| Ministry of Justice of Ukraine |
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| Міністерство юстиції України | |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1990 |
| Preceding agencies | *Ministry of Justice of the Ukrainian SSR (1947-1963) *Legal commission of the Council of Ministers (1963-1970) *Ministry of Justice of the Ukrainian SSR (1970-1990) |
| Jurisdiction | Ukraine |
| Headquarters | Kiev |
| Ministers responsible | Oleksandr Lavrynovych, Minister of Justice of Ukraine Inna Yemelianova, First Deputy Minister |
| Parent agency | Cabinet of Ministers |
| Child agencies | State Archive Service of Ukraine State Executive Service of Ukraine State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine State Registration Service of Ukraine State Service of Ukraine for protection of personal data |
| Website | |
| http://www.minjust.gov.ua | |
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство юстиції України) is the main body in the system of central bodies of the executive power that provides realization of a state legal policy. It is often abbreviated as Мiniust [України]. It is one of the oldest ministerial offices in Ukraine tracing its history back to the beginning of 20th century.
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The ministry consists of the central body of ministry headed by its leadership composed of a minister, his/hers first deputy, and other deputies in assistance to the minister. To the central body of ministry also belongs the government official in affairs of the European Court of Human Rights, who represents Ukraine in the mentioned international institution. There are several state departments and agencies that are assigned to the leadership of the ministry, each deputy of which is also assigned a territorial representation of local authorities of justice.
| Name of parent agency | Chairman of government | Name of minister | Term of Office | |
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| General Secretariat of Ukraine | Volodymyr Vynnychenko | Valentyn Sadovsky | June 28, 1917 | August 13, 1917 |
| Mykhailo Tkachenko | November 12, 1917 | January 23, 1918 | ||
| Council of People's Ministers | January 23, 1918 | February 1918 | ||
| Vsevolod Holubovych | Serhiy Shelukhin | February 1918 | April 29, 1918 | |
| Council of Ministers (1918) | Fyodor Lizogub | Mikhail Chubinsky | April 30, 1918 | August 24, 1918 |
| Aleksei Romanov | August 1918 | October 25, 1918 | ||
| Andrei Vyazlov | October 25, 1918 | November 14, 1918 | ||
| Sergei Gerbel | Viktor Reinbot | November 14, 1918 | December 14, 1918 | |
| Council of People's Ministers | Volodymyr Chekhivsky | Serhiy Shelukhin (acting) | ||
| Viktor Prykhodko | ||||
| Hryhoriy Syrotenko | February 13, 1919 | |||
| Serhiy Ostapenko | Dmytro Markovych | February 13, 1919 | April 9, 1919 | |
| Borys Martos | Andriy Livytskyi | April 9, 1919 | August 5, 1921 | |
| Isaak Mazepa | ||||
| Vyacheslav Prokopovych | ||||
| Andriy Livytskyi | ||||
| Vyacheslav Prokopovych | ||||
| Temporary Peasant-Worker's Government | Georgy Pyatakov | Aleksandr Khmelnitskiy | November 28, 1918 | May 1919 |
| All-Ukrainian Revolutionary Committee | Christian Rakovsky | Mikhail Lebedinets | May 1919 | August 1919 |
| People's Commissariat of UkrSSR | Yevgeniy Tereletsky | February 20, 1920 | March 3, 1921 | |
| Sergei Buzdalin | 1921 | 1921 | ||
| Mikhail Vetoshkin | January 1922 | 1922 | ||
| Mykola Skrypnyk | 1922 | 1923 | ||
| Vlas Chubar | 1923 | 1927 | ||
| Vasyl Poraiko | March 5, 1927 | July 10, 1930 | ||
| Vasyl Polyakov | September 1930 | 1933 | ||
| Mykhailo Mykhailyk | July 1933 | January 1935 | ||
| Panas Lyubchenko | Arkadiy Kiselyov-Kesler | January 1935 | August 1936 | |
| Khoma Radchenko | September 1936 | 1937 | ||
| Mykhailo Bondarenko | Khoma Radchenko | 1937 | 1937 | |
| Demian Korotchenko | Mykola Babchenko | June 1938 | 1939 | |
| Leonid Korniyets | 1939 | 1944 | ||
| Nikita Khrushchev | 1944 | 1946 | ||
| Cabinet of Ministers of UkrSSR | 1946 | March 1947 | ||
| Demian Korotchenko | Denis Panasyuk | March 1947 | January 1953 | |
| Fedir Hlukh | January 1953 | 1954 | ||
| Nykyfor Kalchenko | 1954 | March 1957 | ||
| Kateryna Zghurska | March 1957 | 1961 | ||
| Volodymyr Shcherbytskyi | 1961 | April 1963 | ||
| Volodymyr Zaichuk | 1970 | 1972 | ||
| Oleksandr Lyashko | 1972 | 1987 | ||
| Vitaliy Masol | 1987 | 1990 | ||
| Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine | Vitold Fokin | Vitaliy Boiko | August 2, 1990 | March 20, 1992 |
| Volodymyr Kampo | March 20, 1992 | April 21, 1992 | ||
| Leonid Kuchma | Vasyl Onopenko | October 27, 1992 | June 16, 1994 | |
| Vitaliy Masol | June 16, 1994 | August 7, 1995 | ||
| Yevhen Marchuk | Serhiy Holovatyi | September 27, 1995 | May 28, 1996 | |
| Pavlo Lazarenko | May 28, 1996 | August 21, 1997 | ||
| Valeriy Pustovoitenko | Syuzanna Stanik | August 21, 1997 | December 22, 1999 | |
| Viktor Yushchenko | December 22, 1999 | May 29, 2001 | ||
| Anatoliy Kinakh | May 29, 2001 | May 7, 2002 | ||
| Oleksandr Lavrynovych | May 7, 2002 | November 21, 2002 | ||
| Viktor Yanukovych | November 21, 2002 | February 4, 2005 | ||
| Yulia Tymoshenko | Roman Zvarych | February 4, 2005 | September 27, 2005 | |
| Yuriy Yekhanurov | Serhiy Holovatyi | September 27, 2005 | August 4, 2006 | |
| Viktor Yanukovych | Roman Zvarych | August 4, 2006 | November 1, 2006 | |
| Oleksandr Lavrynovych | November 1, 2006 | December 18, 2007 | ||
| Yulia Tymoshenko | Mykola Onishchuk | December 18, 2007 | March 11, 2010 | |
| Mykola Azarov | Oleksandr Lavrynovych | March 11, 2010 | present | |
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