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:
# | Name | Government | Functional period | Notes |
First | Ferdinand Ďurčanský | Government of Jozef Tiso | 7 October 1938 – 1 December 1938 | Minister for Justice, Health and Social Welfare |
Second | Miloš Vančo | Second and third governments of Jozef Tiso | 1 December 1938 – 9 March 1939 | Minister of Justice |
Third | Jozef Sivák | Government of Jozef Sivák | 9 March 1939 – 11 March 1939 | Prime Minister and Minister of all sectors (excluding Finance) |
Fourth | Gejza Fritz | Government of Karol Sidor | 11 March 1939 – 14 March 1939 | Minister of Justice |
# | Name | Government | Functional period | Notes |
First | Gejza Fritz | Fourth government of Jozef Tiso, Government of Vojtech Tuka | 14 March 1939 – 5 September 1944 | Minister of Justice |
Second | Štefan Tiso | Government of Štefan Tiso | 5 September 1944 – 4 April 1945 | Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Justice |
# | Name | Officers' meeting | Functional period | Notes |
First | Jozef Šoltész and Ivan Pietor | ZB 1. 9. – 5. 9. 44 | 1 September 1944 – 5 September 1944 | Orthodoxy commissioners |
Second | Jozef Šoltész | ZP 5. 9. – 23. 10. 44 | 5 September 1944 – 23 October 1944 | Judge-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 1947 | The 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. 48 | 18 November 1947 – 26 February 1948 | The 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 1951 | The Justice Commissioner |
Sixth | Rudolf Strechaj | ZP 18. 6. 48 – 17. 12. 54 | 20 September 1951 – 31 January 1953 | The Justice Commissioner |
Seventh | Juraj Uhrín | ZP 17. 12. 54 – 2. 8. 56 ZP 2. 8. 56 – 11. 7. 60 | 17 December 1954 – 18 December 1956 | The Justice Commissioner |
Eighth | Mikuláš Kapusňák | ZP 2. 8. 56 – 11. 7. 60 | 18 December 1956 – 13 March 1959 | The Justice Commissioner |
Ninth | Ladislav Gešo | ZP 2. 8. 56 – 11. 7. 60 | 13 March 1959 – 11 July 1960 | The Justice Commissioner |
# | Name | SNR | Functional period | Notes |
First | Ladislav Gešo | SNR 1960–1964 | 14 July 1960 – 27 June 1963 | Chief Justice and Chairman of the JRC Jurisdiction Committee |
Second | Peter Colotka | SNR 1960–1964 SNR 1964-968 | 27 June 1963 – 29 December 1968 | Chief Justice and Chairman of the JRC Jurisdiction Committee |
# | Name | Government | Functional period | Notes |
First | Felix Vašečka | Government of Š. Sadovsky and P. Colotka | 2 January 1969 – 3 December 1970 | Minister of Justice |
Second | Pavol Király | Government of Š. Sadovsky and P. Colotka, First, second and third Governments of P. Colotka | 3 December 1970 – 30 November 1982 | Minister of Justice |
Third | Ján Pješčak | Third government of P. Colotka, Government of P. Colotka, I. Knotka and P. Hrivnák | 30 November 1982 – 20 April 1988 | Minister of Justice. |
Fourth | Milan Čič | Government of P. Colotka, I. Knotka and P. Hrivnák | 20 April 1988 – 8 December 1989 | Minister of Justice |
Fifth | Ladislav Košťa | Government of Milan Čič, first government of Vladimír Mečiar | 12 December 1989 – 22 April 1991 | Minister of Justice |
Sixth | Marian Posluch | Government of Ján Čarnogurský | 23 April 1991 – 24 June 1992 | Minister of Justice |
Seventh | Katarína Tóthová [1st female] | Second government of Vladimír Mečiar | 24 June 1992 – 31 December 1992 | Minister of Justice. After the dissolution of the federation, she continued as a minister in the government of independent Slovakia. |
# | Name | Government | Functional period | Notes |
First | Katarína Tóthová | Second government of Vladimír Mečiar | 1 January 1993 – 15 March 1994 | Minister of Justice |
Second | Milan Hanzel | Government of Jozef Moravčík | 15 March 1994 – 13 December 1994 | Minister of Justice |
Third | Jozef Liščák | Third government of Vladimír Mečiar | 13 December 1994 – 30 October 1998 | Minister of Justice |
Fourth | Jan Čarnogurský | First government of Mikuláš Dzurinda | 30 October 1998 – 15 October 2002 | Minister of Justice |
Fifth | Daniel Lipšic | Second government of Mikuláš Dzurinda | 16 October 2002 – 8 February 2006 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice |
Sixth | Lucia Žitňanská | Second government of Mikuláš Dzurinda | 8 February 2006 – 4 July 2006 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice |
Seventh | Štefan Harabin | First government of Robert Fico | 4 July 2006 – 23 June 2009 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice |
Eighth | Robert Fico | First government of Robert Fico | 26 June 2009 – 3 July 2009 | Temporarily charged with management |
Ninth | Viera Petríková | First government of Robert Fico | 3 July 2009 – 8 July 2010 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice |
Tenth | Lucia Žitňanská | Government of Iveta Radičová | 9 July 2010 – 4 April 2012 | Minister of Justice |
Eleventh | Tomáš Borec | Second government of Robert Fico | 4 April 2012 – 23 March 2016 | Minister of Justice |
Twelfth | Lucia Žitňanská | Third government of Robert Fico | 23 March 2016 – 22 March 2018 | Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice |
Thirteenth | Gábor Gál | Government of Peter Pellegrini | 22 March 2018 - 21 March 2020 | Minister of Justice |
Fourteenth | Mária Kolíková | Government of Igor Matovič | from 21 March 2020 | Minister of Justice |
Fifteenth | Viliam Karas | Government of Eduard Heger | from 13 September 2022 | Minister of Justice |
Sixteenth | Jana Dubovcová | Government of Ľudovír Ódor | from 15 April 2023 | Minister of Justice |
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