# Ministry of Justice (Albania)

The Ministry of Justice (Albanian: Ministria e Drejtësisë) is a department of the Albanian Government, responsible for the implementation of government justice policy, the Albanian legal system in the Constitution and general administrative law, civil law, procedural law and criminal law as well as matters relating to democratic issues, human rights, integration and minority issues and metropolitan affairs.
The current Minister of Justice is Ulsi Manja since 18 September 2021.

## History

The Ministry of Justice was one of the original ministries created following the Independence of Albania in 1912.
From 1968 to 1989, the ministry was closed. It reopened as part of a series of reforms during the fall of communism in Albania.

### Reorganization

Since the establishment of the institution, the Ministry of Justice has undergone several administrative changes to its organizational structure. When a new department was formed, it often merged with the ministry thus expanding its role, subsequently leading to the name of the ministry being changed. If that department later broke off as a separate ministry or was dissolved, the ministry reverted to its original name.
* Ministry of Justice (1912–1914)
* Ministry of Justice and Cults (1914)
* Ministry of Justice (1914–1925)
* Ministry of Finances and Justice (1925)
* Ministry of Justice (1925–1939)
* Minister State Secretary of Justice (1939–1943)
* Ministry of Justice (1943–present)

## Subordinate institutions

* Bankruptcy Oversight Agency
* Property Handling Agency
* State Advocacy
* General Directorate of Prisons
* General Enforcement Directorate
* Institute of Forensic Medicine
* Albanian Adoption Committee
* Center of Official Publications
* Probation Service
* Central Office for the Registration of Immovable Property
* State Aid Justice Commission

## Officeholders (1912–present)

| No. | Name | Term in office | Term in office |
| 1 | Petro Poga | 4 December 1912 | 22 January 1914 |
| 2 | Mufid Libohova | 14 March 1914 | 3 September 1914 |
| 3 | Sali Toro | 5 October 1914 | 27 January 1916 |
| * | Petro Poga | 25 December 1918 | 29 January 1920 |
| 4 | Hoxha Kadri | 30 January 1920 | 14 November 1920 |
| 5 | Xhafer Ypi | 15 November 1920 | 1 July 1921 |
| 6 | Dhimitër Kacimbra | 11 July 1921 | 16 October 1921 |
| 7 | Koço Tasi | 16 October 1921 | 6 December 1921 |
| – | Hoxha Kadri | 6 December 1921 | 12 December 1921 |
| 8 | Qerim Çelo | 12 December 1921 | 24 December 1921 |
| 9 | Hysen Vrioni | 24 December 1921 | 12 May 1923 |
| 10 | Milto Tutulani | 12 May 1923 | 25 February 1924 |
| – | Mufid Libohova | 3 March 1924 | 27 May 1924 |
| 11 | Benedikt Blinishti | 30 May 1924 | 10 June 1924 |
| 12 | Stavro Vinjau | 16 June 1924 | 24 December 1924 |
| – | Mufid Libohova | 6 January 1925 | 31 January 1925 |
| – | Petro Poga | 1 February 1925 | 23 September 1925 |
| – | Milto Tutulani | 28 September 1925 | 30 July 1926 |
| 13 | Josif Kedhi | 30 July 1926 | 10 February 1927 |
| – | Petro Poga | 12 February 1927 | 20 October 1927 |
| * | Ilias Vrioni | 24 October 1927 | 10 May 1928 |
| 14 | Hiqmet Delvina | 11 May 1928 | 5 March 1930 |
| 15 | Vasil Avrami | 6 March 1930 | 11 April 1931 |
| – | Milto Tutulani | 20 April 1931 | 7 December 1932 |
| – | Vasil Avrami | 17 January 1933 | 16 October 1935 |
| * | Mehdi Frashëri | 21 October 1935 | 7 November 1936 |
| 16 | Thoma Orologa | 9 November 1936 | 12 April 1938 |
| 17 | Faik Shatku | 31 May 1938 | 7 April 1939 |
| * | Xhafer Ypi | 21 October 1935 | 7 November 1936 |
| – | Xhafer Ypi | 21 April 1939 | 3 December 1941 |
| 18 | Hasan Dosti | 3 December 1941 | 7 May 1942 |
| 19 | Mustafa Merlika-Kruja | 7 May 1942 | 4 January 1943 |
| 20 | Andon Kosmaçi | 18 January 1943 | 11 February 1943 |
| * | Javer Hurshiti | 12 February 1943 | 28 April 1943 |
| – | Andon Kosmaçi | 11 May 1943 | 10 September 1943 |
| 21 | Rrok Kolaj | 5 November 1943 | 16 June 1944 |
| * | Manol Konomi[./Ministry_of_Justice_(Albania)#cite_note-fn8-10] | 28 May 1944 | 23 October 1944 |
| * | Eqrem Vlora | 18 July 1944 | 28 August 1944 |
| – | Rrok Kolaj | 6 September 1944 | 25 October 1944 |
| 22 | Manol Konomi | 23 October 1944 | 5 March 1951 |
| 23 | Bilbil Klosi | 6 September 1951 | 13 September 1966 |
| The ministry as an institution was absent from 13 September 1966 until 8 May 1990 ||||
| 24 | Enver Halili | 8 May 1990 | 21 February 1991 |
| 25 | Dashamir Kore | 22 February 1991 | 10 May 1991 |
| 26 | Fatmir Zaloshnja | 11 May 1991 | 4 June 1991 |
| 27 | Shefqet Muçi | 11 June 1991 | 6 December 1991 |
| 28 | Kudret Çela | 18 December 1991 | 3 December 1994 |
| 29 | Hektor Frashëri | 4 December 1994 | 10 July 1996 |
| 30 | Kristofor Peçi | 11 July 1996 | 1 March 1997 |
| 31 | Spartak Ngjela | 11 March 1997 | 24 July 1997 |
| 32 | Thimjo Kondi | 25 July 1997 | 4 June 1999 |
| 33 | Ilir Panda | 4 June 1999 | 8 July 2000 |
| 34 | Arben Imami | 8 July 2000 | 6 September 2001 |
| 35 | Sokol Nako | 6 September 2001 | 29 January 2002 |
| 36 | Spiro Peçi | 22 February 2002 | 29 December 2003 |
| 37 | Fatmir Xhafaj | 29 December 2003 | 10 September 2005 |
| 38 | Aldo Bumçi | 11 September 2005 | 20 March 2007 |
| 39 | Ilir Rusmali | 20 March 2007 | 24 November 2007 |
| 40 | Enkelejd Alibeaj | 24 November 2007 | 17 September 2009 |
| 41 | Bujar Nishani | 17 September 2009 | 21 April 2011 |
| 42 | Eduard Halimi | 21 July 2011 | 15 September 2013 |
| 43 | Nasip Naço | 15 September 2013 | 9 November 2015 |
| 44 | Ylli Manjani | 13 November 2015 | 31 January 2017 |
| 45 | Petrit Vasili | 3 February 2017 | 21 May 2017 |
| 46 | Gazment Bardhi | 22 May 2017 | 17 August 2017 |
| 47 | Etilda Gjonaj | 13 September 2017 | 18 September 2021 |
| 48 | Ulsi Manja | 18 September 2021 | Incumbent |