List of justice ministers of Romania explained
| Post: | Ministry of Justice |
| Insignia: | Ministerul justitiei.PNG |
| Insigniasize: | 150px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of the Minister of Justice |
| Incumbent: | Cătălin Predoiu[1] |
| Incumbentsince: | 25 November 2021 |
| Formation: | 1862 |
| First: | Manolache Costache Epureanu |
This is a list of justice ministers of Romania. The first person to hold office was Manolache Costache Epureanu.
United Romanian Principalities (1859–1862)
- Manolache Costache Epureanu - January 17, 1859 (Iași), April 27, 1859 (Iași, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Justice and Finance Ad interim)
- - January 25, 1859 (Bucharest, President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Justice)
- - 8 March 1859 (Iași), January 17, 1861 (Iași)
- Ion C. Cantacuzino - 27 March 1859 (Bucharest), 6 September 1859 (Bucharest, and temporary religions), 5 October 1861 (Iași, Minister of Interior and Justice ad-interim), 19 July 1861 (Bucharest)
- - October 6, 1859 (Bucharest, the holder of Ion C. Cantacuzino resigning), October 11, 1859 (Bucharest, ad interim)
- - November 10, 1859 (Iași)
- Gheorghe Apostoleanu - 30 March 1860 (Iași, ad interim, Dimitrie Scarlat Miclescu resigning)
- Damaschin Bojincă - April 30, 1860 (Iași)
- Vasile Boerescu - May 28, 1860 (Bucharest, July 13, 1860 and Ad-interim at the Cults), November 17, 1868
- Nicolae Bițcoveanu - April 11, 1861 (Bucharest ad interim following the resignation of Vasile Boerescu)
- - January 17, 1861 (Iași)
- - May 23, 1861 (Iași) (replacing Constantin Hurmuzachi, resigned)
- Constantin N. Brăiloiu - April 30, 1861 (Bucharest), January 22, 1862
- - May 12, 1861 (Bucharest)
- Dimitrie Ghica - July 30, 1861 (ad interim as missing Ion C. Cantacuzino), January 21, 1870 (interim in place of Vasile Boerescu, resigned)
Romania (1862–1881)
- Apostol Arsache - October 21, 1861 (ad interim following the resignation of IC Cantacuzino)
- Dimitrie Cornea - June 7, 1862
- Nicolae Crețulescu - December 30, 1862, July 3, 1862, August 8, 1863 (28 days in advance and August after the resignation of Barbu Bellu), June 19, 1864, March 11, 1871
- Barbu Bellu - June 14, 1863
- Dimitrie P. Vioreanu - August 15, 1863, February 2, 1870, April 5, 1876
- Alexandru Papiu Ilarian - October 11, 1863
- P. Orbescu - 1 March 1864 (ad interim), 6 May 1864
- Grigore Bengescu - January 21, 1865
- George D. Vernescu - January 26, 1865
- Dimitrie Cariagdi - June 14, 1865, December 18, 1870
- Ioan Cantacuzino - February 11, 1866
- Constantin A. Crețulescu - March 1, 1867
- Ștefan Golescu - August 5, 1867 (ad interim)
- Anton I. Arion - August 17, 1867, November 13, 1867
- Constantin Eraclide - November 3, 1868
- Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino - January 24, 1870
- Alexandru Lahovary - April 20, 1870, October 4, 1873
- Gheorghe Costaforu - June 8, 1871
- Manolache Costache Epureanu - October 28, 1872
- Christian Tell - March 31, 1873 (ad interim)
- Mihail Pherekyde - April 27, 1876, April 9, 1871
- Eugeniu Stătescu - 24 July 1876, 16 November 1881 (ad interim), 1 August 1882, 16 December 1885, 4 October 1895, 8 July 1902
- Ion I. Câmpineanu - January 27, 1877
- Anastase Stolojan - July 11, 1879, January 5, 1898
Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)
- Dimitrie Gianni - July 9, 1880, March 1, 1888
- Gheorghe Chițu - January 25, 1882, October 1, 1883 (ad interim)
- Nicolae Voinov - November 15, 1883
- Constantin Nacu - February 2, 1885
- Alexandru Marghiloman - March 23, 1888
- George D. Vernescu - November 12, 1888, February 21, 1891 (ad interim)
- Nicolae Gherassi - March 29, 1889
- Theodor Rosetti - November 5, 1889
- Grigore Trandafil - November 16, 1890
- Nicolae Blaremberg - November 3, 1891
- Dimitrie C. Sturdza-Scheianu - November 27, 1891
- Ștefan C. Șendrea - November 22, 1896
- Alexandru Djuvara - March 31, 1897
- George D. Pallade - January 12, 1898
- Constantin Stoicescu - October 1, 1898, February 14, 1901
- Constantin Dissescu - April 11, 1899
- Titu Maiorescu - July 7, 1900
- Alexandru Gianni - October 19, 1903
- Alexandru Bădărău - December 22, 1904
- - June 5, 1906
- - March 12, 1907
- Mihail G. Cantacuzino - December 29, 1910, December 11, 1916
- Victor Antonescu - January 4, 1914, November 14, 1933, January 5, 1934, October 2, 1934
- Constantin Argetoianu - January 29, 1918, March 13, 1920 (ad interim)
- Dimitrie Dobrescu - March 16, 1918
- Ion Mitilineu - June 4, 1918
- Artur Văitoianu - October 24, 1918 (Ad-interim, Army Corps General)
- Dumitru Buzdugan - October 28, 1918
- Em. Miclescu - September 27, 1919
- Ion Pelivan - December 5, 1919 (did not work, being delegated to the Peace Commission in Paris, the interim was held by Ștefan Cicio Pop, State Minister)
- Matei B. Cantacuzino - March 31, 1920
- - August 27, 1920 (ad interim), November 16, 1920
- Take Ionescu - December 9, 1920 (ad interim)
- Mihail Antonescu - January 1, 1921
- Stelian Popescu - December 17, 1921, June 4, 1927
- Ioan Theodor Florescu - January 19, 1922
- Gheorghe Gh. Mârzescu - October 29, 1923
- Teodor Cudalbu - March 30, 1926
- Grigore Iunian - November 10, 1928, June 13, 1930, October 10, 1930
- - 7 March 1930, 7 June 1930, 6 December 1930
- Gheorghe Mironescu - June 7, 1930 (ad interim)
- Constantin Hamangiu - April 18, 1931
- Victor Vâlcovici - January 7, 1932
- - January 9, 1932, February 1, 1935
- Virgil Potârcă - June 6, 1932
- Mihai Popovici - August 11, 1932, October 20, 1932, January 14, 1933, September 22, 1933
- Emil Hațieganu - July 22, 1933 (ad interim)
- - August 29, 1936
- Vasile P. Sassu - February 23, 1937
- Vasile Rădulescu Mehedinți - December 29, 1937
- - February 11, 1938 (ad interim)
- Victor Iamandi - March 30, 1938
- Istrate Micescu - November 24, 1939
- - November 30, 1939
- Ion V. Gruia - July 4, 1940
- Mihai Antonescu - September 14, 1940
- - January 27, 1941
- Constantin Stoicescu - February 15, 1941
- Ion C. Marinescu - August 14, 1942
- Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu - August 23, 1944 (ad interim), November 4, 1944
- Ion Boițeanu - 1 September 1944 (ad interim)
- - September 7, 1944 (replacing Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, resigned)
- - October 4, 1944 (ad interim, Aureliu Căpățână resigning)
Communist Romania (1948–1989)
- Avram Bunaciu - April 15, 1948, December 31, 1957
- - September 24, 1949
- - January 28, 1953
- Gheorghe Diaconescu - May 31, 1954, January 23, 1958
- Ion Constantin Manoliu - March 21, 1961
- Adrian Dumitriu - March 18, 1965
- Teodor Vasiliu - November 28, 1970
- Emil Nicolcioiu - March 18, 1975
- - January 26, 1977
- - October 24, 1979
- - March 29, 1980
- Gheorghe Chivulescu - January 23, 1982
- Maria Bobu - October 3, 1987
Post-Communist Romania (1989–present)
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Notes and References
- Web site: Conducere. www.just.ro. 25 June 2019 . 25 June 2019.
