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The minister for justice (Luxembourgish: Justizminister; French: ministre de la justice; German: Justizminister) is a position in the government of Luxembourg. Among other competences, the minister for justice is responsible for prisons, extradition, gambling, and the smooth operation of the judiciary.

The position of Minister for Justice has been in continuous existence since the promulgation of Luxembourg's first constitution, in 1848. Originally, justice was within the remit of the Administrator-General for Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Religion (Administrateur général des Affaires étrangères, de la Justice et des Cultes), but justice was separated from this office on 23 September 1853.

Since 24 March 1936, the title of Minister for Justice has been an official one, although the position had been unofficially known by that name since its creation. From the position's creation until 28 November 1857, the Minister went by the title of Administrator-General. From 1857 until 1936, the Minister went by the title of Director-General.

List of ministers for justice

Minister			Party	Start date	End date	Prime Minister
		Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine	None	1 August 1848	2 December 1848	G T I de la Fontaine
		Jean-Jacques Willmar	None	2 December 1848	23 September 1853	Jean-Jacques Willmar
		François-Xavier Wurth	None	23 September 1853	24 May 1856	Charles-Mathias Simons
		Charles-Gérard Eyschen	None	24 May 1856	29 November 1857
		Guillaume-Mathias Augustin	None	29 November 1857	23 June 1859
		Charles-Mathias Simons	None	23 June 1859	15 July 1859
		Édouard Thilges	None	15 July 1859	26 September 1860
		Michel Jonas	None	26 September 1860	9 September 1863	Baron de Tornaco
		Bernard-Hubert Neuman	None	9 September 1863	31 March 1864
		Henri Vannérus (first time)	None	31 March 1864	3 December 1866
		Léon de la Fontaine	None	3 December 1866	17 June 1867
		Henri Vannérus (second time)	None	17 June 1867	26 December 1874	Emmanuel Servais
		Alphonse Funck	None	26 December 1874	20 April 1876	Baron de Blochausen
		Paul Eyschen	None	20 April 1876	20 February 1885
				20 February 1885	22 September 1888	Édouard Thilges
				22 September 1888	3 March 1915	Paul Eyschen
		Victor Thorn (first time)	None	3 March 1915	12 October 1915
				12 October 1915	6 November 1915	Mathias Mongenast
		Jean-Baptiste Sax	None	6 November 1915	24 February 1916	Hubert Loutsch
		Victor Thorn (second time)	None	24 February 1916	19 June 1917	Victor Thorn
		Léon Moutrier	LL	19 June 1917	28 September 1918	Léon Kauffmann
		Auguste Liesch	LL	28 September 1918	15 April 1921	Émile Reuter
		Guillaume Leidenbach	PD	15 April 1921	14 April 1923
		Joseph Bech	PD	14 April 1923	20 March 1925
		Norbert Dumont	PRS	20 March 1925	16 July 1926	Pierre Prüm
				16 July 1926	27 December 1936	Joseph Bech
		Étienne Schmit	PRL	27 December 1936	5 November 1937
		René Blum	POS	5 November 1937	6 April 1940	Pierre Dupong
		Victor Bodson (first time)	POS	6 April 1940	23 November 1945
			LSAP	23 November 1945	1 March 1947
		Eugène Schaus (first time)	GPD	1 March 1947	3 July 1951
		Victor Bodson (second time)	LSAP	3 July 1951	23 December 1953
				23 December 1953	29 March 1958	Joseph Bech
				29 March 1958	2 March 1959	Pierre Frieden
		Pierre Werner	CSV	2 March 1959	3 January 1967	Pierre Werner
		Jean Dupong	CSV	3 January 1967	6 February 1969
		Eugène Schaus (second time)	DP	6 February 1969	15 June 1974
		Robert Krieps (first time)	LSAP	15 June 1974	16 July 1979	Gaston Thorn
		Gaston Thorn	DP	16 July 1979	22 November 1980	Pierre Werner
		Colette Flesch	DP	22 November 1980	20 July 1984
		Robert Krieps (second time)	LSAP	20 July 1984	14 July 1989	Jacques Santer
		Marc Fischbach	CSV	14 July 1989	26 January 1995
				26 January 1995	30 January 1998	Jean-Claude Juncker
		Luc Frieden	CSV	30 January 1998	23 July 2009
		François Biltgen	CSV	23 July 2009	30 April 2013
		Octavie Modert	CSV	30 April 2013	4 December 2013
		Felix Braz	DG	4 December 2013	11 October 2019	Xavier Bettel
		Sam Tanson	DG	11 October 2019	17 November 2023
		Elisabeth Margue	CSV	17 November 2023	Incumbent	Luc Frieden

Footnotes

1. "Ministère de la Justice" (in French). Service Information et Presse. 10 November 2005. Archived from the original on 24 August 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-29.
2. (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1853, No. 73" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-29.
3. (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1857, No. 49" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-29.
4. (in French and German) "Mémorial A, 1936, No. 25" (PDF). Service central de législation. Retrieved 2006-08-29.

References

• Thewes, Guy (July 2003). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (PDF) (in French) (Édition limitée ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 2-87999-118-8. Retrieved 2006-08-29.
• (in French and German) "Archives of Mémorial A". Service central de législation. Archived from the original on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2006-08-29.

• Ministers for justice of Luxembourg
• Lists of government ministers of Luxembourg