Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Argentina)

The Ministry of Justice^[2] (Spanish: Ministerio de Justicia; MJ) of Argentina is a ministry of the national executive power tasked with enforcing of the law and administration of justice.

Ministry of Justice

Ministerio de Justicia
Headquarters of the Ministry of Justice
Ministry overview
Formed	1949; 76 years ago (1949)
Jurisdiction	Government of Argentina
Headquarters	Sarmiento 329, Buenos Aires
Annual budget	$ 32,087,882,671 (2021)[1]
Minister responsible	Mariano Cúneo Libarona
Website	argentina.gob.ar/justicia

The ministry was created in 1949, during the first presidency of Juan Domingo Perón, and has been consistently present in every presidential cabinet since then. The incumbent minister is Mariano Cúneo Libarona, who has served since 10 December 2023 in the cabinet of Javier Milei.

Structure

The Ministry of Justice has a number of centralized dependencies reporting to it. The centralized dependencies, as in other government ministers, are known as secretariats (secretarías) and undersecretariats (subsecretarías); there are currently four of these:^[3][4]

• • Undersecretariat of Administrative Management (Subsecretaría de Gestión Administrativa)
• Secretariat of Justice (Secretaría de Justicia)
  • Undersecretariat of Penitentiary Affairs (Subsecretaría de Asuntos Penitenciarios)
  • Undersecretariat of Criminal Policy (Subsecretaría de Política Criminal)
  • Undersecretariat of Access to Justice (Subsecretaría de Acceso a la Justicia)
  • Undersecretariat of Relations with the Judiciary and Academia (Subsecretaría de Relaciones con el Poder Judicial y la Comunidad Académica)
• Secretariat of Human Rights (Secretaría de Derechos Humanos)
  • Undersecretariat of Protection and International Links on Human Rights (Subsecretaría de Protección y Enlace Internacional en Derechos Humanos)
  • Undersecretariat of the Promotion of Human Rights (Subsecretaría de Promoción de Derechos Humanos)
• General Secretariat of Justice and Human Rights (Secretaría General de Justicia y Derechos Humanos)

In addition, the National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI), the Office of the General Notary of the Government of the Nation, the Procuratorship of the Treasure of the Nation, the International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights (CIPDH), the University Institute of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo (IUNMA) and Argentina's federal prison system all depend on the Ministry of Justice.^[3]

List of ministers

No.	Minister	Party		Term	Presidente
Ministry of Justice (1949–1954)
1	Belisario Gache Pirán		Peronist Party	11 March 1949 – 4 June 1952		Juan Domingo Perón
2	Natalio Carvajal Palacios		Peronist Party	4 June 1952 – 24 July 1954
Ministry of the Interior and Justice (1954–1955)
3	Ángel Borlenghi		Peronist Party	24 July 1954 – 24 July 1955		Juan Domingo Perón
4	Oscar Albrieu		Peronist Party	24 July 1955 – 16 September 1955
5	Eduardo Busso		Independent	23 September 1955 – 12 November 1955		Eduardo Lonardi
Ministry of Justice (1955–1956)
6	Julio Velar de Irigoyen		Independent	12 November 1955 – 13 November 1955		Eduardo Lonardi
7	Laureano Landaburu		Independent	13 November 1955 – 8 June 1956		Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
Ministry of Education and Justice (1956–1966)
8	Carlos Adrogué		Radical Civic Union	8 June 1956 – 25 January 1957		Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
9	Acdel Ernesto Salas		Independent	25 January 1957 – 1 May 1958
10	Luis Rafael Mac Kay		Radical Civic Union	1 May 1958 – 26 March 1962		Arturo Frondizi
11	Miguel Sussini		Intransigent Radical Civic Union	26 March 1962 – 29 March 1962
				29 March 1962 – 19 October 1962		José María Guido
12	Alberto Rodríguez Galán		Independent	11 October 1962 – 15 May 1963
13	José Mariano Astigueta		Independent	15 May 1963 – 12 October 1963
14	Carlos Alconada Aramburú		Radical Civic Union	12 October 1963 – 28 June 1966		Arturo Illia
Ministry of Justice (1956–1966)
14	Carlos Alconada Aramburú		Radical Civic Union	28 June 1966 – 23 October 1969		Juan Carlos Onganía
15	Conrado Etchebarne		Independent	23 October 1969 – 8 June 1970
16	Jaime Perriaux		Independent	18 June 1970 – 22 March 1971		Roberto Levingston
				22 March 1971 – 11 October 1971		Alejandro Lanusse
17	Ismael Bruno Quijano		Radical Civic Union	11 October 1971 – 11 July 1972
18	Gervasio Colombres		Independent	11 July 1972 – 25 May 1973
19	Antonio J. Benítez		Justicialist Party	25 May 1973 – 13 July 1973		Héctor José Cámpora
				13 July 1973 – 12 October 1973		Raúl Lastiri
				12 October 1973 – 1 July 1974		Juan Domingo Perón
				1 July 1974 – 10 June 1975		Isabel Perón
20	Ernesto Corvalán Nanclares		Justicialist Party	10 June 1975 – 14 January 1976
21	José Deheza		Justicialist Party	15 January 1976 – 12 March 1976
22	Augusto Pedro Saffores		Justicialist Party	12 March 1976 – 23 March 1976
23	Julio Arnaldo Gómez		Independent (Military)	29 March 1976 – 30 October 1978		Jorge Rafael Videla
24	Alberto Rodríguez Varela		Independent	5 November 1978 – 29 March 1981
25	Amadeo Frúgoli		Independent	29 March 1981 – 12 December 1981		Roberto Viola
26	Lucas Jaime Lennon		Independent	22 December 1981 – 18 June 1982		Leopoldo Galtieri
				18 June 1982 – 10 December 1983		Reynaldo Bignone
Ministry of Education and Justice (1983–1989)
27	Carlos Alconada Aramburú		Radical Civic Union	10 December 1983 – 21 June 1986		Raúl Alfonsín
28	Julio Rajneri		Independent	21 June 1986 – 10 September 1987
29	Jorge Federico Sabato		Radical Civic Union	10 September 1987 – 26 May 1989
30	José Gabriel Dumón		Radical Civic Union	26 May 1989 – 8 July 1989
Ministry of Justice, Security and Human Rights (1989–1999)
31	León Arslanián		Independent	8 July 1989 – 16 January 1992		Carlos Menem
32	Jorge Luis Maiorano		Justicialist Party	16 January 1992 – 16 June 1994
33	Rodolfo Barra		Justicialist Party	16 June 1994 – 10 July 1996
34	Elías Jassán		Independent	10 July 1996 – 25 June 1997
35	Raúl Granillo Ocampo		Justicialist Party	25 June 1997 – 10 December 1999
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (1989–1999)
36	Ricardo Gil Lavedra		Radical Civic Union	10 December 1999 – 6 October 2000		Fernando de la Rúa
37	Jorge de la Rúa		Radical Civic Union	6 October 2000 – 21 December 2001
Ministry of Justice, Security and Human Rights (1999–2010)
39	Jorge Vanossi		Radical Civic Union	3 January 2002 – 3 July 2002		Eduardo Duhalde
40	Juan José Álvarez		Justicialist Party	10 July 2002 – 25 May 2003
41	Gustavo Béliz		New Leadership	25 May 2003 – 25 July 2004		Néstor Kirchner
42	Horacio Rosatti		Justicialist Party	25 July 2004 – 26 July 2005
43	Alberto Iribarne		Justicialist Party	26 July 2005 – 10 December 2007
44	Aníbal Fernández		Justicialist Party	10 December 2007 – 8 July 2009		Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
45	Julio Alak		Justicialist Party	8 July 2009 – 10 December 2010
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (2010–2023)[5]
45	Julio Alak		Justicialist Party	10 December 2010 – 10 December 2015		Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
46	Germán Garavano		Independent	10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019		Mauricio Macri
47	Marcela Losardo		Independent	10 December 2019 – 18 March 2021		Alberto Fernández
48	Martín Soria		Justicialist Party	29 March 2021 – 10 December 2023
Ministry of Justice (2023-Present)
49	Mariano Cúneo Libarona		Independent	10 December 2023 – Present		Javier Milei

See also

• Justice ministry
• Judiciary of Argentina