Ministry of Justice (Albania)

The Ministry of Justice is a department of the Albanian Government, responsible for the implementation of government justice policy, the Albanian legal system in the Constitution and general administrative law, civil law, procedural law and criminal law as well as matters relating to democratic issues, human rights, integration and minority issues and metropolitan affairs.

The current Minister of Justice is Ulsi Manja since 18 September 2021.

History
The Ministry of Justice was one of the original ministries created following the Independence of Albania in 1912.

From 1968 to 1989, the ministry was closed. It reopened as part of a series of reforms during the fall of communism in Albania.

Reorganization
Since the establishment of the institution, the Ministry of Justice has undergone several administrative changes to its organizational structure. When a new department was formed, it often merged with the ministry thus expanding its role, subsequently leading to the name of the ministry being changed. If that department later broke off as a separate ministry or was dissolved, the ministry reverted to its original name.


 * Ministry of Justice (1912–1914)
 * Ministry of Justice and Cults (1914)
 * Ministry of Justice (1914–1925)
 * Ministry of Finances and Justice (1925)
 * Ministry of Justice (1925–1939)
 * Minister State Secretary of Justice (1939–1943)
 * Ministry of Justice (1943–present)

Subordinate institutions

 * Bankruptcy Oversight Agency
 * Property Handling Agency
 * State Advocacy
 * General Directorate of Prisons
 * General Enforcement Directorate
 * Institute of Forensic Medicine
 * Albanian Adoption Committee
 * Center of Official Publications
 * Probation Service
 * Central Office for the Registration of Immovable Property
 * State Aid Justice Commission