The Ministry of Justice of Libya promotes the rule of law and justice in Libya and aims to produce an effective judiciary and prison system. The ministry is responsible for drafting laws and, in 2013, announced plans to review legislation so that it may conform to sharia law.
List of ministers (Post-independence in 1951)
* Abdur Rahman al-Galhoud (1954-1956)
*
Ali Sahli (1956)
*
Mohieddin Fikini (1956-1957)
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Abd al-Hamid Daibani (1960)
*
Wahbi al-Bouri (1961-1962)
*
Omar Mahmud al-Muntasir (1962-1964)
*
Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush
Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush ( ar, عبد الحميد البكوش) (10 August 1933 – 4 December 2007) was Prime Minister of Libya from 25 October 1967 to 4 September 1968. After the proclamation of the Jamahiriya by Gaddafi, he went into exile to ...
(1964-1968)
* Rajab al Majri (1969)
* Muhammed Qadi (1969-1970)
* Muhammed 'Ali Jadi (1972-1980)
* Muhammed Abu al-Qasim al-Zuwayy (1981-1984)
eferred to as the Secretary of Justice*
Miftah Muhammed K'eba (1985-1986)
eferred to as the Secretary of Justice* 'Izz al-Din al-Hinshari (1990)
eferred to as the Secretary of Justice* Ibrahim Muhammed Bakkar (1991-1994)
eferred to as the Secretary of Justice* Mustafa Moustafa Al-Qulaib (1994)
* Mahmud al-Hijazi (1994-1998)
eferred to as Secretary of Justice and Public Security* Muhammed Abu al-Qasim al-Zuwayy (1999-2000)
eferred to as Secretary of Justice and Public Security* Abd al-Rahman al-Abbar (2001)
eferred to as Secretary of General People's Committee for Justice and Public Security* Mohamed Ali Al-Masirati (2001-2003)
eferred to as Secretary of General People's Committee for Justice and Public Security* Umar Abu Bakr (2004-2006)
eferred to as the Secretary of Justice*
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mustafa Abdul Jalil ( ar, مصطفى عبد الجليل; also transcribed ''Abdul-Jelil, Abd-al-Jalil'', ''Abdel-Jalil'', ''Abdeljalil'' or ''Abdu Al Jeleil''; born 1952) is a Libyan politician who was the Chairman of the National Transitional ...
(2007-2011)
*
Ali Ashour (2011-2012)
tatutory law emphasized that the Secretary of Justice refers to the Minister of Justice*
Salah Bashir Margani (2012-2014)
* Juma Abdullah Drissi (2016–present)
*A new Ministry of Justice would not be created until 1989.
See also
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Justice ministry
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in ...
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Politics of Libya
The politics of Libya has been in an uncertain state since the collapse of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in 2011 and a recent civil war and various jihadists and tribal elements controlling parts of the country. On 10 March 2021, a national unity ...
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Justice ministries
Government of Libya