Established in 1920, the Ministry of Justice of
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...
(MoJ) is the
federal government
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ministry concerned with judicial and prosecutorial training, publishing the
Official Gazette
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, notaries public, deeds and records, and since 5 June 2004, prisons. In 2007, the ministry possessed a staff of 13,619. Also, 130 courthouses and headquarters are located at the Ministry of Justice Building.
List of ministers
Sources:
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Naji al-Suwaydi (1920-1922)
*'Abd al-Muhsin al Sa'dun
(1922-1923)
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Ahmed Mahmoud Al-Fakhry
Ahmed Mahmoud Al-Fakhry (1863–1926) is an Iraqi writer and poet from Mosul.
He is the son of Al-Sayed Mahmoud, and the grandson of Al-Sayed Muhammad Amin Al-Fakhry. He was born in Mosul and was educated by Abdul-Wahab Al-Jawadi, and was trained ...
(1923-1924)
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Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (Al-Gailani)in Arab standard pronunciation Rashid Aali al-Kaylani; also transliterated as Sayyid Rashid Aali al-Gillani, Sayyid Rashid Ali al-Gailani or sometimes Sayyad Rashid Ali el Keilany (" Sayyad" serves to address hig ...
(1924-1925)
*Daud al-Haidari (1926–1929)
*Abdul Aziz-al-Qassab (1929)
* Jamal Baban (1930–1932)
* Muhammed Zaki (1933)
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Jamal Baban (1933–1934)
*Muhammed Zaki (1935–1936)
*Rashid 'Ali al-Kaylani
(1935–1936)
* 'Ali Mahmud al-Shaykh'Ali
(1936–1937)
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Salih Jabr (1936-1937)
*Mustafa al-'Umari
(1937-1938)
*Mahmud Subhi al-Daftari
(1940)
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Naji Shawkat (1940-1941)
*Yunis al-Sab'awi
(1941)
*Umar Nadhmi
(1941)
*'Ali Mahmud
(1941)
*Ibrahim Kemal (1941)
* Jafar Himandi (1941)
* Sadiq al-Bassam (1941-1942)
* Daud al-Haidari (1942–1943)
* Ahmad Muhktar Baban (1943–1946)
*
Muhammed Hasan Kubba (1946)
* Umar Nadhmi (1946–1947)
*Jamal Baban (1947–1948)
*Najib al-Rawi
(1948)
*Muhammed Hasan Kubba (1948–1949)
*Hasan Sami Tatar (1950-1952)
*Jamal Baban (1952)
*'Abd al-Majid al-Qassab (1952-1953)
*Ahmad Mukhtar Baban (1953)
*Jamil al-Urfali (1953-1954)
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Fakhri al-Tabaqchali (1954)
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Muhammed Ali Mahmud (1954)
*Abdul Jabbar al-Tukrali (1955-1957)
*Abdul Rasul al-Khalisi (1957–1958)
*Jamil 'Abd al-Wahhab (1958)
*Mustafa Ali
(1958–1961)
*Rashid Mahmud
(1961–1962)
*Mahdi al-Dawlai
(1963)
*'Abd al-Sattar 'Ali al-Husayn
(1963–1965)
*Muşliḩ an-Naqshbandḯ (1966–1968)
*Mahdi al-Dawlai
(1968–1969)
*Aziz Sharif (1969-1972)
*Husayn Muhammed Rida al-Safi (1972–1974)
*Mundhir al-Shawi (1974–1988)
*Akram 'Abd al-Qadir 'Ali (1988-1992)
*Shabib Lazim al-Maliki (1993-2000)
*Mundhir al-Shawi (2000-2003)
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Hashim Abderrahman al-Shibli (2003-2004)
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Malik Dohan al-Hassan (2004–2005)
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Abdel Hussein Shandal (May 3, 2005 – May 20, 2006)
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Hashim Abderrahman al-Shibli (May 20, 2006 – March 31, 2007)
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Safa al-Safi (March 31, 2007 – February 19, 2009) (Acting)
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Dara Nur al-Din (February 19, 2009 – December 21, 2010)
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Hassan al-Shimari (December 21, 2010 – 2016)
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Haidar Al Zamily (2016-2021)
*Khaled Shwani (2022- )
Iraqi Correctional Service
Iraqi Correctional Service is a sub-agency of the MoJ that is responsible for prisons in Iraq and headed by a Director General (Juma'a Hussein Zamil).
Prior to 2004, various ministries Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (juvenile detention facilities) and Kurdish Regional Government were charged with prisons across Iraq.
ICS handles 37,681 prisoners (2009) in various facilities in the country.
See also
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Justice ministry
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
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Politics of Iraq
Iraq is a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic. It is a multi-party system whereby the executive power is exercised by the Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers as the head of government, the President of Iraq as the la ...
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Supreme Court of Iraq
The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq (FSC) is the highest court of Iraq within the remit of constitutional law, having exclusive jurisdiction to interpret the Constitution of Iraq. In addition to determining the constitutionality of laws and regulat ...
*
Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal
The Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT), formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal and sometimes referred to as the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal, is a body established under Iraqi national law to try Iraqi nationals or residents accused of genocide, crimes ag ...
References
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Justice
In its broadest sense, justice is the idea that individuals should be treated fairly. According to the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the most plausible candidate for a core definition comes from the ''Institutes (Justinian), Inst ...
Law enforcement in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...