Ministry of Justice (Czech Republic)
{{Short description|Government ministry of the Czech Republic}}
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|headquarters = Vyšehradská 16, 128 10 Prague 2 (Nové Město)
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|chief1_name = Pavel Blažek
|chief1_position = Minister of Justice
|website = [http://portal.justice.cz/Justice2/MS/ms.aspx?o=23&j=33 http://justice.cz]
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The Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic ({{Langx|cs|Ministerstvo spravedlnosti České republiky}}) is a government ministry of the Czech Republic.
The powers of the Ministry of Justice as defined by Section 11 of Act No. 2/1969 Coll. on Creation of Ministries and Other Central Authorities (Competencies Act)[http://portal.gov.cz/app/zakony/zakonPar.jsp?page=0&idBiblio=31338&recShow=11&nr=2~2F1969&rpp=15#parCnt zákon 2/1969 Sb. o zřízení ministerstev a jiných ústředních orgánů státní správy České republiky]Compare this translation with the [http://www.vlada.cz/cz/clenove-vlady/ministerstva/*kopie-1:-ministerstvo-spravedlnosti-50690/ official one] are:
It is a central authority of the state administration for courts of law and the Public Prosecutor's Office.
It gives legal opinion on credit and guarantee agreements, whose party is the Czech Republic.
It acts as a central authority of the state administration for prisons; the Prison Service of the Czech Republic is its subsidiary.
It acts as a central authority of the state administration for probation and mediation.
It represents the Czech Republic claims for breaching the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its Protocols and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and coordinates the execution of the decisions of the relevant international bodies.
List of ministers of justice
= Czechoslovakia (1918-1968) =
- František Soukup: November 14, 1918 - July 8, 1919
- František Veselý: July 8, 1919 - May 25, 1920
- Alfred Meissner: May 25, 1920 - September 15, 1920
- Augustin Popelka: September 15, 1920 - September 26, 1921
- Josef Dolanský: September 26, 1921 - December 9, 1925
- Karel Viškovský: 9 December 1925 - 18 March 1926
- Jiří Haussmann: March 18, 1926 - October 12, 1926
- Robert Mayr-Harting: October 12, 1926 - December 7, 1929
- Alfred Meissner: December 7, 1929 - February 14, 1934
- Ivan Dérer: February 14, 1934 - September 22, 1938
- Vladimir Fajnor: 22 September 1938 - 4 October 1938 and 4 October 1938 - 14 October 1938
- Ladislav Karel Feierabend: October 14, 1938 - December 1, 1938
- Jaroslav Krejci: 1 December 1938 - 15 March 1939 [p 1]
- Jaroslav Stránský: April 5, 1945 - November 6, 1945 [p 2]
- Prokop Drtin: November 6, 1945 - February 25, 1948
- Alexej Čepička: 25 February 1948 - 25 April 1950
- Štefan Rais: April 25, 1950 - September 14, 1953
- Václav Škoda: September 14, 1953 - December 12, 1954
- Jan Bartuška: December 12, 1954 - June 16, 1956
- Václav Škoda: June 16, 1956 - July 11, 1960
- Alois Neuman: July 11, 1960 - April 8, 1968
- Bohuslav Kučera: April 8, 1968 - December 31, 1968
= Czech Republic (1969-present) =
class="wikitable"
!Order !Minister !Subject ! colspan="2" |Start and end office !Government |
1.
|Václav Hrabal |ČSS |January 8, 1969 |September 29, 1969 |Rázl |
rowspan="4" |2.
| rowspan="4" |Jan Němec | rowspan="4" |KSČ | rowspan="4" |September 29, 1969 | rowspan="4" |June 18, 1981 |Rázl |
Kempny and Korcak |
Korčák II. |
Korčák III. |
rowspan="2" |3.
| rowspan="2" |Antonin Kaspar | rowspan="2" |KSČ | rowspan="2" |June 18, 1981 | rowspan="2" |December 5, 1989 |Korčák IV. |
Korčák, Adamec, Pitra and Pithart |
4.
|OF |December 5, 1989 |June 29, 1990 |Korčák, Adamec, Pitra and Pithart |
5.
|Leon Richter |OF |June 29, 1990 |January 8, 1992 |Pithart |
rowspan="2" |6.
| rowspan="2" |Jiří Novák | rowspan="2" |ODS | rowspan="2" |January 24, 1992 | rowspan="2" |31 December 1992 |Pithart |
Klaus I. |
As part of the independent Republic
class="wikitable"
! Order ! Minister ! Subject ! colspan="2" |Start and end office ! Government |
1.
|Jiří Novák |ODS |1 January 1993 |July 4, 1996 |Klaus I. |
2.
|ODA |July 4, 1996 |7 January 1997 |Klaus II. |
rowspan="2" |3.
| rowspan="2" |Vlasta Parkanová [1st female] | rowspan="2" |ODA | rowspan="2" |7 January 1997 | rowspan="2" |July 22, 1998 |Klaus II. |
Tošovský |
4.
|nestr. for the CSSD |July 22, 1998 |October 16, 2000 |Laird |
5.
|ČSSD |17 October 2000 |February 2, 2001 |Laird |
6.
|nestr. for the CSSD |February 2, 2001 |July 15, 2002 |Laird |
7.
|ČSSD |July 15, 2002 |August 5, 2003 |Spidla |
(in charge of management) |ČSSD |August 6, 2003 |August 16, 2003 |Spidla |
8.
|Karel Čermák |nestr. for the CSSD |August 16, 2003 |July 15, 2004 |Spidla |
(in charge of management) |ČSSD |July 15, 2004 |4 August 2004 |Spidla |
rowspan="2" |9.
| rowspan="2" |Pavel Němec | rowspan="2" |US-DEU | rowspan="2" |4 August 2004 | rowspan="2" |September 4, 2006 |Gross |
Paroubek |
rowspan="2" |10.
| rowspan="2" |Jiří Pospíšil | rowspan="2" |ODS | rowspan="2" |September 4, 2006 | rowspan="2" |May 8, 2009 |Topolanek I. |
Topolanek II. |
11.
|non-member [p. 1] |May 8, 2009 |July 13, 2010 |Fischer |
12.
|ODS |July 13, 2010 |June 27, 2012 |Nečas |
13.
|ODS |July 3, 2012 |July 10, 2013 |Nečas |
14.
|non-member [p. 2] |July 10, 2013 |January 29, 2014 |Rusnok |
15.
|ANO |January 29, 2014 |March 1, 2015 |Sobotka |
rowspan="2" |16.
| rowspan="2" |Robert Pelikán | rowspan="2" |ANO | rowspan="2" |March 12, 2015 | rowspan="2" |June 27, 2018 |Sobotka |
Babiš I. |
17.
|ANO |June 27, 2018 |July 10, 2018 |Babiš II. |
18.
|non-member (ANO) |July 10, 2018 |April 30, 2019 |Babiš II. |
19.
|non-member (ANO) |April 30, 2019 |December 17, 2021 |Babiš II. |
20.
|Pavel Blažek |ODS |December 17, 2021 | |Fiala |
See also
- Justice ministry
- Seznam ministrů spravedlnosti České republiky(List of ministers of justice of the Czech Republic)
- Seznam ministrů spravedlnosti Československa (List of ministers of justice of Czechoslovakia)
- Politics of the Czech Republic
References
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External links
- in Czech {{Official website|http://www.justice.cz/}} Ministerstvo spravedlnosti České republiky
- [http://www.vscr.cz/?lang=3 Prison Service of the Czech Republic]
- [http://www.nsz.cz/index.php/en Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Czech Republic]
- [https://www.pmscr.cz/en/ Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic]
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