| Agency Name: | Ministry of Justice |
| Type: | Ministry |
| Nativename: | Teisingumo ministerija |
| Picture Width: | 250px |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Lithuania |
| Headquarters: | Gedimino 30, Naujamiestis, 01104 Vilnius |
| Employees: | 150 permanent employees (January 2021)[1] |
| Budget: | €0.120 billion (2021)[2] |
| Minister1 Pfo: | 20th Minister for Justice of Lithuania |
| Map: | 54.688°N 25.2745°W |
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos teisingumo ministerija) was established in 1918. Its departments include European Law, prisons, state-guaranteed legal aid services in several major Lithuania cities, a patent bureau, consumer rights protection, the Law Institute, the Metrology Inspectorate, state enterprise and legal information centers, and forensic science.
The Ministry of Justice was first established on 11 November 1918.[3] Its first minister was Petras Leonas.[3]
| Ministry of Justice | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | Minister | Party | Cabinet | Office | |||
| Start date | End date | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Pranas Kūris (born 1938) | Independent | Prunskienė | 17 January 1990 | 10 January 1991 | ||
| 2 | Pranas Kūris (born 1938) | Independent | Šimėnas | 10 January 1991 | 13 January 1991 | ||
| 3 | Vytautas Pakalniškis (born 1944) | Independent | Vagnorius | 13 January 1991 | 21 July 1992 | ||
| 4 | Zenonas Juknevičius (born 1949) | Independent | Abišala | 21 July 1992 | 17 December 1992 | ||
| 5 | Jonas Prapiestis (born 1952) | Independent | Lubys | 17 December 1992 | 31 March 1993 | ||
| 6 | Jonas Prapiestis (born 1952) | Independent | Šleževičius | 31 March 1993 | 19 March 1996 | ||
| 7 | Vidmantas Žiemelis (born 1962) | Homeland Union | Stankevičius | 19 March 1996 | 23 April 1996 | ||
| 8 | Stasys Šedbaras (born 1958) | Homeland Union | 23 April 1996 | 10 December 1996 | |||
| 9 | Vytautas Pakalniškis (born 1944) | Independent | Vagnorius | 10 December 1996 | 10 June 1999 | ||
| 10 | Gintaras Balčiūnas (born 1964) | Independent | Paksas | 10 June 1999 | 11 November 1999 | ||
| 11 | Gintaras Balčiūnas (born 1964) | Independent | Kubilius | 11 November 1999 | 9 November 2000 | ||
| 12 | Gintautas Bartkus (born 1966) | Independent | Paksas | 9 November 2000 | 12 July 2001 | ||
| 13 | Vytautas Markevičius (born 1962) | Independent | Brazauskas | 12 July 2001 | 14 December 2004 | ||
| 14 | Gintautas Bužinskas (born 1960) | Labour Party | Brazauskas | 14 December 2004 | 18 July 2006 | ||
| 15 | Petras Baguška (born 1956) | Independent | Kirkilas | 18 July 2006 | 9 December 2008 | ||
| 16 | Remigijus Šimašius (born 1974) | Liberal Movement | Kubilius | 9 December 2008 | 13 December 2012 | ||
| 17 | Juozas Bernatonis (born 1953) | Social Democratic Party | Butkevičius | 13 December 2012 | 13 December 2016 | ||
| 18 | Milda Vainiutė (born 1962) | Independent | Skvernelis | 13 December 2016 | 6 March 2018 | ||
| 19 | Elvinas Jankevičius (born 1976) | Farmers and Greens Union | 15 May 2018 | 11 December 2020 | |||
| 20 | Ewelina Dobrowolska (born 1988) | Freedom Party | Šimonytė | 11 December 2020 | Incumbent | ||