Ministry of Justice of Lower Saxony

Ministry of Justice of Lower Saxony
State level	country
position	Supreme state authority
founding	1947
Headquarters	Hanover , Lower Saxony
Authority management	Justice Minister ; Barbara Havliza
Web presence	https://www.mj.niedersachsen.de/startseite//

Exterior view

First floor

Consultation room

Library

Entrance area

overall view

The Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice is one of ten ministries of the country Lower Saxony . It is based on Waterlooplatz in the Lower Saxony state capital Hanover . The ministry has been headed by Barbara Havliza (nominated by the CDU ) since 2017 , and State Secretary is Stefan von der Beck .

tasks

The ministry is responsible for the courts and public prosecutor's offices in Lower Saxony. In addition, it organizes the penal system and is involved in legislation at the state and federal level.

organization

In addition to the press office and the ministerial office, the Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice is divided into five departments:

Department I: Administration of Justice
Department II: Civil Law, Public Law
Department III: Prison
Division IV: Criminal Law
State Judicial Examination Office (LJPA)

List of ministers

The previous Lower Saxony ministers of justice were:

	Political party	Term of office
Wilhelm Ellinghaus	SPD	1946-1947
Werner Hofmeister	CDU	1947-1950
Otto Krapp	center	1950-1953
Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf	SPD	1953-1955
Richard Langeheine	DP	1955-1956
Arvid von Nottbeck	FDP	1956-1957
Werner Hofmeister	CDU	1957-1959
Arvid von Nottbeck	FDP	1959-1965
Gustav Bosselmann	CDU	1965-1970
Hans Schäfer	SPD	1970-1976
Ernst Albrecht	CDU	1976
Hans Puvogel	CDU	1976-1988
Ernst Albrecht	CDU	1978
Hans-Dieter Schwind	CDU	1978-1982
Walter Remmers	CDU	1982-1990
Heidrun Merk	SPD	1990-1998
Wolf Weber	SPD	1998-2000
Christian Pfeiffer	SPD	2000-2003
Elisabeth Heister-Neumann	CDU	2003-2008
Bernd Busemann	CDU	2008-2013
Antje Niewisch-Lennartz	Green	2013-2017
Barbara Havliza	CDU	since 2017

History of architecture and art

Between 1962 and 1964, the architects Paul Wolters and Gerd Fesel erected the building at Waterlooplatz 1 .

Web links

Commons : Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice - collection of images

Official website

Individual evidence

^ History. Retrieved January 4, 2012 .
^ Lower Saxony portal of the Lower Saxony State Chancellery: The Lower Saxony State Government. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
↑ Contact. Retrieved November 26, 2011 .
↑ The Secretary of State. Retrieved November 23, 2017 .
↑ tasks. Retrieved November 26, 2011 .
↑ Organization plan . Retrieved November 26, 2011 .
↑ Previous ministers. Retrieved November 26, 2011 .
^ Friedrich Lindau : Hanover. Reconstruction and destruction. The city in dealing with its architectural-historical identity , 2nd, revised edition, Hanover: Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft, 2001, ISBN 3-87706-607-0 , passim ; Preview over google books .

52.3675 9.7303Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 3 ″ N , 9 ° 43 ′ 49.1 ″ E

[1] History. Retrieved January 4, 2012 .

[2] Lower Saxony portal of the Lower Saxony State Chancellery: The Lower Saxony State Government. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .

[3] Contact. Retrieved November 26, 2011 .

[4] The Secretary of State. Retrieved November 23, 2017 .

[5] tasks. Retrieved November 26, 2011 .

[6] Organization plan . Retrieved November 26, 2011 .

[7] Previous ministers. Retrieved November 26, 2011 .

[8] Friedrich Lindau : Hanover. Reconstruction and destruction. The city in dealing with its architectural-historical identity , 2nd, revised edition, Hanover: Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft, 2001, ISBN 3-87706-607-0 , passim ; Preview over google books .