Ministry of Justice and Human and Minority Rights

{{Infobox government agency

| agency_name = Ministry of Justice and Human and Minority Rights of Montenegro

| nativename = Ministarstvo pravde, ljudskih i manjinskih prava

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| formed = 1991 (2020)

| jurisdiction = Government of Montenegro

| headquarters = Vuka Karadžića 3,
Podgorica

| chief1_name = Andrej Milović

| chief1_position = Minister of Justice and Human and Minority Rights

| website = [http://www.pravda.gov.me/ pravda.gov.me]

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The Ministry of Justice in the Government of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Ministarstvo Pravde u Vladi Crne Gore / Министарство Праве у Влади Црне Горе, MPVCG) is the ministry in the Government of Montenegro which is in charge of the nation's justice system and human and minority rights.

Ministers of Justice since 1879

= Montenegrin monarchy =

== [[Principality of Montenegro]] ==

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!Beginning of the mandate

!End of mandate

!Time in office

!Name and surname

!Notes

!Prince

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|March 20, 1879

|1893

|13-14 years

|Božo Petrović-Njegoš

| rowspan="12" |Nicholas I
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(1860-1910)

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|1893

|November 25, 1899

|5-6 years

|Valtazar Bogišić

|November 25, 1899

|June 3, 1903

|3 years, 190 days

|Lujo Vojnović

|June 3, 1903

|October 2, 1904

|One year, 122 days

|Miloš Đ. Shaulic

|First as a manager, then as a minister

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|October 2, 1904

|December 19, 1905

|One year, 78 days

|Božo Petrović-Njegoš

|as representative of the Minister

|December 19, 1905

|November 24, 1906

|340 days

|Milo Dožić

|November 24, 1906

|February 1, 1907

|69 days

|Milosav R. Raicevic

|February 1, 1907

|April 17, 1907

|75 days

|Gavrilo M. Cerovic

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|April 17, 1907

|April 15, 1909

|1 year, 363 days

|Lazar Tomanović

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|April 15, 1909

|February 6, 1910

|298 days

|Sekula Drljević

|February 6, 1910

|April 13, 1910

|65 days

|Pero Vuckovic

|represented

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|April 13, 1910

|August 28, 1910

|139 days

|Lazar Tomanović

|represented

== [[Kingdom of Montenegro]] ==

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!Image

!Beginning of the mandate

!End of mandate

!Time in office

!Name and surname

!Notes

!Monarch

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|August 28, 1910

|August 23, 1911

|360 days

|Lazar Tomanović

|represented

| rowspan="5" |Nicholas I
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(1910-1916)

|August 23, 1911

|June 19, 1912

|302 days

|Milo Dožić

|June 19, 1912

|May 8, 1913

|323 days

|Dušan Vukotić

|Government of Mitar Martinović

|May 8, 1913

|January 2, 1916

|2 years, 239 days

|Ljubomir A. Brkic

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|January 2, 1916

|January 15, 1916

|13 days

|Marko Radulović

== Montenegrin government-in-exile ==

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!Image

!Beginning of the mandate

!End of mandate

!Time in office

!Name and surname

!Notes

!Regent

!Monarch
Titular king

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|January 15, 1916

|May 12, 1916

|108 days

|Marko Radulović

| rowspan="7" |Milena of Montenegro 115x115px
(1921-1923)
Anto Gvozdenović
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(1921-1929)

| rowspan="7" |Nicholas I
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(1916-1921)

Danilo
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(March 1-March 7, 1921)
Michael
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(1921-1929)

|May 12, 1916

|January 17, 1917

|250 days

|Janko Spasojevic

|January 17, 1917

|June 11, 1917

|145 days

|Stanisa Ilić

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|June 11, 1917

|September 15, 1917

|97 days

|Veljko Milićević

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|September 15, 1917

|June 28, 1921

|3 years, 287 days

|Pero Šoć

|represented

|June 28, 1921

|September 14, 1922

|One year, 78 days

|Vladimir Đ. Popovic

|September 14, 1922

|September 14, 1929

|7 years

|Pero Vuckovic

Ministers of Justice, since 1991

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colspan=2\| Name {{small\|(Birth–Death)}} ! Party ! colspan=2\| Term of Office
style="background:#F6931D;" \| \| Momčilo Knežević {{small\|(born 1951{{fact\|date=July 2024}})}} \| DPS \| 15 February 1991 \| 6 October 1992
style="background:#F6931D;" \| \| Filip Vujanović {{small\|(born 1954)}} \| DPS \| 6 October 1992 \| 17 May 1995
style="background:{{party color\|Independent (politician)}};" \| \| Miodrag Latković \| none \| 17 May 1995 \| 16 July 1998
style="background:{{party color\|People's Party (Montenegro, 1990)}};" \| \| Dragan Šoć {{small\|(born 1957)}} \| NS \| 16 July 1998 \| 28 February 2001
style="background:#F6931D;" \| \| Željko Šturanović {{small\|(1960-2014)}} \| DPS \| 28 February 2001 \| 10 November 2006
style="background:{{party color\|Independent (politician)}};" \| \| Miraš Radović {{small\|(born 1951)}} \| none \| 10 November 2006 \| 29 December 2010
style="background:#F6931D;" \| \| Duško Marković {{small\|(born 1958)}} \| DPS \| 29 December 2010 \| 12 May 2016
style="background:{{party color\|Independent (politician)}};" \| \| Zoran Pažin {{small\|(born 1966)}} \| none \| 12 May 2016 \| 2 December 2020
style="background:{{party color\|Independent (politician)}};" \| \| Vladimir Leposavić {{small\|(born 1984)}} \| none \| 2 December 2020 \| 17 June 2021
style="background:{{party color\|Independent (politician)}};" \| \| Zdravko KrivokapićActing Minister of Justice and Human and Minority Rights of Montenegro {{small\|(born 1958)}} \| none \| 17 June 2021 \| 1 July 2021
style="background:{{party color\|Independent (politician)}};" \| \| Sergej Sekulović {{small\|(born 1978)}} \| none \| 1 July 2021 \| 24 January 2022
style="background:{{party color\|Independent (politician)}};" \| \| Zdravko Krivokapić (Acting)Acting Minister of Justice and Human and Minority Rights of Montenegro {{small\|(born 1958)}} \| none \| 24 January 2022 \| 28 April 2022
style="background:{{party color\|Socialist People's Party of Montenegro}};" \| \| Marko Kovač {{small\|(born 1985)}} \| SNP \| 28 April 2022 \| 31 October 2023
style="background:{{party color\|Independent (politician)}};" \| \|Andrej Milović \|none \|31 October 2023 \|Incumbent

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colspan=2| Name
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! Party

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| Momčilo Knežević
{{small|(born 1951{{fact|date=July 2024}})}}

| DPS

| 15 February 1991

| 6 October 1992

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| Filip Vujanović
{{small|(born 1954)}}

| DPS