| Agency Name: | Ministry of Justice |
| Nativename A: | 법무부 法務部 |
| Nativename R: | Beobmu-bu |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of South Korea |
| Headquarters: | Building #1, Gwacheon Government Complex, 47, Gwanmun-ro, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea |
| Minister1 Name: | Park Sung-jae |
| Deputyminister1 Name: | Shim Woo-jung |
| Child1 Agency: | Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea |
South Korea's Ministry of Justice (MOJ;) is a cabinet-level ministry overseeing justice affairs, headed by the Minister of Justice. It is responsible for supervising South Korea prosecution service, legal affairs, immigration control, correction service, crime prevention and protection of human rights.
Its headquarters are located in Building #1 of the Gwacheon Government Complex in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province.[1] [2]
Established on July 17, 1948, the Ministry of Justice is the only ministry whose name has never been changed or altered in the history of the Republic of Korea.
According to the Decree on the Organization of Ministry of Justice and Institutions under its Jurisdiction, MOJ comprises the General Service Division, Legal Affairs Office, Criminal Affairs Bureau, Crime Prevention Policy Bureau, Human Rights Bureau, Korea Correctional Service, and Korea Immigration Service.[3]
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | President | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | 2 August 1948 | 5 June 1949 | Syngman Rhee | [4] | |||
| 2 | 6 June 1949 | 21 May 1950 | [5] | ||||
| 3 | 22 May 1950 | 22 November 1950 | |||||
| 4 | 23 November 1950 | 6 May 1951 | |||||
| 5 | 7 May 1951 | 4 March 1952 | |||||
| 6 | 5 March 1952 | 29 June 1954 | |||||
| 7 | 30 June 1954 | 15 September 1955 | |||||
| 8 | 16 September 1955 | 19 February 1958 | |||||
| 9 | Hong Jin-ki | 20 February 1958 | 23 March 1960 | ||||
| 10 | 25 April 1960 | 19 August 1960 | Heo Jeong | ||||
| 11 | 23 August 1960 | 2 May 1961 | Yun Bo-seon | ||||
| 12 | 3 May 1961 | 18 May 1961 | |||||
| 13 | 20 May 1961 | 8 January 1962 | |||||
| 14 | 9 January 1962 | 31 January 1963 | Park Chung-hee | ||||
| 15 | 1 February 1963 | 21 April 1963 | |||||
| 16 | 22 April 1963 | ????? | |||||
| 17 | ????? | ????? | Park Chung-hee | ||||
| 18 | ????? | 25 September 1966 | |||||
| 19 | 26 September 1966 | 20 May 1968 | |||||
| 20 | 21 May 1968 | 20 December 1970 | |||||
| 21 | 21 December 1970 | 3 June 1971 | |||||
| 22 | 4 June 1971 | 2 December 1973 | |||||
| 23 | 3 December 1973 | 17 September 1974 | |||||
| 24 25 | 18 September 1974 | 3 December 1976 | |||||
| 26 | 4 December 1976 | 21 December 1978 | |||||
| 27 | 22 December 1978 | 13 December 1979 | |||||
| 28 | 14 December 1979 | 21 May 1980 | Choi Kyu-hah | ||||
| 29 | 22 May 1980 | ????? | Chun Doo-hwan | ||||
| 30 | ????? | 9 April 1981 | |||||
| 31 | 10 April 1981 | 20 May 1982 | |||||
| 32 | 21 May 1982 | 23 June 1982 | |||||
| 33 | 24 June 1982 | 18 February 1985 | |||||
| 34 | 19 February 1985 | 15 July 1985 | |||||
| 35 | 16 July 1985 | 25 May 1987 | |||||
| 36 | 26 May 1987 | ????? | |||||
| 37 | ????? | 4 December 1988 | Roh Tae-woo | ||||
| 38 | 5 December 1988 | 18 March 1990 | |||||
| 39 | 19 March 1990 | 26 May 1991 | |||||
| 40 | 27 May 1991 | 8 October 1992 | |||||
| 41 | Lee Jung-woo | 9 October 1992 | 25 February 1993 | ||||
| 42 | 26 February 1993 | 7 March 1993 | Kim Young-sam | [6] | |||
| 43 | 8 March 1993 | 23 December 1994 | |||||
| 44 | 24 December 1994 | 5 March 1997 | |||||
| 45 | 6 March 1997 | 4 August 1997 | |||||
| 46 | 5 August 1997 | 2 March 1998 | |||||
| 47 | 3 March 1998 | 23 May 1999 | Kim Dae-jung | ||||
| 48 | 24 May 1999 | 7 June 1999 | |||||
| 49 | 8 June 1999 | 20 May 2001 | |||||
| 50 | 21 May 2001 | 23 May 2001 | [7] | ||||
| 51 | 24 May 2001 | 28 January 2002 | |||||
| 52 | 29 January 2002 | 10 July 2002 | |||||
| 53 | 11 July 2002 | 5 November 2002 | |||||
| 54 | 9 November 2002 | 26 February 2003 | |||||
| 55 | Kang Kum-sil | 27 February 2003 | 29 July 2004 | Roh Moo-hyun | [8] | ||
| 56 | Kim Seung-kew | 29 July 2004 | 29 June 2005 | ||||
| 57 | Chun Jung-bae | 29 June 2005 | 26 July 2006 | ||||
| 58 | 30 August 2006 | 3 September 2007 | |||||
| 59 | 4 September 2007 | 29 February 2008 | |||||
| 60 | 29 February 2008 | 29 September 2009 | Lee Myung-bak | ||||
| 61 | 30 September 2009 | 10 August 2011 | |||||
| 62 | 11 August 2011 | 10 March 2013 | |||||
| 63 | Hwang Kyo-ahn | 11 March 2013 | 13 June 2015 | Park Geun-hye | [9] | ||
| 64 | 9 June 2015 | 29 November 2016 | [10] | ||||
| 65 | Park Sang-ki | 19 July 2017 | 8 September 2019 | Moon Jae-in | [11] [12] | ||
| 66 | Cho Kuk | 9 September 2019 | 14 October 2019 | [13] | |||
| — | 14 October 2019 | 1 January 2020 | |||||
| 67 | Choo Mi-ae | 2 January 2020 | 27 January 2021 | ||||
| 68 | Park Beom-kye | 28 January 2021 | 9 May 2022 | ||||
| 69 | Han Dong-hoon | 17 May 2022 | 21 December 2023 | Yoon Suk Yeol | |||
| 70 | Park Sung-jae | 20 February 2024 | incumbent | [14] | |||