# List of justice ministers of Russia

This is a list of ministers of justice of Russia.

## Russian Empire

| Minister | Term of Office | Term of Office | Emperor |
| Gavriil Derzhavin | 8 September 1802 | 7 October 1803 | Alexander I |
| Pyotr Lopukhin | 8 October 1803 | 1 January 1810 | Alexander I |
| Ivan Dmitriev | 1 January 1810 | 30 August 1814 | Alexander I |
| Dmitry Troshchinsky | 30 August 1814 | 25 August 1817 | Alexander I |
| Prince Dmitry Lobanov-Rostovsky | 25 August 1817 | 18 October 1827 | Alexander I |
| Prince Dmitry Lobanov-Rostovsky | 25 August 1817 | 18 October 1827 | Nicholas I |
| Prince Alexey Dolgorukov | 18 October 1827 | 20 September 1829 | Nicholas I |
| Dmitry Dashkov | 20 September 1829 | 14 February 1839 | Nicholas I |
| Count Dmitry Bludov | 14 February 1839 | 31 December 1839 | Nicholas I |
| Count Viktor Panin | 31 December 1839 | 21 October 1862 | Nicholas I |
| Count Viktor Panin | 31 December 1839 | 21 October 1862 | Alexander II |
| Dmitry Zamyatin | 21 October 1862 | 18 April 1867 | Alexander II |
| Prince Sergey Urusov | 18 April 1867 | 15 October 1867 | Alexander II |
| Count Konstantin Pahlen | 18 April 1867 | 30 May 1878 | Alexander II |
| Dmitry Nabokov | 30 May 1878 | 6 November 1885 | Alexander II |
| Dmitry Nabokov | 30 May 1878 | 6 November 1885 | Alexander III |
| Nikolay Manasein | 6 November 1885 | 1 January 1894 | Alexander III |
| Nikolay Muraviev | 1 January 1894 | 14 January 1905 | Alexander III |
| Nikolay Muraviev | 1 January 1894 | 14 January 1905 | Nicholas II |
| Sergey Manukhin | 21 January 1905 | 16 December 1905 | Nicholas II |
| Mikhail Akimov | 16 December 1905 | 24 April 1906 | Nicholas II |
| Ivan Shcheglovitov | 24 April 1906 | 6 July 1915 | Nicholas II |
| Aleksandr Khvostov | 6 July 1915 | 7 July 1916 | Nicholas II |
| Alexander Makarov | 7 July 1916 | 20 December 1916 | Nicholas II |
| Nikolay Dobrovolsky | 20 December 1916 | 28 February 1917 | Nicholas II |

## Provisional Government/Russian Republic

| Minister | Party | Term of Office | Term of Office | Prime Minister |
| Alexander Kerensky | Socialist Revolutionary Party | 15 March 1917 | 18 May 1917 | Georgy Lvov |
| Pavel Pereverzev | Labour Group | 18 May 1917 | 19 July 1917 | Georgy Lvov |
| Ivan Yefremov | Progressive Party | 23 July 1917 | 6 August 1917 | Alexander Kerensky |
| Alexander Zarudny | Popular Socialist Party | 6 August 1917 | 15 September 1917 | Alexander Kerensky |
| Alexander Demyanov | Popular Socialist Party | 15 September 1917 | 8 October 1917 | Alexander Kerensky |
| Pavel Malyantovich | Social Democratic Labour Party (Menshevik) | 8 October 1917 | 7 November 1917 | Alexander Kerensky |

## Russian SFSR

| Minister | Party | Term of Office | Term of Office | Head of State |
| Georgy Oppokov | Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolshevik) | 8 November 1917 | 29 November 1917 | Lev Kamenev |
| Pyotr Stuchka | Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolshevik) | 29 November 1917 | 22 December 1917 | Yakov Sverdlov |
| Isaac Steinberg | Party of Left Socialist-Revolutionaries | 22 December 1917 | 18 March 1918 | Yakov Sverdlov |
| Pyotr Stuchka | Communist Party | 18 March 1918 | 14 September 1918 | Yakov Sverdlov |
| Dmitry Kursky | Communist Party | 14 September 1918 | 16 January 1928 | Yakov Sverdlov |
| Dmitry Kursky | Communist Party | 14 September 1918 | 16 January 1928 | Mikhail Vladimirsky |
| Dmitry Kursky | Communist Party | 14 September 1918 | 16 January 1928 | Mikhail Kalinin |
| Nikolai Janson | Communist Party | 16 January 1928 | 6 March 1931 | Mikhail Kalinin |
| Nikolai Krylenko | Communist Party | 5 May 1931 | 20 July 1936 | Mikhail Kalinin |
| Ivan Bulat | Communist Party | 20 July 1936 | 31 August 1937 | Mikhail Kalinin |
| Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko | Communist Party | 15 September 1937 | 11 October 1937 | Mikhail Kalinin |
| Yakov Dmitriyev | Communist Party | 17 October 1937 | 25 January 1940 | Mikhail Kalinin |
| Yakov Dmitriyev | Communist Party | 17 October 1937 | 25 January 1940 | Aleksei Badayev |
| Konstantin Gorshenin | Communist Party | 25 January 1940 | 12 November 1943 | Aleksei Badayev |
| Ivan Basavin | Communist Party | 5 January 1944 | 5 October 1949 | Aleksei Badayev |
| Ivan Basavin | Communist Party | 5 January 1944 | 5 October 1949 | Nikolai Shvernik |
| Ivan Basavin | Communist Party | 5 January 1944 | 5 October 1949 | Ivan Vlasov |
| Fyodor Belayev | Communist Party | 5 October 1949 | 11 June 1953 | Ivan Vlasov |
| Fyodor Belayev | Communist Party | 5 October 1949 | 11 June 1953 | Mikhail Tarasov |
| Anatoly Rubichev | Communist Party | 11 June 1953 | 27 March 1957 | Mikhail Tarasov |
| Vladimir Boldyrev | Communist Party | 11 May 1957 | 13 April 1963 | Mikhail Tarasov |
| Vladimir Boldyrev | Communist Party | 11 May 1957 | 13 April 1963 | Nikolai Ignatov |
| Vladimir Boldyrev | Communist Party | 11 May 1957 | 13 April 1963 | Nikolai Organov |
| Vladimir Boldyrev | Communist Party | 11 May 1957 | 13 April 1963 | Nikolai Ignatov |
| Alexey Kruglov | Communist Party | 13 April 1963 | 24 September 1970 | Nikolai Ignatov |
| Alexey Kruglov | Communist Party | 13 April 1963 | 24 September 1970 | Mikhail Yasnov |
| Vladimir Blinov | Communist Party | 24 September 1970 | 15 February 1984 | Mikhail Yasnov |
| Alexander Sukharev | Communist Party | 15 March 1984 | 25 February 1988 | Mikhail Yasnov |
| Alexander Sukharev | Communist Party | 15 March 1984 | 25 February 1988 | Vladimir Orlov |
| Vladimir Abolentsev | Communist Party | 5 April 1988 | 14 July 1990 | Vladimir Orlov |
| Vladimir Abolentsev | Communist Party | 5 April 1988 | 14 July 1990 | Vitaly Vorotnikov |
| Vladimir Abolentsev | Communist Party | 5 April 1988 | 14 July 1990 | Boris Yeltsin |
| Nikolay Fyodorov | Communist Party | 14 July 1990 | 25 December 1991 | Boris Yeltsin |

## Russian Federation

| Minister | Party | Term of Office | Term of Office | President |
| Nikolay Fyodorov | Independent | 25 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | Boris Yeltsin |
| Yury Kalmykov | Independent | 24 March 1993 | 7 December 1994 | Boris Yeltsin |
| Valentin Kovalev | Independent | 5 January 1995 | 2 July 1997 | Boris Yeltsin |
| Sergei Stepashin | Independent | 2 July 1997 | 29 March 1998 | Boris Yeltsin |
| Pavel Krasheninnikov | Independent | 29 March 1998 | 17 August 1999 | Boris Yeltsin |
| Yury Chaika | Independent | 17 August 1999 | 23 June 2006 | Boris Yeltsin |
| Yury Chaika | Independent | 17 August 1999 | 23 June 2006 | Vladimir Putin |
| Vladimir Ustinov | Independent | 23 June 2006 | 12 May 2008 | Vladimir Putin |
| Alexander Konovalov | United Russia | 12 May 2008 | 21 January 2020 | Dmitry Medvedev |
| Alexander Konovalov | United Russia | 12 May 2008 | 21 January 2020 | Vladimir Putin |
| Konstantin Chuychenko | United Russia | 21 January 2020 | Incumbent | Vladimir Putin |