Established in 1920, the Ministry of Justice of
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
(MoJ) is the
federal government ministry concerned with judicial and prosecutorial training, publishing the
Official Gazette
A government gazette (also known as an official gazette, official journal, official newspaper, official monitor or official bulletin) is a periodical publication that has been authorised to publish public or legal notices. It is usually establis ...
, notaries public, deeds and records, and since 5 June 2004, prisons. In 2007, the ministry possessed a staff of 13,619. Also, 130 courthouses and headquarters are located at the Ministry of Justice Building.
List of ministers
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Naji al-Suwaydi (1920-1922)
*'Abd al-Muhsin al Sa'dun
(1922-1923)
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Ahmed Mahmoud Al-Fakhry (1923-1924)
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Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
Rashid Ali al-Gaylaniin Arab standard pronunciation Rashid Aali al-Kaylani; also transliterated as Sayyid Rashid Aali al-Gillani, Sayyid Rashid Ali al-Gailani or sometimes Sayyad Rashid Ali el Keilany (" Sayyad" serves to address higher standing ...
(1924-1925)
*Daud al-Haidari (1926–1929)
*Abdul Aziz-al-Qassab (1929)
* Jamal Baban (1930–1932)
* Muhammed Zaki (1933)
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Jamal Baban (1933–1934)
*Muhammed Zaki (1935–1936)
*Rashid 'Ali al-Kaylani
(1935–1936)
* 'Ali Mahmud al-Shaykh'Ali
(1936–1937)
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Salih Jabr
Sayyid Salih Jabr ( ar, سيد صالح جبر; 1896–1957) was an Iraqi statesman who served as the prime minister of Iraq from March 1947 to January 1948. He was the first Shi'ite to become prime minister.
In the 1930s and 1940s, Salih atten ...
(1936-1937)
*Mustafa al-'Umari
(1937-1938)
*Mahmud Subhi al-Daftari
(1940)
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Naji Shawkat (1940-1941)
*Yunis al-Sab'awi
(1941)
*Umar Nadhmi
(1941)
*'Ali Mahmud
(1941)
*Ibrahim Kemal (1941)
* Jafar Himandi (1941)
* Sadiq al-Bassam (1941-1942)
* Daud al-Haidari (1942–1943)
* Ahmad Muhktar Baban (1943–1946)
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Muhammed Hasan Kubba (1946)
* Umar Nadhmi (1946–1947)
*Jamal Baban (1947–1948)
*Najib al-Rawi
(1948)
*Muhammed Hasan Kubba (1948–1949)
*Hasan Sami Tatar (1950-1952)
*Jamal Baban (1952)
*'Abd al-Majid al-Qassab (1952-1953)
*Ahmad Mukhtar Baban (1953)
*Jamil al-Urfali (1953-1954)
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Fakhri al-Tabaqchali (1954)
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Muhammed Ali Mahmud (1954)
*Abdul Jabbar al-Tukrali (1955-1957)
*Abdul Rasul al-Khalisi (1957–1958)
*Jamil 'Abd al-Wahhab (1958)
*Mustafa Ali
(1958–1961)
*Rashid Mahmud
(1961–1962)
*Mahdi al-Dawlai
(1963)
*'Abd al-Sattar 'Ali al-Husayn
(1963–1965)
*Muşliḩ an-Naqshbandḯ (1966–1968)
*Mahdi al-Dawlai
(1968–1969)
*Aziz Sharif (1969-1972)
*Husayn Muhammed Rida al-Safi (1972–1974)
*Mundhir al-Shawi (1974–1988)
*Akram 'Abd al-Qadir 'Ali (1988-1992)
*Shabib Lazim al-Maliki (1993-2000)
*Mundhir al-Shawi (2000-2003)
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Hashim Abderrahman al-Shibli (2003-2004)
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Malik Dohan al-Hassan (2004–2005)
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Abdel Hussein Shandal (May 3, 2005 – May 20, 2006)
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Hashim Abderrahman al-Shibli (May 20, 2006 – March 31, 2007)
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Safa al-Safi (March 31, 2007 – February 19, 2009) (Acting)
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Dara Nur al-Din (February 19, 2009 – December 21, 2010)
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Hassan al-Shimari (December 21, 2010 – 2016)
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Haidar Al Zamily (2016?-Present)
Iraqi Correctional Service
Iraqi Correctional Service is a sub-agency of the MoJ that is responsible for prisons in Iraq and headed by a Director General (Juma'a Hussein Zamil).
Prior to 2004, various ministries (Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (juvenile detention facilities)) and Kurdish Regional Government were charged with prions across Iraq.
ICS handles 37,681 prisoners (2009) in various facilities in the country.
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 Iraq
Iraq is a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic. It is a multi-party system whereby the executive power is exercised by the Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers as the head of government, the President of Iraq as the head ...
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Supreme Court of Iraq
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Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal
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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 ...
Law enforcement in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...