Seventeen people have served as Justice Minister of Malta since the office was established in 1962.
| Justice Minister | Term of office | Political party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giovanni Felice | 5 March 1962 | 1963 | Nationalist Party | |||
| 2 | Tommaso Caruana Demajo | 1963 | 21 June 1971 | Nationalist Party | |||
| 3 | Anton Buttigieg | 21 June 1971 | 15 October 1976 | Labour Party | |||
| 4 | Ġużè Cassar | 15 October 1976 | 9 July 1979 | Labour Party | |||
| 5 | Joe Brincat | 9 July 1979 | 20 December 1981 | Labour Party | |||
| Ġużè Cassar | 20 December 1981 | 12 May 1987 | Labour Party | ||||
| 6 | Guido de Marco | 12 May 1987 | 27 February 1992 | Nationalist Party | |||
| 7 | Joe Fenech | 27 February 1992 | 1 April 1995 | Nationalist Party | |||
| 8 | Michael Refalo | 1 April 1995 | 28 October 1996 | Nationalist Party | |||
| 9 | Charles Mangion | 29 October 1996 | 3 February 1998 | Labour Party | |||
| 10 | Gavin Gulia | 4 February 1998 | 6 September 1998 | Labour Party | |||
| 11 | Austin Gatt | 8 September 1998 | 15 April 2003 | Nationalist Party | |||
| 12 | Tonio Borg | 15 April 2003 | 12 March 2008 | Nationalist Party | |||
| 13 | Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici | 12 March 2008 | 6 January 2012 | Nationalist Party | |||
| 14 | Chris Said | 6 January 2012 | 13 March 2013 | Nationalist Party | |||
| Justice portfolio absorbed within the Office of the Prime Minister (13 March 2013 – 2 April 2014) | |||||||
| 15 | Owen Bonnici | 2 April 2014 | 15 January 2020 | Labour Party | |||
| 16 | Edward Zammit Lewis | 15 January 2020 | 30 March 2022 | Labour Party | |||
| 17 | Jonathan Attard | 30 March 2022 | Incumbent | Labour Party | |||