List of justice ministers of Romania

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)
 * Ion Al. Filipescu - January 25, 1859 (Bucharest, President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Justice)
 * Constantin Hurmuzaki - 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)
 * Gheorghe Crețeanu - October 6, 1859 (Bucharest, the holder of Ion C. Cantacuzino resigning), October 11, 1859 (Bucharest, ad interim)
 * Dimitrie Scarlat Miclescu - 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)
 * Constantin Hurmuzaki - January 17, 1861 (Iași)
 * Constantin Rolla - May 23, 1861 (Iași) (replacing Constantin Hurmuzachi, resigned)
 * Constantin N. Brăiloiu - April 30, 1861 (Bucharest), January 22, 1862
 * Grigore Arghiropol - 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
 * Dimitrie Grecianu - June 5, 1906
 * Toma Stelian - 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
 * Dimitrie Grecianu - 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
 * Voicu Nițescu - 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
 * Valer Pop - 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)
 * Mircea Djuvara - August 29, 1936
 * Vasile P. Sassu - February 23, 1937
 * Vasile Rădulescu Mehedinți - December 29, 1937
 * Mircea Cancicov - February 11, 1938 (ad interim)
 * Victor Iamandi - March 30, 1938
 * Istrate Micescu - November 24, 1939
 * Aurelian Bentoiu - November 30, 1939
 * Ion V. Gruia - July 4, 1940
 * Mihai Antonescu - September 14, 1940
 * Gheorghe Popescu-Docan - 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)
 * Aureliu Căpățână - September 7, 1944 (replacing Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, resigned)
 * Dimitrie Negel - October 4, 1944 (ad interim, Aureliu Căpățână resigning)

Communist Romania (1948–1989)

 * Avram Bunaciu - April 15, 1948, December 31, 1957
 * Stelian Nițulescu - September 24, 1949
 * Anton Tatu Jianu - 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
 * Constantin Stătescu (politician) - January 26, 1977
 * Justin Grigoraș - October 24, 1979
 * Ioan Ceterchi - March 29, 1980
 * Gheorghe Chivulescu - January 23, 1982
 * Maria Bobu - October 3, 1987

Post-Communist Romania (1989–present)

 * Teofil Pop - January 3, 1990
 * Victor Babiuc - June 28, 1990
 * Mircea Ionescu-Quintus - October 16, 1991
 * Petre Ninosu - November 19, 1992
 * Iosif Gavril Chiuzbaian - March 6, 1994
 * Ion Predescu - September 3, 1996
 * Valeriu Stoica 12 December 1996 – 28 December 2000
 * Rodica Stănoiu 28 December 2000 – 10 March 2004
 * Cristian Diaconescu 10 March 2004 – 28 December 2004
 * Monica Macovei 18 December 2004 – 5 April 2007
 * Tudor Chiuariu 5 April 2007 – 10 December 2007
 * Teodor Meleșcanu (ad interim) 15 January 2008 – 29 February 2008
 * Cătălin Predoiu 29 February 2008 – 7 May 2012
 * Titus Corlățean 7 May 2012 – 6 August 2012
 * Mona Pivniceru 23 August 2012 – 28 March 2013
 * Victor Ponta (acting) 28 March 2013 – 15 April 2013
 * Robert Cazanciuc 15 April 2013 – 17 November 2015
 * Raluca Prună 17 November 2015 – 4 January 2017
 * Florin Iordache 4 January 2017 – 9 February 2017
 * Ana Birchall (acting) 9 February 2017 – 22 February 2017
 * Tudorel Toader 23 February 2017 - 18 April 2019
 * Ana Birchall 7 June 2019 - 4 November 2019
 * Cătălin Predoiu 4 November 2019 - 23 December 2020
 * Stelian Ion 23 December 2020 - 2 September 2021
 * Lucian Bode (acting) 2 September 2021 - 25 November 2021
 * Cătălin Predoiu 25 November 2021 - incumbent