Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan)

Current and past governments of Afghanistan have included a Minister of Justice (, ) in the Afghan cabinet.

The Ministry of Justice of Afghanistan assumes responsibilities such as drafting and reviewing laws and decrees of the president, raising public awareness of legal topics, managing affairs relating to legal aid, and printing and disseminating legislative documents. In 1967, the Ministry of Justice was combined with the Attorney General's Office. By 1977, the Ministry of Justice took over the functions of the Chief Justice.

List of ministers Source: Ministers of Justice During the Amir Amanullah Khan Period (1919-1926) +NameTermAppointed byNotesMohammad Sarwar Khan “Barakzai” 1882-1919Amanullah Khan1st Minister of JusticeSardar Hayatullah Khan1919-1926Amanullah Khan

Ministers of Justice During the Mohammed Nadir Shah Period (1929-1933) +NameTermAppointed byNotesFazl Omar Mujadidi1929-1933Mohammed Nadir ShahFazl Ahmad Mujadidi1929-1933Mohammed Nadir ShahDeputy Minister of Justice

Ministers of Justice During the Mohammad Zahir Shah Period (1933-1973) +NameTermAppointed byNotesFazl Omar Mujadidi1933-1946Mohammad Hashim KhanAta Muhammad Hussein1946-1958Shah Mahmud KhanSayed Abdullah Khan1958-1963Mohammed Daoud KhanSayyid Shamsuddin Majrooh1963-1965Mohammad Yusuf Abdul Hakim Tabibi1965-1966Mohammad Hashim MaiwandwalMohammad Haider Khan1966-1967Mohammad Hashim MaiwandwalMohammad Ihsan Tarakai1967Mohammad Hashim MaiwandwalMohammad Asghar1967-1969Abdullah YaqtaAbdul Satar Sirat1969-1971Mohammad Nur Ahmad EtemadiMohammad Anwar Arghandiwaal1971-1973Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi

Ministers of Justice for Mohammed Daoud Khan's Presidential Palace (1973-1978) +NameTermAppointed by NotesAbdul Majid1973-1977Mohammed Daoud KhanPrime Minister post abolishedWafiullah Samiee1977-1978Mohammed Daoud KhanPrime Minister post abolished

Ministers of Justice From 1978-1992 (Years involving a coup) +NameTermAppointed byNotesAbdul Hakim Sharaiee Jawzjani1978-1979Nur Muhammad TarakiAbdul Rashid Aryan1979-1981Babrak KarmalAbdul Wahab Safi1981-1983Sultan Ali KeshtmandMuhammad Bashir Baghlani1983-1990Mohammad Hasan SharqGhulam Muhyiuddin1990-1992Fazal Haq Khaliqyar

Ministers of Justice During the Islamic State of Afghanistan +NameTermAppointed byNotesJalaluddin Haqqani1992-1996Mujahideen

Minister of Justice During the Taliban (1996-2001) Name Term Appointed by NotesNooruddin Turabi1996-2001Mullah Omar Abdul Razak, one of the Taliban's Minister of Commerce, testified during his 2005 Administrative Review Board hearing, that Noorudin Turabi was the Taliban's Minister of Justice.

Minister of Justice During the Transitional Period (2001-2004) Name Term Appointed by NotesAbbas KarimiDecember 2001 - December 2004Hamid Karzai A member of the Uzbek ethnic group. Appointed during the Afghan Interim Administration and the Afghan Transitional Administration.

Ministers of Justice for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004-2021) +NameTermAppointed byNotesSarwar Danish December 2004 - January 2010 Hamid Karzai Former Governor of Daykundi. The Afghan Parliament didn't give vote of confidence in 2010 to Danish's renomination. Habibullah Ghaleb January 2010 – 20 March 2014 Hamid Karzai Previously Chairman of the Legal Consultative Board to the President of Afghanistan.Sayed Yousuf Halim2014-2015Hamid KarzaiActingAbdul Baseer Anwar2015–2021Ashraf Ghani

Ministers of Justice for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021-present) +NameTermAppointed byNotes Abdul Hakim Haqqani 7 September 2021 Hibatullah Akhundzada Declared to be in an acting capacity..

Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan)

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