The Ministry of Justice ( el, Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης) is the government department entrusted with the supervision of the legal and judicial system of

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

. The incumbent minister is

Konstantinos Tsiaras Konstantinos Tsiaras ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Τσιάρας; born 1966) is a Greece, Greek politician and member of New Democracy (Greece), New Democracy who served as the Ministry of Justice (Greece), Minister for Justice in the First Cabi ...

of New Democracy. It was founded as the State Secretariat for Justice () on 25 January 1833, and later known as the Ministry of Justice ( Katharevousa: , Demotic: ). It was renamed the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights ( el, Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης, Διαφάνειας και Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων) in October 2009 under George Papandreou, but was restored to its previous name in July 2019 by

Kyriakos Mitsotakis Kyriakos Mitsotakis ( el, Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης, ; born 4 March 1968) is a Greek politician serving as the prime minister of Greece since 8 July 2019. A member of the New Democracy (Greece), New Democracy, he has been its presi ...

Ministers for Justice (1974–2009)

Ministers for Justice, Transparency and Human Rights (2009–2019)

Minister for Justice (since July 2019)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Justice, Transparency and Human Rights Government ministries of Greece Lists of government ministers of Greece

* 1833 establishments in Greece Ministries established in 1833