The Federal Ministry of Justice (german: Bundesministerium der Justiz, ), abbreviated BMJ, is a cabinet-level ministry of the

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. Under the German federal system, individual States are most responsible for the

administration of justice The administration of justice is the process by which the legal system of a government is executed. The presumed goal of such an administration is to provide justice for all those accessing the legal system. The phrase is also commonly used to d ...

and the application of penalties. The Federal Ministry of Justice devotes itself to creating and changing law in the classic core areas related to Constitutional law. The Ministry also analyzes the legality and constitutionality of laws prepared by other ministries. The German Federal Court of Justice, the

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(GPTO), and the German Patent Court all fall under its scope. The ministry is officially located in

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. The BMJ was founded on January 1, 1877, as the Imperial Justice Office (''Reichsjustizamt''). After Germany became a republic in 1919, it was renamed ''Reichsministerium der Justiz'' (Imperial ministry of Justice). The ministry was refounded as the ''Bundesministerium der Justiz'' in 1949. In several laws predating 1949, the ministry and the minister are however referred to as ''Reichsministerium der Justiz'' and ''Reichsminister der Justiz'', respectively. This has gradually been replaced with the new name and title when laws have been amended, most recently in 2010.

List of ministers

State Secretaries for Justice, 1876–1918

* Heinrich Friedberg 1876–1879 * Hermann von Schelling 1879–1889 *

Otto von Oehlschläger Otto Karl von Oehlschläger (16 May 1831 – 14 January 1904) was a German jurist and politician. Biography Oehlschläger was born Otto Oehlschläger in Gut Heiligenwalde (modern Święty Gaj, Poland), he was ennobled ("von Oehlschäger") in ...

1889–1891 * Robert Bosse 1891–1892 * Eduard von Hanauer 1892–1893 * Rudolf Arnold Nieberding 1893–1909 *

Hermann Lisco Gustav Amandus Hermann Lisco (January 30, 1850 - November 7, 1923) was a German lawyer and government minister in the early 20th century. Biography His father was Emil Gustav Lisco, a priest at the Berlin St. Marienkirche. Between 1859 and ...

1909–1917 *

Paul Georg Christof von Krause Paul George Christoph von Krause (4 April 1852 – 17 December 1923) was a German jurist and politician. Biography Paul von Krause was born Paul Krause in Karbowo (near Brodnica), West Prussia (modern Poland), he was ennobled ("von Krause ...

1917–1919

Ministers of Justice, 1918–1945

Federal Ministers, since 1949

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Ministries established in 1877

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Consumer ministries 1877 establishments in Germany

List of ministers

State Secretaries for Justice, 1876–1918

Ministers of Justice, 1918–1945

Federal Ministers, since 1949

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