- Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany)
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Federal Ministry of Justice Bundesministerium der Justiz 
Agency overview Formed January 1, 1877 as Reichsjustizamt Jurisdiction Government of Germany Headquarters Mohrenstrasse 7, 10117 Berlin, Germany Employees 623 Minister responsible Ms. Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Federal Minister of Justice Agency executives Dr. Max Stadler, Parliamentary State Secretary
Dr. Birgit Grundmann, State SecretaryWebsite http://www.bmj.bund.de The Federal Ministry of Justice (German: Bundesministerium der Justiz or BMJ) is a federal ministry in Germany.
Under the federal system of Germany, individual states are most responsible for the administration of justice and the application of penalties. The Federal Ministry of Justice devotes itself to creating and changing law in the classic core areas related to Constitutional law. The Ministry also analyzes the legality and constitutionality of laws prepared by other ministries.
The German Federal Court of Justice, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO) (German: Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA)), and Patent Court all fall under its scope.
It was founded on January 1, 1877, as the Imperial Justice Office (Reichsjustizamt). After Germany became a republic in 1919, it was raised to the rank of a federal ministry as the Reichsministerium der Justiz. The ministry was formally renamed the Bundesministerium der Justiz in 1949. In several laws predating 1949, the ministry and the minister are however referred to as Reichsministerium der Justiz and Reichsminister der Justiz, respectively. This has gradually been replaced with the new name and title when laws have been amended, most recently in 2010.[1]
The Federal Ministry of Justice in Berlin
Contents
List of ministers
State Secretaries for Justice, 1876–1918
Main article: Reichsjustizamt- Heinrich Friedberg 1876–1879
- Hermann von Schelling 1879–1889
- Otto von Oehlschläger 1889–1891
- Robert Bosse 1891–1892
- Eduard von Hanauer 1892–1893
- Rudolf Arnold Nieberding 1893–1909
- Hermann Lisco 1909–1917
- Paul Georg Christof von Krause 1917–1919
Ministers of Justice, 1918–1945
- Otto Landsberg (SPD) 1919
- Eugen Schiffer (DDP) 1919–1920
- Andreas Blunck (DDP) 1920
- Eugen Schiffer (DDP) 1921
- Gustav Radbruch (SPD) 1921–1922
- Rudolf Heinze (DVP) 1922–1923
- Gustav Radbruch (SPD) 1923
- Erich Emminger (BVP) 1923–1924
- Kurt Joël 1924–1925
- Josef Frenken (Centre) 1925
- Hans Luther (acting) 1925–1926
- Wilhelm Marx (Centre) 1926
- Johannes Bell (Centre) 1926–1927
- Oskar Hergt (DNVP) 1927–1928
- Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) 1928–1929
- Theodor von Guérard (Centre) 1929–1930
- Johann Viktor Bredt (WP) 1930
- Kurt Joël 1930–1932
- Franz Gürtner (DNVP) 1932–1941
- Franz Schlegelberger (Nazi) 1941–1942
- Otto Georg Thierack (Nazi) 1942–1945
Ministers of Justice of the Federal Republic of Germany (since 1949)
- Thomas Dehler (FDP) 1949–1953
- Fritz Neumayer (FDP, FVP) 1953–1956
- Hans-Joachim von Merkatz (German Party) 1956–1957
- Fritz Schäffer (CSU) 1957–1961
- Wolfgang Stammberger (FDP) 1961–1962
- Ewald Bucher (FDP) 1962–1965
- Karl Weber (CDU) 1965
- Richard Jaeger (CSU) 1965–1966
- Gustav Heinemann (SPD) 1966–1969
- Horst Ehmke (SPD) 1969
- Gerhard Jahn (SPD) 1969–1974
- Hans-Jochen Vogel (SPD) 1974–1981
- Jürgen Schmude (SPD) 1981–1982
- Hans A. Engelhard (FDP) 1982–1991
- Klaus Kinkel (FDP) 1991–1992
- Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (FDP) 1992–1995
- Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig (FDP) 1996–1998
- Herta Däubler-Gmelin (SPD) 1998–2002
- Brigitte Zypries (SPD) 2002–2009
- Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (FDP) since 2009
See also
References
External links
- Official homepage in German (translation available)
- Official translation of German federal laws/parts
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