusetts | Massachusetts | North America | 17 January 2007 | 21 January 2015 | 8 years, 4 days | |
Kathleen Ayensu 23rd Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands | British Virgin Islands | North America | 24 June 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 3 years, 0 days | |
The Baroness Scotland of Asthal Attorney General for England and Wales & Attorney General for Northern Ireland | England Wales Northern Ireland | Europe | 28 June 2007 | 12 April 2010 | 2 years, 288 days | |
Anne Milgram 57th New Jersey Attorney General | New Jersey | North America | 29 June 2007 | 18 January 2010 | 2 years, 203 days | |
Alison Redford Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Alberta | Alberta | North America | 13 March 2008 | 18 February 2012 | 3 years, 342 days | |
Wang Ching-feng Minister of Justice of Taiwan | Taiwan | Asia | 20 May 2008 | 12 March 2010 | 1 year, 296 days | |
Nancy H. Rogers | Ohio | North America | 28 May 2008 | 8 January 2009 | 225 days | |
Lara Giddings Attorney-General of Tasmania | Tasmania | Australia | 09 | 24 January 2011 | 2 years, 129 days | |
Kathleen Weil Minister of Justice of Quebec | Quebec | Europe | 18 December 2008 | 11 August 2010 | 1 year, 236 days | |
Janet Mills 55th Attorney General of Maine | Maine | North America | 6 January 2009 | 6 January 2011 | 2 years, 0 days | |
Paula Dow 58th New Jersey Attorney General | New Jersey | North America | 18 January 2010 | 10 January 2012 | 1 year, 357 days | |
Viviane Reding European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship | European Union | Europe | 9 February 2010 | 1 July 2014 | 4 years, 142 days | |
Marie-Claude Blais Minister of Justice and Attorney General of New Brunswick | New Brunswick | North America | 12 October 2010 | 19 September 2013 | 3 years, 7 days | |
Kamala Harris 32nd Attorney General of California | California | North America | 3 January 2011 | 3 January 2017 | 6 years, 0 days | |
Pam Bondi 37th Attorney General of Florida | Florida | North America | 4 January 2011 | 8 January 2019 | 8 years, 4 days | |
Lesley Thomson Solicitor General for Scotland | Scotland | Europe | 19 May 2011 | 1 June 2016 | 5 years, 13 days | |
Linda Kelly 47th Attorney General of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | North America | 27 May 2011 | 15 January 2013 | 1 year, 233 days | |
Shirley Bond Attorney General of British Columbia | British Columbia | North America | 18 August 2011 | 10 June 2013 | 1 year, 296 days | |
Ellen Rosenblum 17th Oregon Attorney General | Oregon | North America | 29 June 2012 | Incumbent | 8 years, 338 days | |
Janet Mills 57th Attorney General of Maine | Maine | North America | 7 January 2013 | 2 January 2019 | 5 years, 359 days | |
Kathleen Kane 48th Attorney General of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | North America | 15 January 2013 | 17 August 2016 | 3 years, 215 days | |
Suzanne Anton Attorney General of British Columbia | British Columbia | North America | 10 June 2013 | 12 June 2017 | 4 years, 2 days | |
Luo Ying-shay Minister of Justice of Taiwan | Taiwan | Asia | 30 September 2013 | 20 May 2016 | 2 years, 233 days | |
Lena Diab Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Nova Scotia | Nova Scotia | North America | 22 October 2013 | 24 July 2015 | 1 year, 275 days | |
Vanessa Goodwin Attorney-General of Tasmania | Tasmania | Australia | 31 March 2014 | 2 October 2017 | 3 years, 185 days | |
Stéphanie Vallée Minister of Justice of Quebec | Quebec | North America | 23 April 2014 | 18 October 2018 | 4 years, 178 days | |
Věra Jourová 6th European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality | European Union | Europe | 1 November 2014 | Incumbent | 6 years, 213 days | |
Sonia Chan Secretariat for Administration and Justice | Macau | Asia | 20 December 2014 | Incumbent | 6 years, 164 days | |
Cynthia Coffman 38th Attorney General of Colorado | Colorado | North America | 12 January 2015 | 8 January 2019 | 3 years, 360 days | |
Leslie Rutledge 56th Arkansas Attorney General | Arkansas | North America | 13 January 2015 | Incumbent | 6 years, 140 days | |
Maura Healey 59th Massachusetts Attorney General | Massachusetts | North America | 21 January 2015 | Incumbent | 6 years, 132 days | |
Yvette D'Ath Attorney-General of Western Australia | Western Australia | Australia | 16 February 2015 | 12 November 2020 | 5 years, 270 days | |
Gabrielle Upton 55th Attorney General of New South Wales | New South Wales | Australia | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | 1 year, 303 days | |
Kathleen Ganley Alberta's 27th Minister of Justice and Attorney General | Alberta | North America | 24 May 2015 | 30 April 2019 | 3 years, 341 days | |
Diana Whalen Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Nova Scotia | Nova Scotia | North America | 24 July 2015 | 30 May 2017 | 1 year, 310 days | |
Heather Stefanson Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Manitoba | Manitoba | North America | 3 May 2016 | Incumbent | 5 years, 30 days | |
Claire Sugden 2nd Minister of Justice of Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | Europe | 25 May 2016 | 2 March 2017 | 281 days | |
Alison Di Rollo Solicitor General for Scotland | Scotland | Europe | 1 June 2016 | Incumbent | 5 years, 1 day | |
Jahna Lindemuth 31st Attorney General of Alaska | Alaska | North America | 8 August 2016 | 5 December 2018 | 3 years, 119 days | |
Tracy-Anne McPhee Minister of Justice of Yukon | Yukon | North America | 3 December 2016 | Incumbent | 4 years, 181 days | |
Kathleen Kenealy Acting Attorney General of California | California | North America | 3 January 2017 | 24 January 2017 | 21 days | |
Cara Rodriguez Acting Attorney General of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | North America | 17 February 2017 | 20 February 2017 | 3 days | |
Teresa Cheng 4th Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Asia | 6 January 2018 | Incumbent | 3 years, 147 days | |
Vickie Chapman 50th Attorney-General of South Australia | South Australia | Australia | 19 March 2018 | Incumbent | 3 years, 75 days | |
Elise Archer Attorney-General of Tasmania | Tasmania | Australia | 21 March 2018 | Incumbent | 3 years, 73 days | |
Barbara Underwood 66th Attorney General of New York | New York | North America | 8 May 2018 | 31 December 2018 | 237 days | |
Rose Toki-Brown Minister of Justice | Cook Islands | Oceania | 10 July 2018 | Incumbent | 2 years, 327 days | |
Sonia LeBel Minister of Justice of Quebec | Quebec | North America | 18 October 2018 | Incumbent | 2 years, 227 days | |
Andrea Anderson-Mason Minister of Justice and Attorney General of New Brunswick | New Brunswick | North America | 9 November 2018 | 20 September 2020 | 1 year, 306 days | |
Jill Hennessy 54th Attorney-General of Victoria | Victoria | Australia | 29 November 2018 | 16 December 2020 | 2 years, 17 days | |
Kathy Jennings 46th Attorney General of Delaware | Delaware | North America | 1 January 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 152 days | |
Dana Nessel 54th Attorney General of Michigan | Michigan | North America | 1 January 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 152 days | |
Letitia James 67th Attorney General of New York | New York | North America | 1 January 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 152 days | |
Clare E. Connors 16th Attorney General of Hawaii | Hawaii | North America | 3 January 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 150 days | |
Ashley Moody 38th Attorney General of Florida | Florida | North America | 8 January 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 145 days | |
Bridget Hill 38th Attorney General of Wyoming | Wyoming | North America | 15 March 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 79 days | |
Caroline Wawzonek Minister of Justice in the Northwest Territories | Northwest Territories | North America | 1 October 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 244 days | |
Naomi Long 3rd Minister of Justice of Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | Europe | 11 January 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 142 days | |
Lynn Fitch 40th Attorney General of Mississippi | Mississippi | North America | 14 January 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 139 days | |
Albulena Haxhiu Minister of Justice of Kosovo | Kosovo | Europe | 3 February 2020 | 3 June 2020 | 121 days | |
Mitzie Jessop Taase Acting Attorney General of American Samoa | American Samoa | North America | 19 February 2020 | 21 January 2021 | 337 days | |
Shannon Fentiman Attorney-General of Western Australia | Western Australia | Australia | 13 November 2020 | Incumbent | 201 days | |
Jaclyn Symes 55th Attorney-General of Victoria | Victoria | Australia | 22 December 2020 | Incumbent | 162 days | |
Albulena Haxhiu Minister of Justice of Kosovo | Kosovo | Europe | 22 March 2021 | Incumbent | 72 days |
See also
- Law
- Judiciary
- Justice ministry
- List of female state attorneys general in the United States
References
- ^ Park, Kyung Ae (1994). "Women and Revolution in South and North Korea". In Tétreault, Mary Ann (ed.). Women and Revolution in Africa, Asia, and the New World. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. Table 7.7. ISBN 978-1-57003-016-1.