Ministry of Justice (Malawi)
{{Short description|Government ministry of Togo}}
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Malawi provides legal advice and services to the government's ministries and departments, as well as the general public. The Ministry represents the government in civil litigation cases and prosecute criminal cases on behalf of the State, drafts legislation, and vets agreements and treaties on behalf of the government. The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs contains the following departments:
- The Attorney General’s Chambers
- Solicitor General's Chambers
- Directorate of Public Prosecutions
- Department of Registrar General
- Department of Administrator General
The ministry follows the direction of the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, and is under the supervision of the Solicitor General and Secretary for Justice.{{Cite web|url=http://www.justice.gov.mw/index.php/about-us/the-ministry|title=The Ministry|website=www.justice.gov.mw|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-07-04}} It was not uncommon for the Minister of Justice to serve simultaneously as the Attorney General. The current Minister of Justice is Titus Mvalo with Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda as the Attorney General.{{Cite web|url=https://www.malawi.gov.mw/index.php/proud/documents/acts-and-policies?download=1:malawi-cabinet-july-8th-2020|title=The Malawi Cabinet List|website=www.malawi.gov.mw|language=en-gb|access-date=2021-04-27}}
List of ministers of justice (mainly post-independence in 1964)
- Alan Munro (1957–1963)
- Orton Chirwa{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-orton-chirwa-1558842.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-orton-chirwa-1558842.html |archive-date=2022-05-15 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary: Orton Chirwa|work=The Independent|access-date=2018-07-04|language=en-GB}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_QTz5PCDvjEC&pg=PA29|title=Abdication of Responsibility: The Commonwealth and Human Rights|last=(Organization)|first=Human Rights Watch|date=1991|publisher=Human Rights Watch|isbn=9781564320476|language=en}} (1964) [1st Malawi-born Minister of Justice and Attorney General]
- Bryan Clieve Roberts{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435024020083;view=1up;seq=53|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1972Feb-June.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-07-04}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtAVPnspJscC&pg=PA358|title=Revolt of the Ministers: The Malawi Cabinet Crisis 1964-1965|last1=Baker|first1=Colin|last2=Baker|first2=Colin A.|date=2001-05-11|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=9781860646423|language=en}} (1965–1973) [Minister of Justice and Attorney General]
- Hastings Kamuzu Banda{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112083081494;view=1up;seq=285|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1973:Jan.-Mar..|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-07-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073049580;view=1up;seq=59|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Apr 1980.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-07-04}} (1973–1991)
- Friday Makuta{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KUhDAQAAIAAJ|title=Human rights in Malawi: report of a joint delegation of the Scottish Faculty of Advocates, the Law Society of England and Wales and the General Council of the Bar to Malawi|last1=(Scotland)|first1=Faculty of Advocates|last2=Britain)|first2=Law Society (Great|last3=Wales)|first3=General Council of the Bar (England and|date=1992|publisher=The Law Society|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oVrVK2ElINMC&pg=PA193|title=Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from Independence to Mid-1997|last1=Kalley|first1=Jacqueline Audrey|last2=Schoeman|first2=Elna|last3=Andor|first3=Lydia Eve|date=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313302473|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NS8IAQAAMAAJ|title=Free at Last!: Malawi's Democratic Transition|last=Meinhardt|first=Heiko|date=2004|publisher=National Initiative for Civic Education|language=en}} (1992–1993)
- Lovemore Munlo (1993–1994)
- Wehnam Nakanga{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435083447896;view=1up;seq=66|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1995Jan-Apr 1995.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-07-04}} (1994–1995)
- Collins Chizumira{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435083448514;view=1up;seq=71|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1996Jan-Apr 1996.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-07-04}} (1995–1996)
- Cassim Chilumpha{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FuXPkCVjzasC&pg=PA292|title=Historical Dictionary of Malawi|last=Kalinga|first=Owen J. M.|date=2012|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810859616|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435083447813;view=1up;seq=71|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. 1998Feb-Apr 1998.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-07-04}} (1996–1998)
- Peter H. Fachi{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RbLgAAAAMAAJ|title=Managing Information|date=2001|publisher=Aslib, the Association for Information Management|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YKXPDQAAQBAJ&pg=PR51|title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1995-96|last=Hunter|first=B.|date=2016-12-29|publisher=Springer|isbn=9780230271241|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073049168;view=1up;seq=68|title=Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Apr 1999.|website=HathiTrust|language=en|access-date=2018-07-04}} (1999–2003)
- Henry Dama Phoya{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ipPlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA822|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2009: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|last=Turner|first=Barry|date=2008|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349740277|language=en}} (2007–2008)
- Peter Mutharika (2009-2010)
- George Chaponda (2010–2011)
- Ephraim Chiume (2011–2012)
- Ralph Kasambara{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9pLlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA818|title=The Statesman's Yearbook: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. 2013|last=Turner|first=Barry|date=2012|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349595419|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQWhAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1000|title=Worldwide Government Directory with Intergovernmental Organizations 2013|last=Press|first=C. Q.|date=2013-05-10|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=9781452299372|language=en}} (2012–2013)
- Samuel Tembenu(2014–2019){{Cite book|url=https://www.registrargeneral.gov.mw/events/tisc/minister.html|title=Malawi Government|website=www.registrargeneral.gov.mw|language=en-gb|access-date=2021-04-27}}
- Bright Msaka(2019–2020)
- Titus Mvalo (2020–present)