The Ministry of Justice ( sv, Justitiedepartementet) is a Cabinet-level ministry of the

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which handles matters relating to the justice system, such as legislation concerning the constitution, as well as

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and counter-terrorism procedures. All Swedish law enforcement agencies, as well as the prosecution authorities, the prison and probation service and the National Council for Crime Prevention answer to the Ministry of Justice. In addition to handling constitution-related legislation, the Ministry is responsible for legislation and procedures relating to administrative law, civil law, procedural law and criminal law. The Ministry also deals with matters relating to migration and asylum policy. Internationally, the Ministry of Justice takes part in efforts to co-operate with other nations in order to combat cross-border crime. It is located in the government chancellery

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in Stockholm.

Organization

The Ministry of Justice is headed by the

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. On the department he is joined by another cabinet member Maria Malmer Stenergard, is responsible for issues regarding

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. The political executive also includes the state secretaries, the political advisers and the press secretaries. The Ministry's senior officials also include the Director-General for Administrative Affairs, three Directors-General for Legal Affairs, the Director of Planning, the Director-General for Crisis Management, the Director-General for International Affairs, the Head of Administration, the Head of Human resources and the Head of Communications.

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was the head from 2006 to 2014.

Tobias Billström Tobias Lennart Billström (born 27 December 1973) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since 18 October 2022 and has been Member of the Riksdag since the ...

was the Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy while

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led the Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality from 2007 until it was dissolved in 2010.

Deputy Minister for Justice

Other ministers at the Ministry of Justice are called Deputy Minister for Justice (

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: ''Biträdande justitieminister'').

European Union

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-related issues are closely related to the work of the Ministry of Justice. Four areas in particular stand out; judicial and domestic issues ( police and judicial cooperation in penal law, judicial cooperation in civil law), internal market issues (e.g.

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and company law),

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(public access to official documents), and

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Government agencies

The Ministry of Justice is principal for the following

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Organization

Deputy Minister for Justice

European Union

Government agencies

References

See also