# Ministry of Justice (Taiwan)

The Ministry of Justice (MOJ; Chinese: 法務部; pinyin: Fǎwùbù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: 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

Taiwan's first justice ministry was created as part of the Government-General of Taiwan when Taiwan was under Japanese rule.
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.

## 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
* Department of Personnel
* Department of Accounting
* Department of Statistics
* Department of Information Management
* Secretariat

### Affiliated agencies

* Investigation Bureau
* Administrative Enforcement Agency
* Agency Against Corruption
* Agency of Corrections
* 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

## List of ministers

Political parties:  Kuomintang  Democratic Progressive Party  Non-partisan/ unknown
| No. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Days | Party | Cabinet |
| Minister of Judicial Administration |||||||
| 1 | Xie Guansheng (謝冠生) | 1944 | December 1948 | | Kuomintang | Weng Wenhao Sun Fo |
| 2 | Mei Ju-ao (梅汝璈) | did not take office | did not take office | | | |
| 3 | Zhang Zhiben (張知本) | 4 April 1949 | December 1949 | | Kuomintang | He Yingqin Yan Xishan |
| 4 | Lin Bin (林彬) | 16 March 1950 | 1 June 1954 | 1538 | Kuomintang | Chen Cheng I |
| 5 | Gu Fengxiang (谷鳳翔) | 1 June 1954 | 1 June 1960 | 2192 | Kuomintang | Yu Hung-chun Chen Cheng II |
| 6 | Zheng Yanfen (鄭彥棻) | 1 June 1960 | 6 December 1967 | 2744 | Kuomintang | Chen Cheng II Yen Chia-kan |
| 7 | Zha Liangjian (查良鑑) | 6 December 1967 | 10 July 1970 | 947 | Kuomintang | Yen Chia-kan |
| 8 | Wang Renyuan (王任遠) | 10 July 1970 | 11 June 1976 | 2163 | Kuomintang | Yen Chia-kan Chiang Ching-kuo |
| 9 | Wang Daoyuan (汪道淵) | 11 June 1976 | 30 May 1978 | 718 | Kuomintang | Chiang Ching-kuo |
| Minister of Justice (since 1 July 1980) |||||||
| 10 | Lee Yuan-tsu (李元簇) | 30 May 1978 | 1 June 1984 | 2194 | Kuomintang | Sun Yun-suan |
| 11 | Shih Chi-yang (施啟揚) | 1 June 1984 | 23 July 1988 | 1513 | Kuomintang | Yu Kuo-hua |
| 12 | Hsiao Teng-tzang (蕭天讚) | 23 July 1988 | 7 October 1989 | 441 | Kuomintang | Yu Kuo-hua Lee Huan |
| — | Lu Yu-wen (呂有文) | 7 October 1989 | 27 November 1989 | 51 | Kuomintang | Lee Huan |
| 13 | Lu Yu-wen (呂有文) | 27 November 1989 | 27 February 1993 | 1188 | Kuomintang | Lee Huan Hau Pei-tsun |
| 14 | Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) | 27 February 1993 | 10 June 1996 | 1199 | Kuomintang | Lien Chan |
| 15 | Liao Cheng-hao (廖正豪) | 10 June 1996 | 14 July 1998 | 764 | Kuomintang | Lien Chan Vincent Siew |
| 16 | Cheng Chung-mo (城仲模) | 14 July 1998 | 1 February 1999 | 202 | Kuomintang | Vincent Siew |
| 17 | Yeh Chin-fong (葉金鳳) | 1 February 1999 | 20 May 2000 | 474 | Kuomintang | Vincent Siew |
| 18 | Chen Ding-nan (陳定南) | 20 May 2000 | 1 February 2005 | 1718 | Democratic Progressive Party | Tang Fei Chang Chun-hsiung I Yu Shyi-kun |
| 19 | Shih Mau-lin (施茂林) | 1 February 2005 | 20 May 2008 | 1204 | Independent | Frank Hsieh Su Tseng-chang I Chang Chun-hsiung II |
| 20 | Wang Ching-feng (王清峰) | 20 May 2008 | 12 March 2010 | 661 | Independent | Liu Chao-shiuan Wu Den-yih |
| — | Huang Shih-ming (黃世銘) | 12 March 2010 | 22 March 2010 | 10 | | Wu Den-yih |
| 21 | Tseng Yung-fu (曾勇夫) | 22 March 2010 | 6 September 2013 | 1264 | | Wu Den-yih Sean Chen Jiang Yi-huah |
| — | Chen Ming-tang (陳明堂) | 6 September 2013 | 30 September 2013 | 24 | | Jiang Yi-huah |
| 22 | Luo Ying-shay (羅瑩雪) | 30 September 2013 | 20 May 2016 | 963 | Kuomintang | Jiang Yi-huah Mao Chi-kuo Chang San-cheng |
| 23 | Chiu Tai-san (邱太三) | 20 May 2016 | 16 July 2018 | 787 | Democratic Progressive Party | Lin Chuan William Lai |
| 24 | Tsai Ching-hsiang (蔡清祥) | 16 July 2018 | 20 May 2024 | 2135 | | William Lai Su Tseng-chang II Chen Chien-jen |
| 25 | Cheng Ming-chien (鄭銘謙) | 20 May 2024 | Incumbent | 203 | | Cho Jung-tai |

## Access

The MOJ building is within walking distance just north of the Xiaonanmen Station of the Taipei Metro on the Green Line.