Minister of Justice (France)

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The French Minister of Justice (Ministre de la Justice) is an important cabinet member in the Government of France. The current Minister of Justice is Rachida Dati.

The minister's roles are the following:

  • overseeing the building, maintenance and administrative management of the court system;
  • vice-president of the high council of the judiciary (which oversees the career of most judges, and advises on the careers of prosecutors);
  • supervising the public prosecutors;
  • overseeing the prison system; and
  • proposing bills on civil or criminal law or procedure.

An ongoing topic of controversy is the amount of control that the minister of justice should have on the public prosecution service. While it seems desirable that the prosecution should not follow the whim of the executive, especially in cases involving politicians (corruption...), some argue that a prosecution service responsible to no one could go astray.

The Minister of Justice also, as Keeper of the Seals, retains the Great Seal of France.

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[edit] Ministers of Justice

[edit] 1790 to the Third Republic

  • Marguerite-Louis-François Duport-Dutertre, 1790-92
  • Jean Marie Roland de la Platière, March-April, 1792
  • Antoine Duranton, April-July, 1792
  • Étienne Dejoly, July-August, 1792
  • Georges Jacques Danton, August-October, 1792
  • Dominique Joseph Garat, 1792-93
  • Louis Gohier, 1793-94
  • Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai, 1795-96
  • Charles Génissieu, January-April, 1796
  • Philippe Antoine Merlin de Douai, 1796-97
  • Charles Joseph Lambrechts, 1797-99
  • Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, July-December, 1799
  • André Joseph Abrial, 1799-1802
  • Claude Ambroise Régnier, duc de Massa, 1802-13
  • Mathieu Louis Molé, 1813-14
  • Pierre Paul Nicolas Henrion de Pansey, April-May, 1814
  • Charles-Henri Dambray, 1814-15
  • Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, March-June, 1815
  • Antoine Boulay de la Meurthe, June-July, 1815
  • Étienne-Denis Pasquier, July-September, 1815
  • François de Barbé-Marbois, 1815-16
  • Charles-Henri Dambray, 1816-17
  • Étienne-Denis Pasquier, 1817-18
  • Pierre François Hercule de Serre, 1818-21
  • Charles Ignace de Peyronnet, 1821-28
  • Joseph Marie Portalis, 1828-29
  • Pierre Bourdeau, May-August 1829
  • Jean de Courvoisier, 1829-30
  • Jean de Chantelauze, May-July, 1830
  • Jacques Charles Dupont de l'Eure, July-December, 1830
  • Joseph Mérilhou, 1830-31
  • Félix Barthe, 1831-34
  • Jean-Charles Persil, 1834-36
  • Paul Jean Pierre Sauzet, February-September, 1836
  • Jean-Charles Persil, 1836-37
  • Félix Barthe, 1837-39
  • Amédée Girod de l'Ain, March-May, 1839
  • Jean-Baptiste Teste, 1839-40
  • Alexandre-François Vivien, March-October, 1840
  • Nicolas Martin du Nord, 1840-47
  • Michel Hébert, 1847-48
  • Adolphe Crémieux, February-June, 1848
  • Eugène Bethmont, June-July, 1848
  • Alexandre Marie, July-December, 1848
  • Eugène Rouher, 1847-1851
  • Joseph Corbin, October-November, 1851
  • Alfred Daviel, November-December, 1851
  • Eugène Rouher, 1851-52
  • Jean Pierre Charles Abbatucci, 1852-57
  • Paul de Royer, 1857-59
  • Claude Delangle, 1859-63
  • Pierre Jules Baroche, 1863-69
  • Jean-Baptiste Duvergier, 1869-70
  • Émile Ollivier, January-August 1870
  • Michel Grandperret, August-September, 1870


[edit] Third Republic

[edit] Provisional Government

  • Raphaël Alibert, 1940-41
  • Joseph Barthélémy, 1941-43
  • Maurice Gabolde, 1943-44
  • Jules Abadie, June-September, 1943
  • François de Menthon, 1943-44

[edit] Fourth Republic

[edit] Fifth Republic

[edit] See also

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