# Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan)

Current and past governments of Afghanistan have included a Minister of Justice (Dari: وزارت عدلیه افغانستان, Pashto: د افغانستان د عدلیې وزارت) in the Afghan cabinet.
The Ministry of Justice of Afghanistan assumes responsibilities such as drafting and reviewing laws and decrees of the president, raising public awareness of legal topics, managing affairs relating to legal aid, and printing and disseminating legislative documents. In 1967, the Ministry of Justice was combined with the Attorney General's Office. By 1977, the Ministry of Justice took over the functions of the Chief Justice.

## List of ministers

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### Ministers of Justice During the Amir Amanullah Khan Period (1919-1926)

| Name | Term | Appointed by | Notes |
| Mohammad Sarwar Khan “Barakzai” | 1882-1919 | Amanullah Khan | 1st Minister of Justice |
| Sardar Hayatullah Khan | 1919-1926 | Amanullah Khan | |

### Ministers of Justice During the Mohammed Nadir Shah Period (1929-1933)

| Name | Term | Appointed by | Notes |
| Fazl Omar Mujadidi | 1929-1933 | Mohammed Nadir Shah | |
| Fazl Ahmad Mujadidi | 1929-1933 | Mohammed Nadir Shah | Deputy Minister of Justice |

### Ministers of Justice During the Mohammad Zahir Shah Period (1933-1973)

| Name | Term | Appointed by |
| Fazl Omar Mujadidi | 1933-1946 | Mohammad Hashim Khan |
| Ata Muhammad Hussein | 1946-1958 | Shah Mahmud Khan |
| Sayed Abdullah Khan | 1958-1963 | Mohammed Daoud Khan |
| Sayyid Shamsuddin Majrooh | 1963-1965 | Mohammad Yusuf |
| Abdul Hakim Tabibi | 1965-1966 | Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal |
| Mohammad Haider Khan | 1966-1967 | Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal |
| Mohammad Ihsan Tarakai | 1967 | Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal |
| Mohammad Asghar | 1967-1969 | Abdullah Yaqta |
| Abdul Satar Sirat | 1969-1971 | Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi |
| Mohammad Anwar Arghandiwaal | 1971-1973 | Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi |

### Ministers of Justice for Mohammed Daoud Khan's Presidential Palace (1973-1978)

| Name | Term | Appointed by | Notes |
| Abdul Majid | 1973-1977 | Mohammed Daoud Khan | Prime Minister post abolished |
| Wafiullah Samiee | 1977-1978 | Mohammed Daoud Khan | Prime Minister post abolished |

### Ministers of Justice From 1978-1992 (Years involving a coup)

| Name | Term | Appointed by |
| Abdul Hakim Sharaiee Jawzjani | 1978-1979 | Nur Muhammad Taraki |
| Abdul Rashid Aryan | 1979-1981 | Babrak Karmal |
| Abdul Wahab Safi | 1981-1983 | Sultan Ali Keshtmand |
| Muhammad Bashir Baghlani | 1983-1990 | Mohammad Hasan Sharq |
| Ghulam Muhyiuddin | 1990-1992 | Fazal Haq Khaliqyar |

### Ministers of Justice During the Islamic State of Afghanistan

| Name | Term | Appointed by | Notes |
| Jalaluddin Haqqani | 1992-1996 | Mujahideen | |

### Minister of Justice During the Taliban (1996-2001)

| Name | Term | Appointed by | Notes |
| Nooruddin Turabi | 1996-2001 | Mullah Omar | Abdul Razak, one of the Taliban's Minister of Commerce, testified during his 2005 Administrative Review Board hearing, that Noorudin Turabi was the Taliban's Minister of Justice. |

### Minister of Justice During the Transitional Period (2001-2004)

| Name | Term | Appointed by | Notes |
| Abbas Karimi | December 2001 - December 2004 | Hamid Karzai | A member of the Uzbek ethnic group. Appointed during the Afghan Interim Administration and the Afghan Transitional Administration. |

### Ministers of Justice for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004-2021)

| Name | Term | Appointed by | Notes |
| Sarwar Danish | December 2004 - January 2010 | Hamid Karzai | Former Governor of Daykundi. The Afghan Parliament didn't give vote of confidence in 2010 to Danish's renomination. |
| Habibullah Ghaleb | January 2010 – 20 March 2014 | Hamid Karzai | Previously Chairman of the Legal Consultative Board to the President of Afghanistan. |
| Sayed Yousuf Halim | 2014-2015 | Hamid Karzai | Acting |
| Abdul Baseer Anwar | 2015–2021 | Ashraf Ghani | |

### Ministers of Justice for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021-present)

| Name | Term | Appointed by | Notes |
| Abdul Hakim Haqqani | 7 September 2021 | Hibatullah Akhundzada | Declared to be in an acting capacity.. |