Ministry of Justice (Taiwan)

Ministry of Justice
of the Republic of China
中華民國法務部
Zhōnghuá Mínguó Fǎwùbù
Agency overview
Formed 1912[1]
Preceding agency
  • Ministry of Judicial administration
Jurisdiction Republic of China
Headquarters Taipei, Taiwan
Ministers responsible
Parent agency Executive Yuan
Child agency
Website www.moj.gov.tw

The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of China (MOJ) is a ministerial level governmental body of the Republic of China (Taiwan), responsible for carrying out various judicial functions.

History

Former Ministry of Judicial Administration of the Republic of China in Nanjing.

The Ministry of Justice was established in 1912 upon the establishment of the Republic of China. After the Chinese reunification in 1928, the Judicial Yuan was inaugurated and the ministry was renamed the Ministry of Judicial Administration and being placed under the yuan. In 1943, the ministry was shifted from Judicial Yuan to Executive Yuan. After the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the administration was shifted to Taipei and the new government established the Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China. On 1 July 1980, the ministry was renamed again as Ministry of Justice.[1]

Organizational structure

The Ministry of Justice has the following branches:

Departments

  • Department of Legal System
  • Department of Legal Affairs
  • Department of Prosecutorial Affairs
  • Department of International and Cross-Strait Legal Affairs
  • Department of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Protection
  • Department of Government Employee Ethics[3]
  • Department of Personnel
  • Department of Accounting
  • Department of Statistics
  • Department of Information Management
  • Secretariat

Affiliated Agencies[4]

  • Investigation Bureau
  • Administrative Enforcement Agency
  • Agency Against Corruption
  • Agency of Corrections[5]
  • Prosecutors Office
  • Academy for the Judiciary
  • Institute of Forensic Medicine

Functions

  • Legal Affairs
  • Procuratorial Administration
  • Correctional Operations
  • Judicial Protection
  • Operations on Government Employee Ethics
  • Information Management
  • Investigation Work
  • Cultivation of Personnel[6]

List of Ministers

Political Party:   Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party   Non-partisan/ unknown

  • 1948–1949: Xie Guansheng (謝冠生)
  • 1949–1950: Zhang Zhiben (張知本)
  • 1950–1954: Lin Bin (林彬)
  • 1954–1960: Gu Fengxiang (谷鳳翔)
  • 1960–1967: Zheng Yanfen (鄭彥棻)
  • 1967–1970: Zha Liangjian (查良鑑)
  • 1970–1976: Wang Renyuan (王任遠)
№ Name Term of Office Days Party Premier
Minister of Judicial Administration
9 Wang Daoyuan (汪道淵) 10 June 197630 May 1978719 Kuomintang Chiang Ching-kuo
Minister of Justice (since 1 July 1980)
10 Lee Yuan-tsu (李元簇) 30 May 19781 June 19842194 Kuomintang Sun Yun-suan
Yu Kuo-hua
11 Shih Chi-yang (施啟揚) 1 June 198423 July 19881513 Kuomintang Yu Kuo-hua
12 Hsiao Teng-tzang (蕭天讚) 23 July 19887 October 1989441 Kuomintang Yu Kuo-hua
Lee Huan
— Lu Yu-wen (呂有文) 7 October 198927 November 198951 Kuomintang Lee Huan
13 Lu Yu-wen (呂有文) 27 November 198927 February 19931188 Kuomintang Lee Huan
Hau Pei-tsun
Lien Chan
14 Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) 27 February 199310 June 19961199 Kuomintang Lien Chan
15 Liao Cheng-hao (廖正豪) 10 June 199614 July 1998764 Kuomintang Lien Chan
Vincent Siew
16 Cheng Chung-mo (城仲模) 14 July 19981 February 1999202 Kuomintang Vincent Siew
17 Yeh Chin-fong (葉金鳳) [1st female] 1 February 199920 May 2000474 Kuomintang Vincent Siew
18 Chen Ding-nan (陳定南) 20 May 20001 February 20051718 Democratic Progressive Party Tang Fei
Chang Chun-hsiung I
Yu Shyi-kun
19 Shih Mau-lin (施茂林) 1 February 200520 May 20081204 Independent Frank Hsieh
Su Tseng-chang
Chang Chun-hsiung II
20 Wang Ching-feng (王清峰) 20 May 200812 March 2010661 Independent Liu Chao-shiuan
Wu Den-yih
— Huang Shih-ming (黃世銘) 12 March 201022 March 201010 Wu Den-yih
21 Tseng Yung-fu (曾勇夫) 22 March 20106 September 20131264 Wu Den-yih
Sean Chen
Jiang Yi-huah
— Chen Ming-tang (陳明堂) 6 September 201330 September 201324 Jiang Yi-huah
22 Luo Ying-shay (羅瑩雪) 30 September 201320 May 2016963 Kuomintang Jiang Yi-huah
Mao Chi-kuo
Chang San-cheng
23 Chiu Tai-san (邱太三) 20 May 201616 July 2018787 Democratic Progressive Party Lin Chuan
William Lai
24 Tsai Ching-hsiang (蔡清祥) 16 July 2018Incumbent88 William Lai

Access

The MOJ building is accessible by walking distance North of Xiaonanmen Station of the Taipei Metro on the Green Line.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 https://www.moj.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=21428&CtNode=11389&mp=095
  2. ↑ https://www.moj.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=299091&CtNode=27901&mp=001
  3. ↑ https://www.moj.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=21441&CtNode=11390&mp=095
  4. ↑ https://www.moj.gov.tw/public/Attachment/4103114394842.pdf
  5. ↑ http://www.mjac.moj.gov.tw/mp802.html
  6. ↑ https://www.moj.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=21448&CtNode=11424&mp=095
  7. ↑ "Ministry of Justice, Section 1, Chóngqìng South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taiwan - Google Maps". Maps.google.com. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
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