Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
| Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz (BMJV) | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 January 1877 as Reichsjustizamt |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Germany |
| Headquarters |
Mohrenstraße 37 10117 Berlin |
| Employees | 623 |
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| Agency executives |
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| Website | http://www.bmj.bund.de |
The Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (German: Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz), abbreviated BMJV, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Under the German federal system, individual States are most responsible for the administration of justice and the application of penalties. The Federal Ministry of Justice devotes itself to creating and changing law in the classic core areas related to Constitutional law. The Ministry also analyzes the legality and constitutionality of laws prepared by other ministries. The German Federal Court of Justice, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO), and the German Patent Court all fall under its scope. The ministry is officially located in Berlin.[1]
The BMJV was founded on January 1, 1877, as the Imperial Justice Office (Reichsjustizamt). After Germany became a republic in 1919, it was raised to the rank of a federal ministry as the Reichsministerium der Justiz or Reichsjustizministerium. The ministry was formally renamed the Bundesministerium der Justiz in 1949. In several laws predating 1949, the ministry and the minister are however referred to as Reichsministerium der Justiz and Reichsminister der Justiz, respectively. This has gradually been replaced with the new name and title when laws have been amended, most recently in 2010.[2]
List of ministers
State Secretaries for Justice, 1876–1918
- Heinrich Friedberg 1876–1879
- Hermann von Schelling 1879–1889
- Otto von Oehlschläger 1889–1891
- Robert Bosse 1891–1892
- Eduard von Hanauer 1892–1893
- Rudolf Arnold Nieberding 1893–1909
- Hermann Lisco 1909–1917
- Paul Georg Christof von Krause 1917–1919
Ministers of Justice, 1918–1945
- Otto Landsberg (SPD) 1919
- Eugen Schiffer (DDP) 1919–1920
- Andreas Blunck (DDP) 1920
- Eugen Schiffer (DDP) 1921
- Gustav Radbruch (SPD) 1921–1922
- Rudolf Heinze (DVP) 1922–1923
- Gustav Radbruch (SPD) 1923
- Erich Emminger (BVP) 1923–1924
- Kurt Joël 1924–1925
- Josef Frenken (Centre) 1925
- Hans Luther (acting) 1925–1926
- Wilhelm Marx (Centre) 1926
- Johannes Bell (Centre) 1926–1927
- Oskar Hergt (DNVP) 1927–1928
- Erich Koch-Weser (DDP) 1928–1929
- Theodor von Guérard (Centre) 1929–1930
- Johann Viktor Bredt (WP) 1930
- Kurt Joël 1930–1932
- Franz Gürtner (DNVP) 1932–1941
- Franz Schlegelberger (Nazi) 1941–1942
- Otto Georg Thierack (Nazi) 1942–1945
Federal Ministers, since 1949
Political Party: FDP DP CSU CDU SPD
| Name (Born-Died) |
Party | Term of Office | Chancellor (Cabinet) | ||
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| Federal Minister of Justice | |||||
| Thomas Dehler (1897–1967) |
FDP | 20 September 1949 | 20 October 1953 | Adenauer (I) | |
| Fritz Neumayer (1884–1973) |
FDP | 20 October 1953 | 16 October 1956 | Adenauer (II) | |
| Hans-Joachim von Merkatz (1905–1982) |
DP | 16 October 1956 | 29 October 1957 | ||
| Fritz Schäffer (1888–1967) |
CSU | 29 October 1957 | 14 November 1961 | Adenauer (III) | |
| Wolfgang Stammberger (1920–1982) |
FDP | 14 November 1961 | 19 November 1962 | Adenauer (IV) | |
| Ewald Bucher (1914–1991) |
FDP | 14 December 1962 | 27 March 1965 | Adenauer (V) Erhard (I) | |
| Karl Weber (1898–1985) |
CDU | 1 April 1965 | 26 October 1965 | Erhard (I) | |
| Richard Jaeger (1913–1998) |
CSU | 26 October 1965 | 30 November 1966 | Erhard (II) | |
| Gustav Heinemann (1899–1976) |
SPD | 1 December 1966 | 26 March 1969 | Kiesinger (I) | |
| Horst Ehmke (b. 1927) |
SPD | 26 March 1969 | 21 October 1969 | Kiesinger (I) | |
| Gerhard Jahn (1927–1998) |
SPD | 22 October 1969 | 7 May 1974 | Brandt (I • II) | |
| Hans-Jochen Vogel (b. 1926) |
SPD | 16 May 1974 | 22 January 1981 | Schmidt (I • II • III) | |
| Jürgen Schmude (b. 1936) |
SPD | 22 January 1981 | 1 October 1982 | Schmidt (III) | |
| Hans A. Engelhard (1934–2008) |
FDP | 4 October 1982 | 18 January 1991 | Kohl (I • II • III) | |
| Klaus Kinkel (b. 1936) |
No party; FDP (from 1991) |
18 January 1991 | 18 May 1992 | Kohl (IV) | |
| Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (b. 1951) |
FDP | 18 May 1992 | 17 January 1996 | Kohl (IV • V) | |
| Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig (b. 1941) |
FDP | 17 January 1996 | 26 October 1998 | Kohl (V) | |
| Herta Däubler-Gmelin (b. 1943) |
SPD | 27 October 1998 | 22 October 2002 | Schröder (I) | |
| Brigitte Zypries (b. 1953) |
SPD | 22 October 2002 | 28 October 2009 | Schröder (II) Merkel (I) | |
| Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (b. 1951) |
FDP | 28 October 2009 | 17 December 2013 | Merkel (II) | |
| Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection | |||||
| Heiko Maas (b. 1966) |
SPD | 17 December 2013 | Incumbent | Merkel (III) | |
See also
References
- ↑ Federal Ministry of Justice http://www.bmj.de/EN/FederalOffice/_node.html Official website] (English) retrieved 1-Jun-2012
- ↑ BGBL/de
External links
- Official homepage in German (translation available)
- Organization chart of the ministry
- Tasks and organisation of the ministry
- Official translation of German federal laws/parts
