# Minister of Justice (Belgium)

The minister of justice of Belgium is responsible for the Federal Public Service Justice.

## List of ministers
### 1831–1899

* 1831 Alexandre Gendebien (liberal)
* 1831 Antoine Barthélémy (liberal)
* 1831–1832 Jean Raikem (Catholic)
* 1832–1834 Joseph Lebeau (liberal)
* 1834–1839 Antoine Ernst (liberal)
* 1839 Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (liberal)
* 1839–1840 Jean Raikem (Catholic)
* 1840–1841 Mathieu Leclercq (liberal)
* 1841–1842 Guillaume Van Volxem (liberal)
* 1842–1843 Jean-Baptiste Nothomb (liberal)
* 1843–1847 Jules Joseph d'Anethan (Catholic)
* 1847–1850 François-Philippe de Haussy (liberal)
* 1850–1852 Victor Tesch (liberal)
* 1852–1855 Charles Faider (liberal)
* 1855–1857 Alphonse Nothomb (Katholiek
* 1857–1865 Victor Tesch (liberal)
* 1865–1870 Jules Bara (liberal)
* 1870–1871 Prosper Cornesse (Katholieke Partij)
* 1871–1878 Théophile de Lantsheere (Katholieke Partij)
* 1878–1884 Jules Bara (liberal)
* 1884 Charles Woeste (Katholieke Partij)
* 1884–1887 Joseph Devolder (Katholieke Partij)
* 1887–1894 Jules Le Jeune (Katholieke Partij)
* 1894–1899 Victor Begerem (Katholieke Partij)

### 1900–1999

* 1899–1907 Jules Van den Heuvel (Katholieke Partij)
* 1907–1908 Jules Renkin (Katholieke Partij)
* 1908–1911 Léon de Lantsheere (Katholieke Partij)
* 1911–1918 Henri Carton de Wiart (Katholieke Partij)
* 1918–1921 Emile Vandervelde (BWP)
* 1921 Aloys Van de Vyvere (Katholieke Partij)
* 1921–1925 Fulgence Masson (liberal)
* 1925 Léon Théodor (Katholieke Partij)
* 1925 Paul Tschoffen (Katholieke Partij)
* 1925–1926 Prosper Poullet (Katholieke Partij)
* 1926–1927 Paul Hymans (liberal)
* 1927–1931 Paul-Emile Janson (liberal)
* 1931–1932 Fernand Cocq (liberal)
* 1932–1934 Paul-Emile Janson (liberal)
* 1934–1935 François Bovesse (liberal)
* 1935–1936 Eugène Soudan (POB)
* 1936–1937 François Bovesse (liberal)
* 1937 Hubert Pierlot (Katholieke Partij)
* 1937 Victor de Laveleye (liberal)
* 1937 Victor Maistriau (liberal)
* 1937–1938 Charles du Bus de Warnaffe (Katholieke Partij)
* 1938–1939 Joseph Pholien (Katholieke Partij)
* 1939 Émile, Baron van Dievoet (Katholieke Partij)
* 1939 August de Schryver (Katholieke Partij)
* 1939 Eugène Soudan POB)
* 1939 Paul-Emile Janson (liberal)
* 1939–1940 Eugène Soudan POB)
* 1940 Paul-Emile Janson (liberal)
* 1940–1942 Albert de Vleeschauwer (Katholieke Partij)
* 1942–1944 Antoine Delfosse (Katholieke Partij)
* 1944–1945 Maurice Verbaet (Katholieke Partij)
* 1945 Charles du Bus de Warnaffe (Katholieke Partij)
* 1945–1946 Marcel Grégoire (UDB)
* 1946 Henri Rolin (PSB)
* 1946 Adolphe Van Glabbeke (liberal)
* 1946–1947 Albert Lilar (liberal)
* 1947–1948 Paul Struye (PSC)
* 1948–1949 Henri Moreau de Melen (PSC)
* 1949–1950 Albert Lilar (liberal)
* 1950 Henri Carton de Wiart (PSC)
* 1950–1952 Ludovic Moyersoen (CVP)
* 1952 Joseph Pholien (PSC)
* 1952 Léonce Lagae (CVP)
* 1952–1954 Charles du Bus de Warnaffe (PSC)
* 1954–1958 Albert Lilar (liberal)
* 1958 Pierre Harmel (PSC)
* 1958–1960 Laurent Merchiers (liberal)
* 1960–1961 Albert Lilar (liberal)
* 1961–1965 Piet Vermeylen (BSP)
* 1965–1968 Pierre Wigny (PSC)
* 1968–1973 Alfons Vranckx (BSP)
* 1973–1977 Herman Vanderpoorten (PVV)
* 1977–1980 Renaat Van Elslande (CVP)
* 1980 Herman Vanderpoorten (PVV)
* 1980–1981 Philippe Moureaux (PSB)
* 1981–1988 Jean Gol (PRL)
** 1985–1988 Georges Mundeleer (PRL) (state secretary)
* 1988–1995 Melchior Wathelet (PSC)
* 1995–1998 Stefaan De Clerck (CVP)
* 1998–1999 Tony Van Parys (CVP)

### 2000–

| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Government | Prime Minister | Prime Minister |
| Portrait | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Government | Prime Minister | Prime Minister |
| | | Marc Verwilghen (born 1952) | 12 July 1999 | 11 July 2003 | 4 years, 0 days | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | Verhofstadt I | Guy Verhofstadt (Open VLD) | |
| | | Laurette Onkelinx (born 1958) | 11 July 2003 | 21 December 2007 | 4 years, 164 days | Socialist Party | Verhofstadt II | Guy Verhofstadt (Open VLD) | |
| | | Laurette Onkelinx (born 1958) | 11 July 2003 | 21 December 2007 | 4 years, 164 days | Socialist Party | Verhofstadt III | Guy Verhofstadt (Open VLD) | |
| | | Jo Vandeurzen (born 1958) | 21 December 2007 | 22 December 2008 | 1 year, 2 days | Christian Democratic and Flemish | Leterme I | Yves Leterme (CD&V) | |
| | | Stefaan De Clerck (born 1951) | 30 December 2008 | 6 December 2011 | 2 years, 350 days | Christian Democratic and Flemish | Van Rompuy | Herman Van Rompuy (CD&V) | |
| | | Stefaan De Clerck (born 1951) | 30 December 2008 | 6 December 2011 | 2 years, 350 days | Christian Democratic and Flemish | Leterme II | Yves Leterme (CD&V) | |
| | | Annemie Turtelboom (born 1967) | 6 December 2011 | 25 July 2014 | 2 years, 232 days | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | Di Rupo | Elio Di Rupo (PS) | |
| | | Maggie De Block (born 1962) | 25 July 2014 | 11 October 2014 | 79 days | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | Di Rupo | Elio Di Rupo (PS) | |
| | | Koen Geens (born 1958) | 11 October 2014 | 1 October 2020 | 5 years, 357 days | Christian Democratic and Flemish | Michel I | Charles Michel (MR) | |
| | | Koen Geens (born 1958) | 11 October 2014 | 1 October 2020 | 5 years, 357 days | Christian Democratic and Flemish | Michel II | Charles Michel (MR) | |
| | | Koen Geens (born 1958) | 11 October 2014 | 1 October 2020 | 5 years, 357 days | Christian Democratic and Flemish | Wilmès I | Sophie Wilmès (MR) | |
| | | Koen Geens (born 1958) | 11 October 2014 | 1 October 2020 | 5 years, 357 days | Christian Democratic and Flemish | Wilmès II | Sophie Wilmès (MR) | |
| | | Vincent Van Quickenborne (born 1973) | 1 October 2020 | 20 October 2023 | 3 years, 20 days | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | Vivaldi | Alexander De Croo (Open VLD) | |
| | | Paul Van Tigchelt (born 1973) | 22 October 2023 | 3 February 2025 | 1 year, 105 days | Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats | Vivaldi | Alexander De Croo (Open VLD) | |
| | | Annelies Verlinden (born 1978) | 3 February 2025 | present | 8 days | Christian Democratic and Flemish | De Wever | Bart De Wever (N-VA) | |