Ministry of Justice (Czech Republic) explained

Agency Name:	Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic
Nativename:	Ministerstvo spravedlnosti České republiky
Headquarters:	Vyšehradská 16, 128 10 Prague 2 (Nové Město)
Chief1 Name:	Pavel Blažek
Chief1 Position:	Minister of Justice
Website:	http://justice.cz

The Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic is a government ministry of the Czech Republic.

The powers of the Ministry of Justice as defined by Section 11 of Act No. 2/1969 Coll. on Creation of Ministries and Other Central Authorities (Competencies Act)^{[1] [2]} are:

It is a central authority of the state administration for courts of law and the Public Prosecutor's Office.

It gives legal opinion on credit and guarantee agreements, whose party is the Czech Republic.

It acts as a central authority of the state administration for prisons; the Prison Service of the Czech Republic is its subsidiary.

It acts as a central authority of the state administration for probation and mediation.

It represents the Czech Republic claims for breaching the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its Protocols and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and coordinates the execution of the decisions of the relevant international bodies.

List of ministers of justice

Czechoslovakia (1918-1968)

• František Soukup: November 14, 1918 - July 8, 1919
• František Veselý: July 8, 1919 - May 25, 1920
• Alfred Meissner

May 25, 1920 - September 15, 1920

• Augustin Popelka: September 15, 1920 - September 26, 1921
• Josef Dolanský: September 26, 1921 - December 9, 1925
• Karel Viškovský: 9 December 1925 - 18 March 1926
• Jiří Haussmann: March 18, 1926 - October 12, 1926
• Robert Mayr-Harting

October 12, 1926 - December 7, 1929

• Alfred Meissner

December 7, 1929 - February 14, 1934

• Ivan Dérer

February 14, 1934 - September 22, 1938

• Vladimir Fajnor: 22 September 1938 - 4 October 1938 and 4 October 1938 - 14 October 1938
• Ladislav Karel Feierabend: October 14, 1938 - December 1, 1938
• Jaroslav Krejci: 1 December 1938 - 15 March 1939 ^{[p 1]}
• Jaroslav Stránský: April 5, 1945 - November 6, 1945 ^{[p 2]}
• Prokop Drtin: November 6, 1945 - February 25, 1948
• Alexej Čepička

25 February 1948 - 25 April 1950

• Štefan Rais: April 25, 1950 - September 14, 1953
• Václav Škoda: September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954
• Jan Bartuška: December 12, 1954 - June 16, 1956
• Václav Škoda: June 16, 1956 - July 11, 1960
• Alois Neuman: July 11, 1960 - April 8, 1968
• Bohuslav Kučera: April 8, 1968 - December 31, 1968

Czech Republic (1969-present)

Order	Minister	Subject	Start and end office		Government
1.	Václav Hrabal	ČSS	January 8, 1969	September 29, 1969	Rázl
2.	Jan Němec	KSČ	September 29, 1969	June 18, 1981	Rázl
					Kempny and Korcak
					Korčák II.
					Korčák III.
3.	Antonin Kaspar	KSČ	June 18, 1981	December 5, 1989	Korčák IV.
					Korčák, Adamec, Pitra and Pithart
4.	Dagmar Burešová	OF	December 5, 1989	June 29, 1990	Korčák, Adamec, Pitra and Pithart
5.	Leon Richter	OF	June 29, 1990	January 8, 1992	Pithart
6.	Jiří Novák	ODS	January 24, 1992	31 December 1992	Pithart
					Klaus I.

As part of the independent Republic

Order	Minister	Subject	Start and end office		Government
1.	Jiří Novák	ODS	1 January 1993	July 4, 1996	Klaus I.
2.	Jan Kalvoda	ODA	July 4, 1996	7 January 1997	Klaus II.
3.	Vlasta Parkanová ['''1st female''']	ODA	7 January 1997	July 22, 1998	Klaus II.
					Tošovský
4.	Otakar Motejl	nestr. for the CSSD	July 22, 1998	October 16, 2000	Laird
5.	Pavel Rychetský	ČSSD	17 October 2000	February 2, 2001	Laird
6.	Jaroslav Bureš	nestr. for the CSSD	February 2, 2001	July 15, 2002	Laird
7.	Pavel Rychetský	ČSSD	July 15, 2002	August 5, 2003	Spidla
-|Vladimír Špidla (in charge of management)|ČSSD|August 6, 2003|August 16, 2003|Spidla|-|8.|Karel Čermák|nestr. for the CSSD|August 16, 2003|July 15, 2004|Spidla|-|-|Vladimír Špidla (in charge of management)|ČSSD|July 15, 2004|4 August 2004|Spidla|-| rowspan="2" |9.| rowspan="2" |Pavel Němec| rowspan="2" |US-DEU| rowspan="2" |4 August 2004| rowspan="2" |September 4, 2006|Gross|-|Paroubek|-| rowspan="2" |10.| rowspan="2" |Jiří Pospíšil| rowspan="2" |ODS| rowspan="2" |September 4, 2006| rowspan="2" |May 8, 2009|Topolanek I.|-|Topolanek II.|-|11.|Daniela Kovářová|non-member ^[p. 1]|May 8, 2009|July 13, 2010|Fischer|-|12.|Jiří Pospíšil|ODS|July 13, 2010|June 27, 2012|Nečas|-|13.|Pavel Blažek|ODS|July 3, 2012|July 10, 2013|Nečas|-|14.|Marie Benešová|non-member ^[p. 2]|July 10, 2013|January 29, 2014|Rusnok|-|15.|Helena Válková|ANO|January 29, 2014|March 1, 2015|Sobotka|-| rowspan="2" |16.| rowspan="2" |Robert Pelikán| rowspan="2" |ANO| rowspan="2" |March 12, 2015| rowspan="2" |June 27, 2018|Sobotka|-|Babiš I.|-|17.|Taťána Malá|ANO|June 27, 2018|July 10, 2018|Babiš II.|-|18.|Jan Kněžínek|non-member (ANO)|July 10, 2018|April 30, 2019|Babiš II.|-|19.|Marie Benešová|non-member (ANO)|April 30, 2019|December 17, 2021|Babiš II.|-|20.|Pavel Blažek|ODS|December 17, 2021||Fiala|} See also Justice ministry Seznam ministrů spravedlnosti České republiky(List of ministers of justice of the Czech Republic) Seznam ministrů spravedlnosti Československa (List of ministers of justice of Czechoslovakia) Politics of the Czech Republic External links in Czech Ministerstvo spravedlnosti České republiky Prison Service of the Czech Republic Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Czech Republic Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic 50.0694°N 14.4184°W}

Notes and References

1. http://portal.gov.cz/app/zakony/zakonPar.jsp?page=0&idBiblio=31338&recShow=11&nr=2~2F1969&rpp=15#parCnt zákon 2/1969 Sb. o zřízení ministerstev a jiných ústředních orgánů státní správy České republiky
2. Compare this translation with the official one