The Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic (Czech: Ministerstvo spravedlnosti České republiky) is a government ministry of the Czech Republic.
The powers of the Ministry of Justice as defined by Section 11 of Act No. 2/1969 Coll. on Creation of Ministries and Other Central Authorities (Competencies Act) are:
It is a central authority of the state administration for courts of law and the Public Prosecutor's Office.
It gives legal opinion on credit and guarantee agreements, whose party is the Czech Republic.
It acts as a central authority of the state administration for prisons; the Prison Service of the Czech Republic is its subsidiary.
It acts as a central authority of the state administration for probation and mediation.
It represents the Czech Republic claims for breaching the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its Protocols and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and coordinates the execution of the decisions of the relevant international bodies.
Contents
List of ministers of justice
Czechoslovakia (1918-1968)
František Soukup: November 14, 1918 - July 8, 1919
František Veselý: July 8, 1919 - May 25, 1920
Alfred Meissner: May 25, 1920 - September 15, 1920
Augustin Popelka: September 15, 1920 - September 26, 1921
Josef Dolanský: September 26, 1921 - December 9, 1925
Karel Viškovský: 9 December 1925 - 18 March 1926
Jiří Haussmann: March 18, 1926 - October 12, 1926
Robert Mayr-Harting: October 12, 1926 - December 7, 1929
Alfred Meissner: December 7, 1929 - February 14, 1934
Ivan Dérer: February 14, 1934 - September 22, 1938
Vladimir Fajnor: 22 September 1938 - 4 October 1938 and 4 October 1938 - 14 October 1938
Ladislav Karel Feierabend: October 14, 1938 - December 1, 1938
Jaroslav Krejci: 1 December 1938 - 15 March 1939 [p 1]
Jaroslav Stránský: April 5, 1945 - November 6, 1945 [p 2]
Prokop Drtina: November 6, 1945 - February 25, 1948
Alexej Čepička: 25 February 1948 - 25 April 1950
Štefan Rais: April 25, 1950 - September 14, 1953
Czech Republic (1969-present)
As part of the independent Republic