• Source: Ministry of Justice (Portugal)

      • The Ministry of Justice (Portuguese: Ministério da Justiça) is the Portuguese government ministry responsible for the administration of the judiciary system. It is headed by the Minister of Justice.
      The Ministry of Justice should not be confused with the Public Ministry. This last one is not a Government ministry - despite the name - but the independent body of magistrates of the Judiciary charged with the public prosecution and the legal representation of the State before the courts.
      Unlike usual in other countries, the Portuguese Minister of Justice does not have any kind of hierarchic authority over the public prosecutors.


      Roles


      The roles of the Ministry of Justice include:

      to conceive, to conduct, to execute and to assess the policy of Justice defined by the Assembly of the Republic and by the Government;
      to assure the relationship of the Government with the courts, the Public Ministry, the Higher Council of Magistrates and the Higher Council of the Administrative and Tax Courts.


      History


      The present Ministry of Justice was created in 1821 as the Secretariat of State of the Ecclesiastical and Justice Affairs (also referred as the Ministry of Ecclesiastical and Justice Affairs). In 1910, it became the Ministry of Justice and Cults and in 1940, it became the Ministry of Justice.


      Organization


      The Ministry of Justice is headed by the minister, assisted by the Secretaries of State of Justice.
      The following agencies are part of the Ministry of Justice:

      Directorate-General of the Policy of Justice
      Inspectorate-General of the Services of Justice
      Secretariat-General of the Ministry of Justice
      Judiciary Police
      Directorate-General of the Administration of Justice
      Directorate-General of the Probation and Prison Services
      Institute of Justice Equipment and Facilities Management
      Institute of Registries and Notary
      National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences
      Center of Judiciary Studies
      Crime Victims Protection Commission
      Insolvency Administrators Activity Control and Appreciation Commission


      List of ministers




      = Regency of D. Pedro (1830-1834)

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      = Constitutional Monarchy (1830-1910)

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      = First Republic (1911-1926)

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      Provisional Government (1910-1911)




      Constitutional Governments (1911-1917)




      New Republic (1917-1918)




      Constitutional Governments (1918-1926)




      = Second Republic (1926-1974)

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      Military Dictatorship (1926-1928)


      National Dictatorship (1928-1933)




      New State (1933-1974)




      = Third Republic (1974-present)

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      National Salvation Board (1974)




      Interim Governments (1974-1976)




      Constitutional Governments (1976-present )




      See also


      Judiciary of Portugal
      Justice ministry
      Lista de ministros da Justiça de Portugal (List of ministers of justice of Portugal)
      Politics of Portugal


      External links

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