The Estonian Ministry of Justice ( et, Justiitsministeerium) is the

Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry. Lists of current ministries of justice Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia) * Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Just ...

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

. The Minister of Justice ( et, justiitsminister) is the senior minister at the Ministry of Justice in the

Estonian Government , image = , date = 24 February 1918 , state = Republic of Estonia , address = Rahukohtu 3, 15161 Tallinn, Estonia , appointed = President of Estonia , leader_title = Prime Minister of Estonia , ...

. The Ministry is responsible for providing support to the court system and providing legal focus in proposing new laws.

Duties and structures

Ministry of Justice has following duties and structures: * Prisons (Estonian Department of Prisons) * The Prosecutor's Office * Courts * Patent Office * Estonian Competition Authority * Data Protection Inspectorate * Estonian Forensic Institute * Centre of Registers and Information Systems

List of ministers

Jüri Raidla Jüri Raidla (born 2 July 1957 in Estonia) is an Estonian lawyer, founder and senior partner of Ellex Raidla (one of the largest law firms in Estonia). Career 1980 was educated at the University of Tartu (law degree '' cum laude''), 1987 at ...

(3 April 1990 – 30 January 1992) *

Märt Rask Märt Rask (born 19 December 1950) is an Estonian attorney, jurist, and politician who was the Estonian Minister of the Interior from 1995 to 1996, as well as being the Justice Minister in 1992 and from 1999 to 2003 and Chief Justice of the Sup ...

(30 January 1992 – 21 October 1992) *

Kaido Kama Kaido Kama (born 18 December 1957, Viljandi) is an Estonian politician, conservationist, and teacher. He served as the Minister of Justice of Estonia from 1992 to 1994, as well as Estonia's Minister of the Interior from 1994 to 1995. Biograph ...

(21 October 1992 – 23 May 1994) * Urmas Arumäe (2 June 1994 – 8 November 1994) * Jüri Adams (8 November 1994 – 17 April 1995) * Paul Varul (17 April 1995 – 6 November 1995; 6 November 1995 – 17 March 1997; 17 March 1997 – 25 March 1999) *

(25 March 1999 – 28 January 2002; 28 January 2002 – 10 April 2003) *

Ken-Marti Vaher Ken-Marti Vaher (born 5 September 1974) is a leading member of the Estonian Pro Patria and Res Publica Union party. He has served twice as a Minister: as Minister of Justice (2003–2005) and as Minister of the Interior (2011–2014). Career Vah ...

(10 April 2003 – 13 April 2005) *

Rein Lang Rein Lang (born 4 July 1957) is an Estonian politician, a member of the Estonian Reform Party since 1995, and a diplomat. He was the Minister of Culture in Andrus Ansip's third cabinet until his resignation. Personal life Lang was born at Tar ...

(13 April 2005 – 5 April 2007; 5 April 2007 – 5 April 2011) *

Kristen Michal Kristen Michal (born 12 July 1975) is an Estonian politician. member of the Estonian Reform Party, he was the minister of economic affairs and infrastructure in Taavi Rõivas' cabinet between 9 April 2015 and 22 November 2016. Previously, M ...

(6 April 2011 – 10 December 2012) *

Hanno Pevkur Hanno Pevkur (born 2 April 1977) is an Estonian politician who is currently the Minister of Defence. He is the former chairman of the Estonian Reform Party. He has served as the Minister of Social Affairs from 2009 to 2012, as the Minister of ...

(10 December 2012 – 26 March 2014) *

Andres Anvelt Andres Anvelt (born on 30 September 1969 Tallinn) is Estonian politician and writer. He belongs to Social Democratic Party. 2003-2006 he was director of Estonian Academy of Security Sciences Police College ( et, Sisekaitseakadeemia politseikolled ...

(26 March 2014 – 9 April 2015) *

Urmas Reinsalu Urmas Reinsalu (born 22 June 1975) is an Estonian politician serving as the minister of foreign affairs since 18 July 2022 and previously between April 2019 and 26 January 2021. Before that, Urmas has served as the minister of defence between 2 ...

(9 April 2015 – 29 April 2019) *

Raivo Aeg Raivo Aeg (born on 4 July 1962 Kuressaare) is an Estonian politician and police officer. He is member of the XIV Riigikogu. Since 2014 he has belonged to the Isamaa party. Early life Aeg graduated from the Tallinn Polytechnic Institute in 1985. ...

(29 April 2019 – 26 January 2021) *

Maris Lauri Maris Lauri (born 1 January 1966) is an Estonian politician, former Minister of Justice and a member of the Reform Party. She was the Minister of Finance in Taavi Rõivas's first cabinet from November 2014 to April 2015 and later as the Min ...

(26 January 2021 – 18 July 2022) * Lea Danilson-Järg (18 July 2022 – )

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Justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

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Duties and structures

List of ministers

See also

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