Ministry of Justice (Czech Republic)
The Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic is a government ministry of the Czech Republic.
The powers of the Ministry of Justice as defined by Section 11 of Act No. 2/1696 Coll. on Creation of Ministries and Other Central Authorities are:
It is a central authority of the state administration for courts of law and the Public Prosecutor's Office.
It gives legal opinion on credit and guarantee agreements, whose party is the Czech Republic.
It acts as a central authority of the state administration for prisons; the Prison Service of the Czech Republic is its subsidiary.
It acts as a central authority of the state administration for probation and mediation.
It represents the Czech Republic claims for breaching the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its Protocols and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and coordinates the execution of the decisions of the relevant international bodies.- František Soukup: November 14, 1918 - July 8, 1919
- František Veselý: July 8, 1919 - May 25, 1920
- Alfred Meissner: May 25, 1920 - September 15, 1920
- Augustin Popelka: September 15, 1920 - September 26, 1921
- Josef Dolanský: September 26, 1921 - December 9, 1925
- Karel Viškovský: 9 December 1925 - 18 March 1926
- Jiří Haussmann: March 18, 1926 - October 12, 1926
- Robert Mayr-Harting: October 12, 1926 - December 7, 1929
- Alfred Meissner: December 7, 1929 - February 14, 1934
- Ivan Dérer: February 14, 1934 - September 22, 1938
- Vladimir Fajnor: 22 September 1938 - 4 October 1938 and 4 October 1938 - 14 October 1938
- Ladislav Karel Feierabend: October 14, 1938 - December 1, 1938
- Jaroslav Krejci: 1 December 1938 - 15 March 1939
- Jaroslav Stránský: April 5, 1945 - November 6, 1945
- Prokop Drtin: November 6, 1945 - February 25, 1948
- Alexej Čepička: 25 February 1948 - 25 April 1950
- Štefan Rais: April 25, 1950 - September 14, 1953
- Václav Škoda: September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954
- Jan Bartuška: December 12, 1954 - June 16, 1956
- Václav Škoda: June 16, 1956 - July 11, 1960
- Alois Neuman: July 11, 1960 - April 8, 1968
- Bohuslav Kučera: April 8, 1968 - December 31, 1968
Ministers of Justice for the Czech Republic (1969-present)
As part of the independent Republic
