Seventeen people have served as Justice Minister of Malta since the office was established in 1962.
- Political parties
Nationalist Party Labour Party
| Justice Minister | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
No. | Took office | Left office | |
| 1 | 
|
Giovanni Felice (1899–1977) |
5 March 1962 | 1963 | Nationalist Party | |
| 2 |
|
Tommaso Caruana Demajo (1910–1973) |
1963 | 21 June 1971 | Nationalist Party | |
| 3 | 
|
Anton Buttigieg (1912–1983) |
21 June 1971 | 15 October 1976 | Labour Party | |
| 4 |
|
Ġużè Cassar (1918–2001) |
1st | 15 October 1976 | 9 July 1979 | Labour Party |
| 5 |
|
Joe Brincat (1944–2024) |
9 July 1979 | 20 December 1981 | Labour Party | |
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|
Ġużè Cassar (1918–2001) |
2nd | 20 December 1981 | 12 May 1987 | Labour Party |
| 6 | 
|
Guido de Marco (1931–2010) |
12 May 1987 | 27 February 1992 | Nationalist Party | |
| 7 |
|
Joe Fenech (1931–2005) |
27 February 1992 | 1 April 1995 | Nationalist Party | |
| 8 |
|
Michael Refalo (1936–2015) |
1 April 1995 | 28 October 1996 | Nationalist Party | |
| 9 |
|
Charles Mangion (1952–) |
29 October 1996 | 3 February 1998 | Labour Party | |
| 10 |
|
Gavin Gulia (1963–) |
4 February 1998 | 6 September 1998 | Labour Party | |
| 11 |
|
Austin Gatt (1953–) |
8 September 1998 | 15 April 2003 | Nationalist Party | |
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|
Tonio Borg (1957–) |
15 April 2003 | 12 March 2008 | Nationalist Party | |
| 13 |
|
Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici (1960–) |
12 March 2008 | 6 January 2012 | Nationalist Party | |
| 14 |
|
Chris Said (1970–) |
6 January 2012 | 13 March 2013 | Nationalist Party | |
| Justice portfolio absorbed within the Office of the Prime Minister (13 March 2013 – 2 April 2014) | ||||||
| 15 |
|
Owen Bonnici (1980–) |
2 April 2014 | 15 January 2020 | Labour Party | |
| 16 |
|
Edward Zammit Lewis (1972–) |
15 January 2020 | 30 March 2022 | Labour Party | |
| 17 | 
|
Jonathan Attard (1984–) |
30 March 2022 | Incumbent | Labour Party | |