Ministry of Justice (Libya)

The Ministry of Justice of Libya promotes the rule of law and justice in Libya and aims to produce an effective judiciary and prison system.^[1][2] The ministry is responsible for drafting laws and, in 2013, announced plans to review legislation so that it may conform to sharia law.^[3]

List of ministers (Post-independence in 1951)

• Abdur Rahman al-Galhoud^[4] (1954-1956)
• Ali Sahli (1956)
• Mohieddin Fikini^[3] (1956-1957)
• Abd al-Hamid Daibani (1960)
• Wahbi al-Bouri (1961-1962)
• Omar Mahmud al-Muntasir (1962-1964)
• Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush (1964-1968)
• Rajab al Majri^[5] (1969)
• Muhammed Qadi^[6] (1969-1970)
• Muhammed 'Ali Jadi^[7] (1972-1980)
• Muhammed Abu al-Qasim al-Zuwayy^[8] (1981-1984) [referred to as the Secretary of Justice]
• Miftah Muhammed K'eba^[9] (1985-1986) [referred to as the Secretary of Justice]
• 'Izz al-Din al-Hinshari^[10] (1990) [referred to as the Secretary of Justice]
• Ibrahim Muhammed Bakkar^[11][12][13] (1991-1994) [referred to as the Secretary of Justice]
• Mustafa Moustafa Al-Qulaib^[14] (1994)
• Mahmud al-Hijazi^[15] (1994-1998) [referred to as Secretary of Justice and Public Security]
• Muhammed Abu al-Qasim al-Zuwayy^[16] (1999-2000) [referred to as Secretary of Justice and Public Security]
• Abd al-Rahman al-Abbar^[17] (2001) [referred to as Secretary of General People's Committee for Justice and Public Security]
• Mohamed Ali Al-Masirati^[18] (2001-2003) [referred to as Secretary of General People's Committee for Justice and Public Security]
• Umar Abu Bakr (2004-2006)^[19][20] [referred to as the Secretary of Justice]
• Mustafa Abdul Jalil^[21] (2007-2011)
• Ali Ashour^[22][23][24] (2011-2012) [Statutory law emphasized that the Secretary of Justice refers to the Minister of Justice]
• Salah Bashir Margani^[3] (2012-2014)
• Juma Abdullah Drissi^[25] (2016–2021)
• Halima al-Bousefi (2021–present)

*A new Ministry of Justice would not be created until 1989.^[26]

See also

• Justice ministry
• Politics of Libya