Ministry of Justice (Taiwan)

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{{Infobox government agency

| agency_name = Ministry of Justice

| nativename_a = {{lang|zh-tw|法務部}}

| nativename_r = Fǎwùbù (Mandarin)
Fap-vu Phu (Hakka)

| logo = 法務部印 (中華民國).svg

| logo_width = 150px

| logo_caption = Seal of the Ministry of Justice{{br}}(法務部印)

| image = Taiwan Ministry of Justice Building 20221113.jpg

| image_size = 300px

| image_caption =

| seal =

| seal_width = 200px

| seal_caption = Emblem of the Ministry of Justice

| formed = 1895 (Japanese colonial era)
{{start date and age|df=y|1945|10|25}}{{NoteTag|Originally established on 1 January 1912 in mainland China}}

| preceding1 = Ministry of Judicial Administration

| preceding2 =

| dissolved =

| superseding =

| jurisdiction = Taiwan

| headquarters = Zhongzheng, Taipei

| employees =

| First Holder =

| minister1_name = Tsai Ching-hsiang

| minister1_pfo =

| deputyminister1_name = Chen Ming-tang

| deputyminister1_pfo =

| deputyminister2_name = Tsai Pi-yu

| deputyminister2_pfo =

| deputyminister3_name = Huang Mou-hsin

| deputyminister3_pfo =

| chief1_name = Miao Zhuoran

| chief1_position = Director-Secretary

| parent_agency = Executive Yuan

| child1_agency = Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau

| child2_agency =

| website = {{Official URL}}

| footnotes =

}}

The Ministry of Justice (MOJ; {{zh|t=法務部|p=Fǎwùbù|poj=Hoat-bū-pō͘}}) is a ministerial level body of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan), responsible for carrying out various regulatory and prosecutorial functions.

History

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Taiwan's first justice ministry was created as part of the Government-General of Taiwan when Taiwan was under Japanese rule.{{cite web|last=Chen|first=Chih-hsiung|title=高野孟矩：司法獨立奮鬥史之第一人|url=https://www.academia.edu/31226656/%E9%AB%98%E9%87%8E%E5%AD%9F%E7%9F%A9_%E5%8F%B8%E6%B3%95%E7%8D%A8%E7%AB%8B%E5%A5%AE%E9%AC%A5%E5%8F%B2%E4%B9%8B%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80%E4%BA%BA|work=National Chiao Tung University|language=zh-tw}}

The Republic of China's Ministry of Justice was established in 1912 in mainland China. After several name changes, the Ministry of Judicial Administration began its administration in Taiwan in 1945, before the central government was shifted to Taipei in 1949 after the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan. On 1 July 1980, the ministry was renamed again to the Ministry of Justice.{{cite news |title=History (including voice) |url=https://www.moj.gov.tw/cp-1117-43105-f4d15-095.html |access-date=23 May 2020 |agency=Ministry of Justice |date=29 January 2007}}{{cite news |title=部史 |url=https://www.moj.gov.tw/cp-90-44573-24f5b-001.html |access-date=23 May 2020 |agency=Ministry of Justice |date=13 March 2017 |language=zh}}

Organizational structure

The Ministry of Justice has the following branches:

=Departments=

Department of Legal System
Department of Legal Affairs
Department of Prosecutorial Affairs
Department of International and Cross-Strait Legal Affairs
Department of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Protection
Department of Government Employee Ethics{{Cite web |url=https://www.moj.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=21441&CtNode=11390&mp=095 |title=Organization and Functions-Organization and Functions-Ministry of Justice |access-date=2017-12-31 |archive-date=2017-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231211854/https://www.moj.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=21441&CtNode=11390&mp=095 |url-status=dead }}
Department of Personnel
Department of Accounting
Department of Statistics
Department of Information Management
Secretariat

= Affiliated agencies =

{{Cite web |url=https://www.moj.gov.tw/public/Attachment/4103114394842.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-12-31 |archive-date=2017-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231155506/https://www.moj.gov.tw/public/Attachment/4103114394842.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Investigation Bureau
Administrative Enforcement Agency
Agency Against Corruption
Agency of Corrections{{Cite web |url=http://www.mjac.moj.gov.tw/mp802.html |title=Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice |access-date=2014-11-15 |archive-date=2014-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225010216/http://www.mjac.moj.gov.tw/mp802.html |url-status=dead }}
Prosecutors Office
Academy for the Judiciary
Institute of Forensic Medicine

Functions

Legal Affairs
Procuratorial Administration
Correctional Operations
Judicial Protection
Operations on Government Employee Ethics
Information Management
Investigation Work
Cultivation of Personnel{{Cite web |url=https://www.moj.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=21448&CtNode=11424&mp=095 |title=Business Affairs-Business Affairs-Ministry of Justice |access-date=2017-12-31 |archive-date=2017-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231211857/https://www.moj.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=21448&CtNode=11424&mp=095 |url-status=dead }}

List of ministers

Political parties:

{{legend2|{{party color|Kuomintang}}|Kuomintang|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Progressive Party}}|Democratic Progressive Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Non-partisan}}|Non-partisan/ unknown|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable"

! No.

! width="180"|Name

! colspan=2 width="180"|Term of office

! Days

! width="150"|Party

! width="180"|Cabinet

!colspan=7 style="background:#318CE7; color:white;" | Minister of Judicial Administration

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! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" | 1

| align=center|Xie Guansheng (謝冠生)

| 1944

December 1948

Ministry of Justice (Taiwan)

History

Organizational structure

=Departments=

= Affiliated agencies =

Functions

List of ministers

Access

See also

Notes

References

External links