Ministry of Justice (Albania)

Ministry of Justice
Ministria e Drejtësisë
Department overview
Formed 4 December 1912
Jurisdiction Government of Albania
Headquarters Dëshmorët e Kombit Boulevard
Tirana, Albania
Minister responsible
Website Official Website
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The Ministry of Justice (Albanian: Ministria e Drejtësisë) is a department of the Albanian Government, responsible for 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 (Albanian: Ministrja e Drejtësisë) is Etilda Gjonaj.[1]

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.[2] It reopened as part of a series of reforms during the fall of communism in Albania.[3]

Subordiante institutions

Officeholders

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Etilda Gjonaj". www.drejtesia.gov.al. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  2. ↑ Abrahams, Fred C. (2015). Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Albania. New York: New York University Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-4798-3809-7.
  3. ↑
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