The Ministry of Justice (; MJ) of Argentina is a ministry of the national executive power tasked with enforcing of the law and administration of justice.

The ministry was created in 1949, during the first presidency of Juan Domingo Perón, and has been consistently present in every presidential cabinet since then. The incumbent minister is Mariano Cúneo Libarona, who has served since 10 December 2023 in the cabinet of Javier Milei.

Structure The Ministry of Justice has a number of centralized dependencies reporting to it. The centralized dependencies, as in other government ministers, are known as secretariats (secretarías) and undersecretariats (subsecretarías); there are currently four of these:

Undersecretariat of Administrative Management (Subsecretaría de Gestión Administrativa) Secretariat of Justice (Secretaría de Justicia) Undersecretariat of Penitentiary Affairs (Subsecretaría de Asuntos Penitenciarios) Undersecretariat of Criminal Policy (Subsecretaría de Política Criminal) Undersecretariat of Access to Justice (Subsecretaría de Acceso a la Justicia) Undersecretariat of Relations with the Judiciary and Academia (Subsecretaría de Relaciones con el Poder Judicial y la Comunidad Académica) Secretariat of Human Rights (Secretaría de Derechos Humanos) Undersecretariat of Protection and International Links on Human Rights (Subsecretaría de Protección y Enlace Internacional en Derechos Humanos) Undersecretariat of the Promotion of Human Rights (Subsecretaría de Promoción de Derechos Humanos) General Secretariat of Justice and Human Rights (Secretaría General de Justicia y Derechos Humanos)

In addition, the National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI), the Office of the General Notary of the Government of the Nation, the Procuratorship of the Treasure of the Nation, the Inspector General of Justice (Inspección General de Justicia, IGJ), the International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights (CIPDH), the University Institute of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo (IUNMA) and Argentina's federal prison system all depend on the Ministry of Justice.

List of ministers No. Minister Party Term PresidenteMinistry of Justice (1949–1954) 1 Belisario Gache Pirán Peronist Party 11 March 1949 – 4 June 1952 Juan Domingo Perón 2 Natalio Carvajal Palacios Peronist Party 4 June 1952 – 24 July 1954Ministry of the Interior and Justice (1954–1955) 3 Ángel Borlenghi Peronist Party 24 July 1954 – 24 July 1955 Juan Domingo Perón 4 Oscar Albrieu Peronist Party 24 July 1955 – 16 September 1955 5 Eduardo Busso Independent 23 September 1955 – 12 November 1955 Eduardo LonardiMinistry of Justice (1955–1956) 6 Julio Velar de Irigoyen Independent 12 November 1955 – 13 November 1955 Eduardo Lonardi 7 Laureano Landaburu Independent 13 November 1955 – 8 June 1956 Pedro Eugenio AramburuMinistry of Education and Justice (1956–1966) 8 Carlos Adrogué Radical Civic Union 8 June 1956 – 25 January 1957 Pedro Eugenio Aramburu 9 Acdel Ernesto Salas Independent 25 January 1957 – 1 May 1958 10 Luis Rafael Mac Kay Radical Civic Union 1 May 1958 – 26 March 1962 Arturo Frondizi 11 Miguel Sussini Intransigent Radical Civic Union 26 March 1962 – 29 March 1962 29 March 1962 – 19 October 1962 José María Guido 12 Alberto Rodríguez Galán Independent 11 October 1962 – 15 May 1963 13 José Mariano Astigueta Independent 15 May 1963 – 12 October 1963 14 Carlos Alconada Aramburú Radical Civic Union 12 October 1963 – 28 June 1966 Arturo IlliaMinistry of Justice (1966–1983) 14 Carlos Alconada Aramburú Radical Civic Union 28 June 1966 – 23 October 1969 Juan Carlos Onganía 15 Conrado Etchebarne Independent 23 October 1969 – 8 June 1970 16 Jaime Perriaux Independent 18 June 1970 – 22 March 1971 Roberto Levingston 22 March 1971 – 11 October 1971 Alejandro Lanusse 17 Ismael Bruno Quijano Radical Civic Union 11 October 1971 – 11 July 1972 18 Gervasio Colombres Independent 11 July 1972 – 25 May 1973 19 Antonio J. Benítez Justicialist Party 25 May 1973 – 13 July 1973 Héctor José Cámpora 13 July 1973 – 12 October 1973 Raúl Lastiri 12 October 1973 – 1 July 1974 Juan Domingo Perón 1 July 1974 – 10 June 1975 Isabel Perón 20 Ernesto Corvalán Nanclares Justicialist Party 10 June 1975 – 14 January 1976 21 José Deheza Justicialist Party 15 January 1976 – 12 March 1976 22 Augusto Pedro Saffores Justicialist Party 12 March 1976 – 23 March 1976 23 Julio Arnaldo Gómez Independent 29 March 1976 – 30 October 1978 Jorge Rafael Videla 24 Alberto Rodríguez Varela Independent 5 November 1978 – 29 March 1981 25 Amadeo Frúgoli Independent 29 March 1981 – 12 December 1981 Roberto Viola 26 Lucas Jaime Lennon Independent 22 December 1981 – 18 June 1982 Leopoldo Galtieri 18 June 1982 – 10 December 1983 Reynaldo BignoneMinistry of Education and Justice (1983–1989) 27 Carlos Alconada Aramburú Radical Civic Union 10 December 1983 – 21 June 1986 Raúl Alfonsín 28 Julio Rajneri Independent 21 June 1986 – 10 September 1987 29 Jorge Federico Sabato Radical Civic Union 10 September 1987 – 26 May 1989 30 José Gabriel Dumón Radical Civic Union 26 May 1989 – 8 July 1989Ministry of Justice, Security and Human Rights (1989–1999) 31 León Arslanián Independent 8 July 1989 – 16 January 1992 Carlos Menem 32 Jorge Luis Maiorano Justicialist Party 16 January 1992 – 16 June 1994 33 Rodolfo Barra Justicialist Party 16 June 1994 – 10 July 1996 34 Elías Jassán Independent 10 July 1996 – 25 June 1997 35 Raúl Granillo Ocampo Justicialist Party 25 June 1997 – 10 December 1999Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (1999–2001) 36 Ricardo Gil Lavedra Radical Civic Union 10 December 1999 – 6 October 2000 Fernando de la Rúa 37 Jorge de la Rúa Radical Civic Union 6 October 2000 – 21 December 2001Ministry of Justice, Security and Human Rights (2002–2010) 39 Jorge Vanossi Radical Civic Union 3 January 2002 – 3 July 2002 Eduardo Duhalde 40 Juan José Álvarez Justicialist Party 10 July 2002 – 25 May 2003 41 Gustavo Béliz New Leadership 25 May 2003 – 25 July 2004 Néstor Kirchner 42 Horacio Rosatti Justicialist Party 25 July 2004 – 26 July 2005 43 Alberto Iribarne Justicialist Party 26 July 2005 – 10 December 2007 44 Aníbal Fernández Justicialist Party 10 December 2007 – 8 July 2009 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner 45 Julio Alak Justicialist Party 8 July 2009 – 10 December 2010Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (2010–2023) 45 Julio Alak Justicialist Party 10 December 2010 – 10 December 2015 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner 46 Germán Garavano Independent 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019 Mauricio Macri 47 Marcela Losardo Independent 10 December 2019 – 18 March 2021 Alberto Fernández 48 Martín Soria Justicialist Party 29 March 2021 – 10 December 2023Ministry of Justice (2023-Present)49Mariano Cúneo Libarona Independent10 December 2023 – 4 March 2026Javier Milei50Juan Bautista Mahiques Independent8 March 2026 – Present

See also Justice ministry Judiciary of Argentina

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