The Minister of Justice is the member of a government who is responsible for the judiciary of the state.
In Germany, the first all-German government was the provisional central power of the emerging revolutionary German Empire . In the North German Confederation (from 1867) there was no supreme judicial authority. This came into being in the German Empire in 1876 through a spin-off from the Reich Chancellery . After 1919 the heads of the highest judicial authority were given the title and rank of minister.
Reich Minister of the Provisional Central Authority (1848/1849)
Stamp of the Reich Ministry of Justice
State Secretaries of the Reich Justice Office in the German Empire (1876–1919)
Coat of arms of the German Empire
| Surname
|
Term of office (beginning)
|
Term of office (end)
|
| Heinrich Friedberg |
December 21, 1876 |
October 30, 1879
|
| Hermann von Schelling |
November 19, 1879 |
January 31, 1889
|
| Otto von Oehlschläger |
February 19, 1889 |
February 2, 1891
|
| Robert Bosse |
February 2, 1891 |
March 24, 1892
|
| Eduard Hanauer |
April 2, 1892 |
April 30, 1893
|
| Rudolf Arnold Nieberding |
July 11, 1893 |
October 25, 1909
|
| Hermann Lisco |
October 25, 1909 |
August 5, 1917
|
| Paul von Krause |
August 7, 1917 |
February 13, 1919
|
Reich Minister of Justice in the Weimar Republic (1919–1933)
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| Surname
|
Term of office (beginning)
|
Term of office (end)
|
Political party
|
| Otto Landsberg |
February 13, 1919 |
June 20, 1919 |
SPD
|
| Eugene Schiffer |
October 3, 1919 |
March 26, 1920 |
DDP
|
| Andreas Blunck |
March 27, 1920 |
June 8, 1920 |
DDP
|
| Rudolf Heinze |
June 25, 1920 |
May 4, 1921 |
DVP
|
| Eugene Schiffer |
May 10, 1921 |
October 22, 1921 |
DDP
|
| Gustav Radbruch |
October 26, 1921 |
November 14, 1922 |
SPD
|
| Rudolf Heinze |
November 22, 1922 |
August 12, 1923 |
DVP
|
| Gustav Radbruch |
August 13, 1923 |
November 3, 1923 |
SPD
|
| Erich Emminger |
November 30, 1923 |
April 15, 1924 |
BVP
|
| Curt Joël |
April 15, 1924 |
December 15, 1924 |
-
|
| Josef Frenken |
January 15, 1925 |
November 21, 1925 |
center
|
| Hans Luther |
November 21, 1925 |
December 5, 1925 |
-
|
| Wilhelm Marx |
January 20, 1926 |
May 12, 1926 |
center
|
| Johannes Bell |
May 16, 1926 |
December 17, 1926 |
center
|
| Oskar Hergt |
January 29, 1927 |
June 12, 1928 |
DNVP
|
| Erich Koch-Weser |
June 28, 1928 |
April 13, 1929 |
DDP
|
| Theodor von Guérard |
April 13, 1929 |
March 27, 1930 |
center
|
| Johann Viktor Bredt |
March 30, 1930 |
5th December 1930 |
Economic party
|
| Curt Joël |
5th December 1930 |
May 30, 1932 |
-
|
| Franz Gürtner |
June 1, 1932 |
January 30, 1933 |
DNVP
|
Reich Minister of Justice under National Socialism (1933–1945)
Coat of arms of Germany during the National Socialism
Federal Minister of Justice in the Federal Republic of Germany (since 1949)
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Federal Minister of Justice (1949–2013)
| Surname
|
Term of office (beginning)
|
Term of office (end)
|
Political party
|
| Thomas Dehler |
September 20, 1949 |
October 20, 1953 |
FDP
|
| Fritz Neumayer |
October 20, 1953 |
October 16, 1956 |
FDP
|
| Hans-Joachim von Merkatz |
October 16, 1956 |
October 29, 1957 |
DP
|
| Fritz Schäffer |
October 29, 1957 |
November 14, 1961 |
CSU
|
| Wolfgang Stammberger |
November 14, 1961 |
November 19, 1962 |
FDP
|
| Ewald Bucher |
December 14, 1962 |
March 27, 1965 |
FDP
|
| Karl Weber |
April 1, 1965 |
October 6, 1965 |
CDU
|
| Richard Jaeger |
October 26, 1965 |
November 30, 1966 |
CSU
|
| Gustav Heinemann |
1st December 1966 |
March 26, 1969 |
SPD
|
| Horst Ehmke |
March 26, 1969 |
October 21, 1969 |
SPD
|
| Gerhard Jahn |
October 22, 1969 |
May 7th 1974 |
SPD
|
| Hans-Jochen Vogel |
May 16, 1974 |
January 22, 1981 |
SPD
|
| Jürgen Schmude |
January 22, 1981 |
October 1, 1982 |
SPD
|
| Hans A. Engelhard |
4th October 1982 |
January 18, 1991 |
FDP
|
| Klaus Kinkel |
January 18, 1991 |
May 18, 1992 |
FDP
|
| Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger |
May 18, 1992 |
January 17, 1996 |
FDP
|
| Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig |
January 17, 1996 |
October 26, 1998 |
FDP
|
| Herta Däubler-Gmelin |
October 26, 1998 |
October 22, 2002 |
SPD
|
| Brigitte Zypries |
October 22, 2002 |
October 28, 2009 |
SPD
|
| Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger |
October 28, 2009 |
17th December 2013 |
FDP
|
Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection (since 2013)
Minister of Justice in the German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)
| Surname
|
Term of office (beginning)
|
Term of office (end)
|
Political party
|
| Max Fechner |
October 11, 1949 |
July 15, 1953 |
SED
|
| Hilde Benjamin |
July 15, 1953 |
July 14, 1964 |
SED
|
| Kurt wishes |
July 14, 1964 |
October 16, 1972 |
LDPD
|
| Hans-Joachim Heusinger |
October 16, 1972 |
January 12, 1990 |
LDPD
|
| Kurt wishes |
January 12, 1990 |
August 16, 1990 |
LDPD
|
| Manfred Walther |
August 16, 1990 |
October 2, 1990 |
CDU
|
literature
- Hans Schenk, Elfriede Eißelt: Reich Ministries of the Provisional Central Authority. Stocks DB 52-59. Part I. Federal Archives, Koblenz 1986.
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