Ministry of Justice (Libya)

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The Ministry of Justice of Libya promotes the rule of law and justice in Libya and aims to produce an effective judiciary and prison system. [1] [2] The ministry is responsible for drafting laws and, in 2013, announced plans to review legislation so that it may conform to sharia law. [3]

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List of ministers (Post-independence in 1951)

*A new Ministry of Justice would not be created until 1989. [26]

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