This is a list of Justice Ministers of Romania. The first person to hold office was

Manolache Costache Epureanu Manolache Costache Epureanu (1823–1880) was twice the Prime Minister of Romania both as a representative of the Conservative Party and of the National Liberal Party, more specifically for the first time in 1870 (20 April–14 December) and fo ...

United Romanian Principalities (1859–1862)

- January 17, 1859 (Iași), April 27, 1859 (Iași, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Justice and Finance Ad interim) * - January 25, 1859 (Bucharest, President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Justice) * - 8 March 1859 (Iași), January 17, 1861 (Iași) * Ion C. Cantacuzino - 27 March 1859 (Bucharest), 6 September 1859 (Bucharest, and temporary religions), 5 October 1861 (Iași, Minister of Interior and Justice ad-interim), 19 July 1861 (Bucharest) * - October 6, 1859 (Bucharest, the holder of Ion C. Cantacuzino resigning), October 11, 1859 (Bucharest, ad interim) * - November 10, 1859 (Iași) * Gheorghe Apostoleanu - 30 March 1860 (Iași, ad interim, Dimitrie Scarlat Miclescu resigning) *

Damaschin Bojincă Damaschin Bojincă (1802–1869) was an Imperial Austrian-born Moldavian writer and jurist. Born into an ethnic Romanian family in Gârliște, Caraș-Severin County, he attended primary school in Oravița and Vršac (''Vârșeț''), finishing h ...

- April 30, 1860 (Iași) *

Vasile Boerescu Vasile Boerescu (January 1, 1830 – November 18, 1883) was a journalist, lawyer and Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Justice, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Religion and Public Instruction and held other various gov ...

- May 28, 1860 (Bucharest, July 13, 1860 and Ad-interim at the Cults), November 17, 1868 * Nicolae Bițcoveanu - April 11, 1861 (Bucharest ad interim following the resignation of Vasile Boerescu) * - January 17, 1861 (Iași) * - May 23, 1861 (Iași) (replacing Constantin Hurmuzachi, resigned) * Constantin N. Brăiloiu - April 30, 1861 (Bucharest), January 22, 1862 * - May 12, 1861 (Bucharest) *

Dimitrie Ghica Dimitrie Ghica or Ghika (31 May 1816 – 15 February 1897) was a Romanian politician. A prominent member of the Conservative Party, he served as Prime Minister between 1868 and 1870. Dimitrie Ghica was born in the Ghica family, as the son ...

- July 30, 1861 (ad interim as missing Ion C. Cantacuzino), January 21, 1870 (interim in place of Vasile Boerescu, resigned)

Romania (1862–1881)

* Apostol Arsache - October 21, 1861 (ad interim following the resignation of IC Cantacuzino) *

Dimitrie Cornea Dimitrie Cornea (1816–1884) was the Minister of Justice during the Barbu Catargiu cabinet, from 22 January to 24 June 1862, and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 4 April 1876 until 26 April 1876 during the existence of United Principalities T ...

- June 7, 1862 *

Nicolae Crețulescu Nicolae Crețulescu (, surname also spelled Kretzulescu; 1 March 1812 – 26 June 1900) was a Wallachian, later Romanian politician and physician. He served two terms as Prime Minister of Romania: from 1862 to 1863, and from 1865 to 1866. He was ...

- December 30, 1862, July 3, 1862, August 8, 1863 (28 days in advance and August after the resignation of Barbu Bellu), June 19, 1864, March 11, 1871 * Barbu Bellu - June 14, 1863 * Dimitrie P. Vioreanu - August 15, 1863, February 2, 1870, April 5, 1876 *

Alexandru Papiu Ilarian Alexandru Papiu-Ilarian (27 September 1827 – ) was a Romanian revolutionary, lawyer and historian. Papiu Ilarian was born in Bezded ( hu, Bezdédtelek), Kingdom of Hungary (today part of Gârbou, Romania) on 27 September 1827. His father wa ...

- October 11, 1863 * P. Orbescu - 1 March 1864 (ad interim), 6 May 1864 *

Grigore Bengescu Grigore Bengescu (1824–1881) was a Wallachian, later Romanian, politician. Born in Craiova as the scion of a ''boyar'' family,Octav George Lecca, ''Familiile boerești române'', p. 70. Bucharest: Editura Minerva, 1899 Bengescu studied at the ...

- January 21, 1865 * George D. Vernescu - January 26, 1865 *

Dimitrie Cariagdi Dimitrie Cariagdi (1815 – October 9, 1894) was a Principality of Wallachia and later Romanian politician and lawyer. He studied in his native country, completing his education at the University of Paris. Returning home in 1838, Cariagdi joined t ...

- June 14, 1865, December 18, 1870 *

Ioan Cantacuzino Ioan I. Cantacuzino (; also Ion Cantacuzino; 25 November 1863 – 14 January 1934) was a renowned Romanian physician and bacteriologist, a professor at the School of Medicine and Pharmacy of the University of Bucharest, and a titular member of ...

- February 11, 1866 * Constantin A. Crețulescu - March 1, 1867 * Ștefan Golescu - August 5, 1867 (ad interim) *

Anton I. Arion Anton I. Arion (1824–1897) was a Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible ...

- August 17, 1867, November 13, 1867 * Constantin Eraclide - November 3, 1868 *

Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino Prince Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (22 September 1833 – 22 March 1913), was a Romanian politician and lawyer, one of the leading Conservative Party policymakers. Among his political posts were minister of public instruction in Romania, presid ...

- January 24, 1870 * Alexandru Lahovary - April 20, 1870, October 4, 1873 *

Gheorghe Costaforu Gheorghe Costaforu (October 26, 1820 – November 28, 1876) was a lawyer, university professor and Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Life and career A graduate of Law School at Sorbonne University, Costaforu b ...

- June 8, 1871 *

- October 28, 1872 *

Christian Tell Christian Tell (January 12, 1808 - February 4/16, 1884) was a Transylvanian-born Wallachian and Romanian general and politician. Life and activity He was born in Brașov on January 12, 1808. He studied at the Saint Sava National College in Buch ...

- March 31, 1873 (ad interim) *

Mihail Pherekyde Mihail Pherekyde (November 14, 1842 – January 24, 1926) was a Romanian politician and diplomat who served as the President of the Senate, President of the Assembly of Deputies, Minister of Foreign Affairs and two terms as the Minister of ...

- April 27, 1876, April 9, 1871 *

Eugeniu Stătescu Eugeniu Stătescu (December 25, 1836 – December 30, 1905) was a Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs from April 10, 1881 until June 8, 1881 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from June 9, 1881 until July 30, 1881 d ...

- 24 July 1876, 16 November 1881 (ad interim), 1 August 1882, 16 December 1885, 4 October 1895, 8 July 1902 * Ion I. Câmpineanu - January 27, 1877 *

Anastase Stolojan Anastase Stolojan (6 August 1836 – 25 July 1901) was a Wallachian-born Romanian politician. Born in Craiova, he descended from a family of small-scale '' boyars'' that came from Stolojani village in Gorj County. His father State was a '' ...

- July 11, 1879, January 5, 1898

Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)

Dimitrie Gianni Dimitrie Gianni (nicknamed Tache Gianni; 15 July 1838–27 June 1902) was a Wallachian-born Romanian lawyer and politician. Born in Bucharest, he descended from a Greek family that had settled in Wallachia. After attending gymnasium in Berlin, ...

- July 9, 1880, March 1, 1888 *

Gheorghe Chițu Gheorghe Chițu (first name also George or Giorgiu, last name also Chițiu, Chitzu, Kițu or Kitzu; Francized as ''Georges Kitzou''"Roumanie", in ''La Justice'', 7 July 1884, p. 2 or ''Quitzou'';Pecican, p. 161 24 August 1828 – 27 October 1897) ...

- January 25, 1882, October 1, 1883 (ad interim) * Nicolae Voinov - November 15, 1883 *

Constantin Nacu Constantin Nacu (June 29, 1844 – February 20, 1920) was a Wallachian, later Romanian politician. Born into a ''boyar'' family in Bucharest, he studied law at the University of Bucharest, later obtaining a law doctorate from the University of Par ...

- February 2, 1885 *

Alexandru Marghiloman Alexandru Marghiloman (4 July 1854 – 10 May 1925) was a Romanian conservative statesman who served for a short time in 1918 (March–October) as Prime Minister of Romania, and had a decisive role during World War I. Early career Born in Buz ...

- March 23, 1888 * George D. Vernescu - November 12, 1888, February 21, 1891 (ad interim) * Nicolae Gherassi - March 29, 1889 *

Theodor Rosetti Theodor Rosetti (5 May 1837, Iași or Solești, Moldavia – 17 July 1923, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian writer, journalist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania The prime minister of Romania ( ro, Prim-ministrul Ro ...

- November 5, 1889 * Grigore Trandafil - November 16, 1890 * Nicolae Blaremberg - November 3, 1891 *

Dimitrie C. Sturdza-Scheianu Dimitrie C. Sturdza-Scheianu (May 19, 1839–February 6, 1920) was a Romanian historian. Born in Iași into the aristocratic Sturdza family, his parents hired private foreign tutors for his education. Sturdza thus learned French, German, Lati ...

- November 27, 1891 *

Ștefan C. Șendrea Ștefan C. Șendrea (1842–July 30, 1907) was a Moldavian, later Romanian jurist and politician. Born in Huși, Șendrea obtained a doctorate in law from the University of Paris and one in political and administrative sciences from the Free Un ...

- November 22, 1896 *

Alexandru Djuvara Alexandru Djuvara (; 20 December 1858 – 1 February 1913) was a Romanian writer, journalist and politician. Early years Djuvara was born in Bucharest on 20 December 1858. He was the uncle of prominent Romanian historian Neagu Djuvara. Afte ...

- March 31, 1897 * George D. Pallade - January 12, 1898 *

Constantin Stoicescu Constantin I. Stoicescu (January 15, 1852 – May 10, 1911) was a politician and diplomat who held several ministerial positions in the Kingdom of Romania. Life and political career Stoicescu was born on January 15, 1852, in Ploiești. After ...

- October 1, 1898, February 14, 1901 * Constantin Dissescu - April 11, 1899 *

Titu Maiorescu Titu Liviu Maiorescu (; 15 February 1840 – 18 June 1917) was a Romanian literary critic and politician, founder of the ''Junimea'' Society. As a literary critic, he was instrumental in the development of Romanian culture in the second half of ...

- July 7, 1900 * Alexandru Gianni - October 19, 1903 *

Alexandru Bădărău Alexandru A. Bădărău (April 9, 1859–March 27, 1927) was a Romanian politician, academic, and journalist. Born in Bădărăi, Iași County (now in Botoșani County), his father was the local mayor. He studied at the National College in I ...

- December 22, 1904 * - June 5, 1906 * - March 12, 1907 *

Mihail G. Cantacuzino Mihail G. Cantacuzino (6 April 1867 – 28 August 1928) was a Romanian politician. After receiving doctorates in Law and Literature from the University of Paris, he became a prominent member of the Conservative Party. He served as Mayor of B ...

- December 29, 1910, December 11, 1916 *

Victor Antonescu Victor Antonescu (September 3, 1871, Antonești, Teleorman County – August 22, 1947, Bucharest) was a Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic po ...

- January 4, 1914, November 14, 1933, January 5, 1934, October 2, 1934 *

Constantin Argetoianu Constantin Argetoianu ( – 6 February 1955) was a Romanian politician, one of the best-known personalities of interwar Greater Romania, who served as the Prime Minister between 28 September and 23 November 1939. His memoirs, ''Memorii. Pentr ...

- January 29, 1918, March 13, 1920 (ad interim) *

Dimitrie Dobrescu Dimitrie Dobrescu (1852 – 13 February 1934) was a Romanian politician. After studying law at the University of Paris, he returned home and entered the magistracy, becoming a judge on the Ilfov County tribunal in 1883. Entering the Conservative ...

- March 16, 1918 * Ion Mitilineu - June 4, 1918 *

Artur Văitoianu Artur or Arthur Văitoianu (14 April 1864 in Izmail – 17 June 1956) was a Romanian general who served as a Prime Minister of Romania for about two months in 1919 (27 September – 30 November). During his mandate, the first elections of ...

- October 24, 1918 (Ad-interim, Army Corps General) * Dumitru Buzdugan - October 28, 1918 * Em. Miclescu - September 27, 1919 *

Ion Pelivan Ion Gheorghe Pelivan (April 1, 1876 in Răzeni – January 25, 1954 in Sighetu Marmației) was a Romanian politician. In 1898, Ion Pelivan graduated from the Theological Seminary of Chișinău and in 1903 from the University of Tartu. Then ...

- December 5, 1919 (did not work, being delegated to the Peace Commission in Paris, the interim was held by

Ștefan Cicio Pop Ștefan Cicio Pop (1 April 1865 – 16 February 1934) was a Romanian politician. Biography Born in Sajgó, Belső-Szolnok County, Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire, Pop's maternal grandfather was the Greek-Catholic canon Vasil ...

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Matei B. Cantacuzino Matei B. Cantacuzino (July 10, 1855 – August 10, 1925) was a Romanian jurist and politician. A scion of the Cantacuzino family, his parents were Basile Cantacuzino and Pulcheria Rosetti-Bălănescu; he had four sisters (one of whom died in ...

- March 31, 1920 * - August 27, 1920 (ad interim), November 16, 1920 *

Take Ionescu Take or Tache Ionescu (; born Dumitru Ghiță Ioan and also known as Demetriu G. Ionnescu; – 21 June 1922) was a Romanian centrist politician, journalist, lawyer and diplomat, who also enjoyed reputation as a short story author. Starting his ...

- December 9, 1920 (ad interim) * Mihail Antonescu - January 1, 1921 *

Stelian Popescu Stelian Popescu (February 18, 1874 in Lacu Turcului, Prahova County – 8 March 1954 in Madrid, Spain) was a nationalist Romanian journalist. Biography He was elected to Parliament many times. He was Minister of Justice in the Ionescu ca ...

- December 17, 1921, June 4, 1927 * Ioan Theodor Florescu - January 19, 1922 * Gheorghe Gh. Mârzescu - October 29, 1923 * Teodor Cudalbu - March 30, 1926 *

Grigore Iunian Grigore Iunian (September 30, 1882 – 1939) was a Romanian left-wing politician and lawyer. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL) during the 1910s, he rallied with the Peasants' Party (PȚ) after World War I, and followed it into the ...

- November 10, 1928, June 13, 1930, October 10, 1930 * - 7 March 1930, 7 June 1930, 6 December 1930 *

Gheorghe Mironescu Gheorghe G. Mironescu, commonly known as G. G. Mironescu (January 28, 1874 – October 8, 1949), was a Romanian politician, member of the National Peasants' Party (PNȚ), who served as Prime Minister of Romania for two terms. Biography Born in ...

- June 7, 1930 (ad interim) * Constantin Hamangiu - April 18, 1931 *

Victor Vâlcovici Victor Vâlcovici ( – 21 June 1970) was a Romanian mechanician and mathematician. Biography Born into a modest family in Galați, he graduated first in his class in 1904 from Nicolae Bălcescu High School in Brăila. Entering the Unive ...

- January 7, 1932 * - January 9, 1932 , February 1, 1935 * Virgil Potârcă - June 6, 1932 *

Mihai Popovici Mihai Popovici (21 October 1879 – 7 May 1966) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician. Born in Brașov, he studied at the Andrei Șaguna National College (Brașov), local Romanian high school and then at the universitie ...

- August 11, 1932 , October 20, 1932, January 14, 1933, September 22, 1933 *

Emil Hațieganu Emil Hațieganu (December 9, 1878—May 13, 1959) was a Romanian politician and jurist, a prominent member of the Romanian National Party (PNR) and of its successor, the National Peasants' Party (PNȚ); he was physician Iuliu Hațieganu's brother. ...

- July 22, 1933 (ad interim) * - August 29, 1936 * Vasile P. Sassu - February 23, 1937 * Vasile Rădulescu Mehedinți - December 29, 1937 * - February 11, 1938 (ad interim) *

Victor Iamandi Victor Iamandi (February 15, 1891 – 26 November 1940) was a Romanian politician who served as the Romanian Minister of Justice in 1938–1939, in several successive cabinets. He was born in Hodora, Iași County, the son of Ion and Lucreția Ia ...

- March 30, 1938 *

Istrate Micescu Istrate N. Micescu (22 May 1881 – 22 May 1951) was a Romanian lawyer, Law and Political Science professor at the University of Bucharest's Law Department, and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania. Early life Mice ...

- November 24, 1939 * - November 30, 1939 *

Ion V. Gruia Ion V. Gruia (November 14, 1895–November 14, 1952) was a Romanian jurist who briefly served in government in 1940. Born in Roman, he obtained a doctorate in law and practiced as a lawyer. He was also a professor of constitutional and admini ...

- July 4, 1940 *

Mihai Antonescu Mihai Antonescu (18 November 1904 – 1 June 1946) was a Romanian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister during World War II, executed in 1946 as a war criminal. Early career Born in Nucet, Dâmbovița County, w ...

- September 14, 1940 * - January 27, 1941 *

- February 15, 1941 * Ion C. Marinescu - August 14, 1942 *

Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu (; November 4, 1900 – April 17, 1954) was a Romanian communist politician and leading member of the Communist Party of Romania (PCR), also noted for his activities as a lawyer, sociologist and economist. For a while, he ...

- August 23, 1944 (ad interim), November 4, 1944 *

Ion Boițeanu Ion Boițeanu (10 October 1885–5 April 1946) was a Romanian lieutenant general during World War II. After graduating from military school in 1909 with the rank of second lieutenant, he advance in rank to lieutenant (1912), captain (1916), major ...

- 1 September 1944 (ad interim) * - September 7, 1944 (replacing Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, resigned) * - October 4, 1944 (ad interim, Aureliu Căpățână resigning)

Communist Romania (1948–1989)

* Avram Bunaciu - April 15, 1948 , December 31, 1957 * - September 24, 1949 * - January 28, 1953 * Gheorghe Diaconescu - May 31, 1954, January 23, 1958 * Ion Constantin Manoliu - March 21, 1961 * Adrian Dumitriu - March 18, 1965 * Teodor Vasiliu - November 28, 1970 * Emil Nicolcioiu - March 18, 1975 * - January 26, 1977 * - October 24, 1979 * - March 29, 1980 * Gheorghe Chivulescu - January 23, 1982 * Maria Bobu - October 3, 1987

Post-Communist Romania (1989–present)

* - January 3, 1990 * Victor Babiuc - June 28, 1990 * Mircea Ionescu-Quintus - October 16, 1991 * - November 19, 1992 * Iosif Gavril Chiuzbaian - March 6, 1994 * Ion Predescu - September 3, 1996 * Valeriu Stoica 12 December 1996 – 28 December 2000 *

Rodica Stănoiu Rodica Mihaela Stănoiu (born May 10, 1939) is a Romanian jurist and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and later the Conservative Party (PC), she was a member of the Romanian Senate for Olt County from 1996 to 2008, with a h ...

28 December 2000 – 10 March 2004 *

Cristian Diaconescu Cristian Diaconescu (; born 2 July 1959) is a Romanian jurist and politician. He previously belonged to the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) and the Social Democratic Party (PSD), as well as to the People's Movement Party (PMP) ...

10 March 2004 – 28 December 2004 *

Monica Macovei Monica Luisa Macovei (; born 4 February 1959) is a Romanian politician, lawyer and former prosecutor, and former Member of the European Parliament from the European Conservatives and Reformists and formerly a member of the Romanian Democratic L ...

18 December 2004 – 5 April 2007 *

Tudor Chiuariu Tudor-Alexandru Chiuariu (born 13 July 1976) is a Romanian lawyer and politician. An independent, he served as Justice Minister in the Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet from April to December 2007. He represented Bacău County in the Romanian Cha ...

5 April 2007 – 10 December 2007 *

Teodor Meleșcanu Teodor Viorel Meleșcanu (; born 10 March 1941) is a Romanian politician, diplomat, and jurist. He served as Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (Romania), Foreign Intelligence Service of Romania (SIE) between 2012 and 2014. He was a t ...

(ad interim) 15 January 2008 – 29 February 2008 *

Cătălin Predoiu Cătălin Marian Predoiu (; born 27 August 1968, Buzău) is a Romanian lawyer who served as the ad interim Prime Minister of Romania from February 6 to 9 February 2012, following the resignation of Emil Boc. He had previously been the Minister o ...

29 February 2008 – 7 May 2012 *

Titus Corlățean Titus Corlățean (; born 11 January 1968) is a Romanian politician and diplomat, former Minister of Justice and of Foreign Affairs. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), part of the Party of European Socialists, and was elected to ...

7 May 2012 – 6 August 2012 * 23 August 2012 – 28 March 2013 *

Victor Ponta Victor Viorel Ponta (; born 20 September 1972) is a Romanian jurist and politician, who served as Prime Minister of Romania between his appointment by President Traian Băsescu in May 2012 and his resignation in November 2015. A former member of ...

(acting) 28 March 2013 – 15 April 2013 * 15 April 2013 – 17 November 2015 * 17 November 2015 – 4 January 2017 * Florin Iordache 4 January 2017 – 9 February 2017 * Ana Birchall (acting) 9 February 2017 – 22 February 2017 *

Tudorel Toader Tudorel Toader (born 25 March 1960, in Vulturu, Vrancea County, Socialist Republic of Romania) is a Romanian lawyer and professor. Between 1982 and 1986, Toader studied at The Law University at "Al.I. Cuza" Iași. In 2006 he was appointed jud ...

23 February 2017 - 18 April 2019 * Ana Birchall 7 June 2019 - 4 November 2019 *

4 November 2019 - 23 December 2020 * Stelian Ion 23 December 2020 - 2 September 2021 *

Lucian Bode Lucian of Samosata, '; la, Lucianus Samosatensis ( 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed supersti ...

(acting) 2 September 2021 - 25 November 2021 *

25 November 2021 - incumbent

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