Ministry of Justice (Slovakia)

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The Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic is the central authority of the Slovak State Administration for the Courts and Bailiffs. The following are some of the primary goals of the Ministry:

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List of ministers

Ministers of Justice of the Autonomous Government of Slovakia for the period 1938–1939

#NameGovernmentFunctional periodNotes
First Ferdinand Ďurčanský Government of Jozef Tiso7 October 1938 – 1 December 1938Minister for Justice, Health and Social Welfare
Second Miloš Vančo Second and third governments of Jozef Tiso1 December 1938 – 9 March 1939Minister of Justice
Third Jozef Sivák Government of Jozef Sivák9 March 1939 – 11 March 1939Prime Minister and Minister of all sectors (excluding Finance)
Fourth Gejza Fritz Government of Karol Sidor11 March 1939 – 14 March 1939Minister of Justice

Justice ministers in governments of first Slovak Republic for the period 1939–1945

#NameGovernmentFunctional periodNotes
First Gejza Fritz Fourth government of Jozef Tiso, Government of Vojtech Tuka14 March 1939 – 5 September 1944Minister of Justice
Second Štefan Tiso Government of Štefan Tiso5 September 1944 – 4 April 1945Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Justice

Committees of Justice in the Slovak Corps of the Slovak National Council in the period 1944–1960

#NameOfficers' meetingFunctional periodNotes
First Jozef Šoltész and Ivan Pietor ZB 1. 9. – 5. 9. 441 September 1944 – 5 September 1944Orthodoxy commissioners
Second Jozef Šoltész ZP 5. 9. – 23. 10. 445 September 1944 – 23 October 1944Judge-in-Chief (Ivan Pietor was Deputy Deputy)
Third Ivan Štefánik ZP 7. 2. – 21. 2. 45

ZP 21. 2. – 11. 4. 45

ZP 11. 4. – 18. 9. 45

ZP 18. 9. 45 – 16. 8. 46

ZP 16. 8. 46 – 18. 11. 47

7 February 1945 – 18 November 1947The Justice Commissioner, from 21 February 1945, the Jury for the Judiciary, since 11 April 1945, the Jury for Justice.
Fourth Andrej Buza ZP 18. 11. 47 – 23. 2. 4818 November 1947 – 26 February 1948The Justice Commissioner. On 26 February 1948, he was dismissed.
Fifth Julius Viktor ZP 6. 3. – 18. 6. 48

ZP 18. 6. 48 – 17. 12. 54

6 March 1948 – 20 September 1951The Justice Commissioner
Sixth Rudolf Strechaj ZP 18. 6. 48 – 17. 12. 5420 September 1951 – 31 January 1953The Justice Commissioner
Seventh Juraj Uhrín ZP 17. 12. 54 – 2. 8. 56

ZP 2. 8. 56 – 11. 7. 60

17 December 1954 – 18 December 1956The Justice Commissioner
Eighth Mikuláš Kapusňák ZP 2. 8. 56 – 11. 7. 6018 December 1956 – 13 March 1959The Justice Commissioner
Ninth Ladislav Gešo ZP 2. 8. 56 – 11. 7. 6013 March 1959 – 11 July 1960The Justice Commissioner

Povereníci justice and the chairmen of the commissions of the Slovak National Council of Justice for the period 1960–1968

#NameSNRFunctional periodNotes
First Ladislav Gešo SNR 1960–196414 July 1960 – 27 June 1963Chief Justice and Chairman of the JRC Jurisdiction Committee
Second Peter Colotka SNR 1960–1964

SNR 1964-968

27 June 1963 – 29 December 1968Chief Justice and Chairman of the JRC Jurisdiction Committee

Justice ministers in governments of Slovakia within the Czechoslovak Federation

#NameGovernmentFunctional periodNotes
First Felix Vašečka Government of Š. Sadovsky and P. Colotka2 January 1969 – 3 December 1970Minister of Justice
Second Pavol Király Government of Š. Sadovsky and P. Colotka, First, second and third Governments of P. Colotka3 December 1970 – 30 November 1982Minister of Justice
Third Ján Pješčak Third government of P. Colotka, Government of P. Colotka, I. Knotka and P. Hrivnák30 November 1982 – 20 April 1988Minister of Justice.
Fourth Milan Čič Government of P. Colotka, I. Knotka and P. Hrivnák20 April 1988 – 8 December 1989Minister of Justice
Fifth Ladislav Košťa Government of Milan Čič, first government of Vladimír Mečiar12 December 1989 – 22 April 1991Minister of Justice
Sixth Marian Posluch Government of Ján Čarnogurský23 April 1991 – 24 June 1992Minister of Justice
Seventh Katarína Tóthová [1st female]Second government of Vladimír Mečiar24 June 1992 – 31 December 1992Minister of Justice. After the dissolution of the federation, she continued as a minister in the government of independent Slovakia.

Ministers of Justice of independent Slovakia

#NameGovernmentFunctional periodNotes
First Katarína Tóthová Second government of Vladimír Mečiar1 January 1993 – 15 March 1994Minister of Justice
Second Milan Hanzel Government of Jozef Moravčík15 March 1994 – 13 December 1994Minister of Justice
Third Jozef Liščák Third government of Vladimír Mečiar13 December 1994 – 30 October 1998Minister of Justice
Fourth Jan Čarnogurský First government of Mikuláš Dzurinda30 October 1998 – 15 October 2002Minister of Justice
Fifth Daniel Lipšic Second government of Mikuláš Dzurinda16 October 2002 – 8 February 2006Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice
Sixth Lucia Žitňanská Second government of Mikuláš Dzurinda8 February 2006 – 4 July 2006Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice
Seventh Štefan Harabin First government of Robert Fico4 July 2006 – 23 June 2009Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice
Eighth Robert Fico First government of Robert Fico26 June 2009 – 3 July 2009Temporarily charged with management
Ninth Viera Petríková First government of Robert Fico3 July 2009 – 8 July 2010Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice
Tenth Lucia Žitňanská Government of Iveta Radičová9 July 2010 – 4 April 2012Minister of Justice
Eleventh Tomáš Borec Second government of Robert Fico4 April 2012 – 23 March 2016Minister of Justice
Twelfth Lucia Žitňanská Third government of Robert Fico23 March 2016 – 22 March 2018Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice
Thirteenth Gábor Gál Government of Peter Pellegrini22 March 2018 - 21 March 2020Minister of Justice
Fourteenth Mária Kolíková Government of Igor Matovičfrom 21 March 2020Minister of Justice
Fifteenth Viliam Karas Government of Eduard Hegerfrom 13 September 2022Minister of Justice
Sixteenth Jana Dubovcová Government of Ľudovír Ódorfrom 15 April 2023Minister of Justice

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ministry of justice of the Slovak republic". wwwold.justice.sk. Retrieved 27 October 2018.