Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan)

Ministry of Justice
(Dari: وزارت عدلیه افغانستان ; Pashto: د افغانستان د عدلیې وزارت)
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Afghanistan
Headquarters	Pashtunistan Watt, Kabul, Afghanistan; 34°27′52″N 69°06′52″E / 34.464562°N 69.114437°E
Ministers responsible	Abdul Hakim Haqqani; Maulvi Abdul Karim;
Website	http://moj.gov.af/en

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

List of ministers^[2]

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


Name	Term	Appointed by	Notes
Mohammad Sarwar Khan “Barakzai” ^[4]	1882-1919	Amanullah Khan	1st Minister of Justice
Sardar Hayatullah Khan^[5]	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^[5]	1933-1946	Mohammad Hashim Khan
Ata Muhammad Hussein^[3]^[6]	1946-1958	Shah Mahmud Khan
Sayed Abdullah Khan^[7]	1958-1963	Mohammed Daoud Khan
Sayyid Shamsuddin Majrooh^[8]	1963-1965	Mohammad Yusuf
Abdul Hakim Tabibi^{[citation needed]}	1965-1966	Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal
Mohammad Haider Khan^[3]	1966-1967	Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal
Mohammad Ihsan Tarakai	1967	Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal
Mohammad Asghar^[9]	1967-1969	Abdullah Yaqta
Abdul Satar Sirat^[3]	1969-1971	Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi
Mohammad Anwar Arghandiwaal^[3]	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^[10]	1973-1977	Mohammed Daoud Khan	Prime Minister post abolished
Wafiullah Samiee^[11]	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^[12]^[13]^[14]	1979-1981	Babrak Karmal
Abdul Wahab Safi^[15]	1981-1983	Sultan Ali Keshtmand
Muhammad Bashir Baghlani^[16]	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^[17]	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.^[2]

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.^[1] Appointed during the Afghan Interim Administration and the Afghan Transitional Administration.^[1]

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^[18]	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^[19]	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..

External links

Official website

References

^ Thomas H. Johnson (February 2006). "The Prospects for Post-Conflict Afghanistan: A Call of the Sirens to the Country's Troubled Past". Vol. V, no. 2. Strategic Insights. Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
^ ^a ^b "The history of the Ministry of Justice - Ministry of Justice". moj.gov.af. Archived from the original on 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Adamec, Ludwig W. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810878150.
^ "Department of Huquq - Ministry of Justice". moj.gov.af. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
^ ^a ^b Adamec, Ludwig W. (1975). Historical and Political Who's who of Afghanistan. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 9783201009218.
^ Cang, Joel (1948). United Nations Who's who in Government and Industry. Allied Publications. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
^ Farahi, Abdul Ghaffar (2005). Afghanistan during democracy and republic, 1963-1978. Area Study Centre (Russia, China & Central Asia), University of Peshawar.
^ Emadi, H. (2010-10-18). Dynamics of Political Development in Afghanistan: The British, Russian, and American Invasions. Springer. ISBN 9780230112001. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
^ Clements, Frank; Adamec, Ludwig W. (2003). Conflict in Afghanistan: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781851094028. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
^ Arnold, Anthony (1985). Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion in Perspective. Hoover Press. ISBN 9780817982133.
^ Translations on Near East and North Africa. Joint Publications Research Service. 1977. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
^ Hyman, Anthony (2016-07-27). Afghanistan under Soviet Domination, 1964–91. Springer. ISBN 9781349219483. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
^ Central Asia. Area Study Centre (Central Asia), University of Peshawar. 1981. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
^ Yunas, S. Fida (2002). Afghanistan: Hafizullah Amin. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
^ Klass, Rosanne (1990-11-01). Afghanistan, the great game revisited. Freedom House. ISBN 9780932088581.
^ Asian Recorder. K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press. 1983.
^ Tomsen, Peter (2013-12-10). The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers. PublicAffairs. ISBN 9781610394123.
^ Press, C. Q. (2013-05-10). Worldwide Government Directory with Intergovernmental Organizations 2013. CQ Press. ISBN 9781452299372.
^ "Biography of Dr. Abdul Baseer Anwar, Minister of Justice Of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Ministry of Justice". moj.gov.af. Archived from the original on 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

[StrategicInsights2006Feb-1] Thomas H. Johnson (February 2006). "The Prospects for Post-Conflict Afghanistan: A Call of the Sirens to the Country's Troubled Past". Vol. V, no. 2. Strategic Insights. Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2009-06-29.

[:2-2] "The history of the Ministry of Justice - Ministry of Justice". moj.gov.af. Archived from the original on 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

[:0-3] Adamec, Ludwig W. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810878150.

[4] "Department of Huquq - Ministry of Justice". moj.gov.af. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

[:1-5] Adamec, Ludwig W. (1975). Historical and Political Who's who of Afghanistan. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 9783201009218.

[6] Cang, Joel (1948). United Nations Who's who in Government and Industry. Allied Publications. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

[7] Farahi, Abdul Ghaffar (2005). Afghanistan during democracy and republic, 1963-1978. Area Study Centre (Russia, China & Central Asia), University of Peshawar.

[8] Emadi, H. (2010-10-18). Dynamics of Political Development in Afghanistan: The British, Russian, and American Invasions. Springer. ISBN 9780230112001. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

[9] Clements, Frank; Adamec, Ludwig W. (2003). Conflict in Afghanistan: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781851094028. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

[10] Arnold, Anthony (1985). Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion in Perspective. Hoover Press. ISBN 9780817982133.

[11] Translations on Near East and North Africa. Joint Publications Research Service. 1977. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

[12] Hyman, Anthony (2016-07-27). Afghanistan under Soviet Domination, 1964–91. Springer. ISBN 9781349219483. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

[13] Central Asia. Area Study Centre (Central Asia), University of Peshawar. 1981. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

[14] Yunas, S. Fida (2002). Afghanistan: Hafizullah Amin. Archived from the original on 2023-07-20. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

[15] Klass, Rosanne (1990-11-01). Afghanistan, the great game revisited. Freedom House. ISBN 9780932088581.

[16] Asian Recorder. K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press. 1983.

[17] Tomsen, Peter (2013-12-10). The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers. PublicAffairs. ISBN 9781610394123.

[18] Press, C. Q. (2013-05-10). Worldwide Government Directory with Intergovernmental Organizations 2013. CQ Press. ISBN 9781452299372.

[19] "Biography of Dr. Abdul Baseer Anwar, Minister of Justice Of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Ministry of Justice". moj.gov.af. Archived from the original on 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2018-06-26.

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List of ministers[2]