The following is a list of ministers of justice and law of Colombia.[1]
| Period | Minister | Government |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | José María González Valencia[2] | Carlos Holguín Mallarino |
| 1892 | Luis Antonio Mesa | |
| 1892–1894 | Emilio Ruiz Barreto | Miguel Antonio Caro |
| 1946 | Arturo Tapias Pilonieta | Mariano Ospina Pérez |
| 1947 | Alejandro Cabal Pombo | |
| 1947 | Samuel Arango Reyes | |
| 1947 | José Antonio Montalvo | |
| 1948 | Samuel Arango Reyes | |
| 1949–1950 | Miguel San Juan | |
| 1950 | Pedro Manuel Arenas Osses | |
| 1950–1951 | Guillermo Amaya Ramirez | Laureano Gómez |
| 1951–1952 | Juan Uribe Holguín | |
| 1952–1953 | José Gabriel de la Vega | Roberto Urdaneta |
| 1953–1954 | Antonio Escobar Camargo | |
| 1954 | Gabriel París | Gustavo Rojas Pinilla |
| 1954–1956 | Luis Caro Escallon | |
| 1956 | Pedro Manuel Arenas Osses | |
| 1956–1957 | Luis Carlos Giraldo | |
| 1957 | Gral. Alfredo Duarte Blum | Junta Militar de Colombia |
| 1957 | José María Villareal | |
| 1958 | Fernando Isaza | |
| 1958 | Rodrigo Noguera Laborde | |
| 1958–1960 | Germán Zea Hernández | Alberto Lleras Camargo |
| 1960 | Alfredo Araújo Grau | |
| 1960 | Ignacio Reyes Posada | |
| 1960 | Eliseo Arango | |
| 1960 | Victor Mosquera Chaux | |
| 1960–1962 | Vicente Laverde Aponte | |
| 1962–1963 | Héctor Charry Samper | Guillermo León Valencia |
| 1963–1965 | Alfredo Araújo Grau | |
| 1965 | Raimundo Emiliani Román | |
| 1965–1966 | Fernando Posada de la Peña | |
| 1966–1967 | Hernán Salamanca | Carlos Lleras Restrepo |
| 1967–1968 | Darío Echandía | |
| 1968–1970 | Fernando Hinestrosa Forero | |
| 1970–1973 | Miguel Escobar Méndez | Misael Pastrana Borrero |
| 1973–1974 | Jaime Castro Castro | |
| 1974–1976 | Alberto Santofimio Botero | Alfonso López Michelsen |
| 1976 | Samuel Hoyos Arango | |
| 1976 | Víctor Renán Barco | |
| 1976–1978 | César Gómez Estrada | |
| 1978–1980 | Hugo Escobar Sierra | Julio César Turbay |
| 1980–1982 | Felio Andrade Manrique | |
| 1982–1983 | Bernardo Gaitán Mahecha | Belisario Betancur |
| 1983–1984 | Rodrigo Lara Bonilla (murdered in office) | |
| 1984–1986 | Enrique Parejo González | |
| 1986–1987 | José Manuel Arias Carrizosa | Virgilio Barco |
| 1987 | Edmundo López Gómez | |
| 1987 | Eduardo Suescún Monroy | |
| 1987–1989 | Enrique Low Murtra | |
| 1989–1990 | Mónica de Greiff[3] [4] | |
| 1990 | Roberto Salazar Manrique | |
| 1990–1991 | Jaime Giraldo Ángel | César Gaviria |
| 1991–1992 | Fernando Carrillo Flórez | |
| 1992–1994 | Andrés González Díaz | |
| 1994–1996 | Néstor Humberto Martínez | Ernesto Samper |
| 1996–1997 | Carlos Medellín Becerra | |
| 1997–1998 | Alma Beatriz Rengifo López | |
| 1998–1999 | Parmenio Cuéllar Bastidas | Andrés Pastrana |
| 1999–2002 | Rómulo González Trujillo | |
| 2002–2003 | Fernando Londoño Hoyos | Álvaro Uribe |
| 2003–2006 | Sabas Pretelt de la Vega | |
| 2006–2008 | Fabio Valencia Cossio | |
| 2008–2010 | Carlos Holguín Sardi | |
| 2010–2011 | Germán Vargas Lleras | Juan Manuel Santos |
| 2011–2012 | Juan Carlos Esguerra | |
| 2012–2013 | Ruth Stella Correa | |
| 2013–2014 | Alfonso Gómez Méndez | |
| 2014–2016 | Yesid Reyes Alvarado[5] [6] | |
| 2016–2017 | Jorge Eduardo Londoño | |
| 2017–2018 | Enrique Gil Botero[7] | |
| 2018–2019 | Gloria Maria Borrero | Ivan Duque Marquez |
| 2019–2020 | Margarita Cabello Blanco | |
| 2020–2020 | Javier Sarmiento | |
| 2020–2020 | Wilson Ruiz Orejuela |