Ministry of Justice (Kazakhstan)

The Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan (MJ RK, Қазақстан Республикасы Әділет министрлігі,, ҚР ӘМ; Министерство юстиции Республики Казахстан, МЮ РК) is government ministry tasked with the duty of overseeing the country's legal agencies.

Organization
The ministry consists of the following departments:


 * Nur-Sultan City Justice Department
 * Almaty City Justice Department
 * Akmola Regional Justice Department
 * Aktobe Regional Justice Department
 * Almaty Regional Justice Department
 * Atyrau Regional Justice Department
 * West Kazakhstan Regional Justice Department
 * Jambyl Region Regional Justice Department
 * Karaganda Regional Justice Department
 * Karaganda City Justice Department
 * Kostanay Regional Justice Department
 * Kyzylorda Regional Justice Department
 * Mangystau Regional Justice Department
 * South Kazakhstan Regional Justice Department
 * Mangystau Regional Justice Department
 * Pavlodar Regional Justice Department
 * North Kazakhstan Regional Justice Department
 * East Kazakhstan Regional Justice Department

National governmental bodies:


 * Strategic Planning Department
 * Department of legislation
 * Department of registration of legal acts
 * Department of State Property Rights Protection
 * Department of International Law and Cooperation
 * Department of Expertise of International Economic Integration Projects
 * Department of registration service and organization of legal services
 * Department of Intellectual Property Rights
 * Department for the execution of judicial acts
 * Department of Economics and Finance
 * Department of Public Service Monitoring and Internal Administration
 * Human Resources Department
 * Internal Audit Office
 * Management of the organization of work to protect state secrets
 * Information Management
 * Information Security Management

Subordinate organizations of the ministry:


 * Center for legal expertise
 * Legislation Institute of the Republic of Kazakhstan
 * Center for Legal Information
 * National Institute of Intellectual Property

List of ministers
The following is a list of ministers who have held the office since 1943:


 * Myrkazadyr Nurbayev (1943-1952)
 * Kylyshbay Sultanov (1952-1960)
 * Bekaydar Dzhussupov (1970-1984)
 * Dolda Dospolov (1984-1990)
 * Galikhan Yerzhanov (1990-1993)
 * Nagashbay Shaykenov (1993-1995)
 * Konstantin Kolpakov (1995-1997)
 * Bayurzhan Mukhamedzhanov (1997-2000)
 * Igor Rogov (2000-2002)
 * Georgy Kim (2002-2003)
 * Onalsyn Zhumabekov (2003-2005)
 * Zagipa Baliyeva (2005-2009) (1st female to hold that office)
 * Rashid Tusupbekov (2009-2012)
 * Berik Imashev (2012-2016)
 * Marat Beketaev (2016-2022)
 * Kanat Musin (2022-2023)
 * Azamat Eskaraev (2023-present)