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 Besfort Lamallari since 19 September 2025.
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
Officeholders (1912–present) 1Petro Poga4 December 191222 January 19142Mufid Libohova14 March 19143 September 19143Sali Toro5 October 191427 January 1916*Petro Poga25 December 191829 January 19204Hoxha Kadri30 January 192014 November 19205Xhafer Ypi15 November 19201 July 19216Dhimitër Kacimbra11 July 192116 October 19217Koço Tasi16 October 19216 December 1921–Hoxha Kadri6 December 192112 December 19218Qerim Çelo12 December 192124 December 19219Hysen Vrioni24 December 192112 May 192310Milto Tutulani12 May 192325 February 1924–Mufid Libohova3 March 192427 May 192411Benedikt Blinishti30 May 192410 June 192412Stavro Vinjau16 June 192424 December 1924–Mufid Libohova6 January 192531 January 1925–Petro Poga1 February 192523 September 1925–Milto Tutulani28 September 192530 July 192613Josif Kedhi30 July 192610 February 1927–Petro Poga12 February 192720 October 1927*Ilias Vrioni24 October 192710 May 192814Hiqmet Delvina11 May 19285 March 193015Vasil Avrami6 March 193011 April 1931–Milto Tutulani20 April 19317 December 1932–Vasil Avrami17 January 193316 October 1935*Mehdi Frashëri21 October 19357 November 193616Thoma Orologa9 November 193612 April 193817Faik Shatku31 May 19387 April 1939*Xhafer Ypi21 October 19357 November 1936–Xhafer Ypi21 April 19393 December 194118Hasan Dosti3 December 19417 May 194219Mustafa Merlika-Kruja7 May 19424 January 194320Andon Kosmaçi18 January 194311 February 1943*Javer Hurshiti12 February 194328 April 1943–Andon Kosmaçi11 May 194310 September 194321Rrok Kolaj5 November 194316 June 1944*Manol Konomi28 May 194423 October 1944*Eqrem Vlora18 July 194428 August 1944–Rrok Kolaj6 September 194425 October 194422Manol Konomi23 October 19445 March 195123Bilbil Klosi6 September 195113 September 1966 24Enver Halili8 May 199021 February 199125Dashamir Kore22 February 199110 May 199126Fatmir Zaloshnja11 May 19914 June 199127Shefqet Muçi11 June 19916 December 199128Kudret Çela18 December 19913 December 199429Hektor Frashëri4 December 199410 July 199630Kristofor Peçi11 July 19961 March 199731Spartak Ngjela11 March 199724 July 199732Thimio Kondi25 July 19974 June 199933Ilir Panda4 June 19998 July 200034Arben Imami8 July 20006 September 200135Sokol Nako6 September 200129 January 200236Spiro Peçi22 February 200229 December 200337Fatmir Xhafaj29 December 200310 September 200538Aldo Bumçi11 September 200520 March 200739Ilir Rusmali20 March 200724 November 200740Enkelejd Alibeaj24 November 200717 September 200941Bujar Nishani17 September 200921 April 201142Eduard Halimi21 July 201115 September 201343Nasip Naço15 September 20139 November 201544Ylli Manjani13 November 201531 January 201745Petrit Vasili3 February 201721 May 201746Gazment Bardhi22 May 201717 August 201747Etilda Gjonaj 13 September 201718 September 202148Ulsi Manja 18 September 202119 September 202549Besfort Lamallari19 September 20256 March 202650Toni Gogu6 March 2026"Incumbent"
See also Judiciary of Albania
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