List of female justice ministers
A justice ministry , ministry of justice , or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice . The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (called minister for justice in only very few countries) or secretary of justice . In countries where this agency is called a department (usually department of justice , sometimes attorney general's department ) the head of the department is entitled attorney general , for example in the United States . Some countries have a solicitor general .
Specific duties may relate to organizing the justice system , overseeing the public prosecutor and maintaining the legal system and public order . Some ministries have additional responsibilities in related policy areas overseeing elections , directing the police , law reform. The duties of the ministry of justice may in some countries be split from separate responsibilities of an attorney general (often responsible for the justice system) and the interior minister (often responsible for public order). Sometimes the prison system is separated into another government department called Corrective Services.
There have been 411 female justice ministers since 1952, [citation needed ] when Adriana Olguín was appointed by the Chilean government to be justice minister. She was also the first female minister in Latin America.
Sovereign states
Denotes
incumbent justice minister or attorney general
Italics denotes an acting justice minister and of extinct states
Name
Image
Country
Continent
Mandate start
Mandate end
Term length
Adriana Olguín
Chile
South America
29 July 1952
3 November 1952
97 days
Ho Jong-suk
North Korea
Asia
1957
2 months[ 1]
Stella Soulioti
Cyprus
Europe
1960
1970
10 years, 0 days
Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer
Norway
Europe
12 October 1965
3 October 1970
4 years, 356 days
Svetla Daskalova
Bulgaria
Europe
12 March 1966
8 February 1990
23 years, 333 days
Yolanda Myers de Vásquez
El Salvador
North America
1967
1972
5 years, 0 days
Auður Auðuns
Iceland
Europe
10 October 1970
14 July 1971
277 days
Inger Louise Valle
Norway
Europe
16 October 1973
8 October 1979
5 years, 355 days
Nathalie Lind
Denmark
Europe
19 December 1973
13 February 1975
1 year, 56 days
Inkeri Anttila
Finland
Europe
13 June 1975
30 November 1975
170 days
Mónica Madariaga
Chile
South America
20 April 1977
14 February 1983
5 years, 300 days
Elizabeth Odio Benito
Costa Rica
America
8 May 1978
8 May 1982
4 years, 0 days
Nathalie Lind
Denmark
Europe
30 August 1978
26 October 1979
1 year, 57 days
Colette Flesch
Luxembourg
Europe
22 November 1980
20 July 1984
3 years, 241 days
Mona Røkke
Norway
Europe
14 October 1981
3 October 1985
3 years, 354 days
Dina Castro de Callejas
El Salvador
North America
1982
1984
2 years, 0 days
Anna-Greta Leijon
Sweden
Europe
11 November 1983
15 November 1983
4 days
Elisabeth Kopp
Switzerland
Europe
2 October 1984
12 January 1988
4 years, 102 days
Wenche Frogn Sellæg
Norway
Europe
4 October 1985
9 May 1986
217 days
Helen Bøsterud
Norway
Europe
9 May 1986
16 October 1989
3 years, 160 days
Pura Luz Núñez Pérez
Dominican Republic
North America
1986
1987
1 year, 0 days
Anna-Greta Leijon
Sweden
Europe
19 October 1987
7 June 1988
232 days
Semiramis Olivo de Pichardo
Dominican Republic
North America
1988
1990
2 years, 0 days
Laila Freivalds
Sweden
Europe
4 October 1988
4 October 1991
3 years, 0 days
Rhina de Rey Prendes
El Salvador
North America
1989
1990
1 year, 0 days
Mónica de Greiff
Colombia
South America
16 July 1989
7 August 1990
1 year, 22 days
Else Bugge Fougner
Norway
Europe
16 October 1989
3 November 1990
1 year, 18 days
Maruja Chacón Pacheco
Costa Rica
North America
8 May 1989
8 May 1990
1 year, 0 days
Kim Campbell
Canada
North America
23 February 1990
3 January 1993
2 years, 315 days
Tarja Halonen
Finland
Europe
1 March 1990
26 April 1991
1 year, 56 days
Elizabeth Odio Benito
Costa Rica
North America
8 May 1990
8 May 1994
4 years, 0 days
Kari Gjesteby
Norway
Europe
3 November 1990
3 September 1992
1 year, 305 days
Hannele Pokka
Finland
Europe
26 April 1991
30 April 1994
3 years, 4 days
Gun Hellsvik
Sweden
Europe
4 October 1991
7 October 1994
3 years, 3 days
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger
Germany
Europe
18 May 1992
17 January 1996
3 years, 244 days
Grete Faremo
Norway
Europe
4 September 1992
25 October 1996
4 years, 51 days
Anna Benaki-Psarouda
Greece
Europe
3 December 1992
13 September 1993
284 days
Celin Discua
Honduras
North America
1993
1994
1 year, 0 days
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
Ireland
Europe
4 January 1993
15 December 1994
1 year, 345 days
Pia Gjellerup
Denmark
Europe
25 January 1993
29 March 1993
63 days
Janet Reno
United States
North America
11 March 1993
20 January 2001
7 years, 315 days
Anneli Jäätteenmäki
Finland
Europe
1 May 1994
13 April 1995
347 days
Winnie Sorgdrager
Netherlands
Europe
22 August 1994
3 August 1998
3 years, 346 days
Laila Freivalds
Sweden
Europe
7 October 1994
21 September 2000
5 years, 350 days
Nora Owen
Ireland
Europe
15 December 1994
26 June 1997
2 years, 193 days
Janet Bostwick
Bahamas
North America
1995
1997
2 years, 0 days
Maureen Clarke
Costa Rica
America
19 June 1995
3 July 1996
1 year, 14 days
Ritsuko Nagao
Japan
Asia
11 January 1996
7 November 1996
301 days
Hawa Sisay-Sabally
Gambia
Africa
April 1996
31 July 1998
2 years, 121 days
Margarita Mariscal de Gante
Spain
Europe
6 May 1996
28 April 2000
3 years, 358 days
Anne Holt
Norway
Europe
25 October 1996
4 February 1997
102 days
Hilda Lini
Vanuatu
Oceania
October 1996
November 1996
Vlasta Parkanová
Czech Republic
Europe
7 January 1997
22 July 1998
1 year, 196 days
Gerd-Liv Valla
Norway
Europe
4 February 1997
17 October 1997
255 days
Alma Beatriz Rengifo López
Colombia
South America
21 April 1997
7 August 1998
1 year, 108 days
Élisabeth Guigou
France
Europe
4 June 1997
18 October 2000
3 years, 136 days
Anne McLellan
Canada
North America
11 June 1997
14 January 2002
4 years, 217 days
Suzzana Stannik
Ukraine
Europe
21 August 1997
7 May 2002
4 years, 259 days
Amanda Vanstone
Australia
Oceania
9 October 1997
30 January 2001
3 years, 113 days
Aud Inger Aure
Norway
Europe
17 October 1997
15 March 1999
1 year, 149 days
Hanna Suchocka
Poland
Europe
31 October 1997
8 June 2000
2 years, 280 days
Mónica Nágel Berger
Costa Rica
North America
8 May 1998
8 May 2002
4 years, 0 days
Fatou Bensouda
Gambia
Africa
31 July 1998
March 2000
1 year, 214 days
Herta Däubler-Gmelin
Germany
Europe
27 October 1998
22 October 2002
3 years, 360 days
Ingrīda Labucka
Latvia
Europe
26 November 1998
16 July 1999
232 days
Yeh Chin-fong
Taiwan
Asia
1 February 1999
20 May 2000
1 year, 109 days
Januaria Moreira
Cape Verde
Africa
1999
2001
2 years, 0 days
Sólveig Pétursdóttir
Iceland
Europe
28 May 1999
23 May 2003
3 years, 360 days
Antonieta Rosa Gomes
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
19 February 2000
19 March 2001
1 year, 28 days
Soledad Alvear
Chile
South America
11 March 2000
1 October 2004
4 years, 204 days
Hanne Harlem
Norway
Europe
17 March 2000
19 October 2001
1 year, 216 days
Ingrīda Labucka
Latvia
Europe
5 May 2000
7 November 2002
2 years, 186 days
Lena Hjelm-Wallén
Sweden
Europe
21 September 2000
16 October 2000
25 days
Marylise Lebranchu
France
Europe
18 October 2000
6 May 2002
1 year, 200 days
Rodica Stănoiu
Romania
Europe
28 December 2000
10 March 2004
3 years, 73 days
Mia Mottley
Barbados
North America
2001
2003
2 years, 0 days
Cristina Fontes Lima
Cape Verde
Africa
2001
2006
5 years, 0 days
Vera Sofia Rubi
Honduras
North America
2001
27 January 2002
1 year, 26 days
Mayumi Moriyama
Japan
Asia
16 April 2001
19 November 2003
2 years, 217 days
Ingrid Antičević-Marinović
Croatia
Europe
28 September 2001
23 December 2003
2 years, 86 days
Barbara Piwnik
Poland
Europe
19 October 2001
6 July 2002
260 days
Lene Espersen
Denmark
Europe
27 November 2001
10 September 2008
6 years, 288 days
Celeste Cardona
Portugal
Europe
6 April 2002
17 July 2004
3 years, 102 days
Patricia Vega
Costa Rica
North America
25 November 2002
8 May 2006
3 years, 164 days
Ana Pessoa Pinto
East Timor
Asia
20 May 2002
2003
226 days
Brigitte Zypries
Germany
Europe
22 October 2002
27 October 2009
7 years, 5 days
Merceditas Gutierrez
Philippines
Asia
27 November 2002
15 January 2003
49 days
24 December 2003
31 August 2004
251 days
Kang Kum-sil
South Korea
Asia
27 February 2003
29 July 2004
1 year, 153 days
Karin Gastinger
Austria
Europe
28 February 2003
11 January 2007
3 years, 317 days
Laurette Onkelinx
Belgium
Europe
11 July 2003
21 December 2007
4 years, 163 days
Hyacinthe Wodobodé
Central African Republic
Africa
12 December 2003
2 September 2004
265 days
Vesna Škare-Ožbolt
Croatia
Europe
23 December 2003
10 February 2006
2 years, 49 days
Vineta Muižniece
Latvia
Europe
9 March 2004
2 December 2004
268 days
Monica Macovei
Romania
Europe
29 December 2004
5 April 2007
2 years, 97 days
Brigitte Mabandla
South Africa
Africa
29 April 2004
25 September 2008
1 year, 149 days
Victoria Iftodi
Moldova
Europe
8 July 2004
20 September 2006
2 years, 74 days
Chieko Nōno
Japan
Asia
22 September 2004
31 October 2005
1 year, 39 days
Solvita Āboltiņa
Latvia
Europe
2 December 2004
7 November 2006
1 year, 340 days
Martha Karua
Kenya
Africa
2005
6 April 2009
4 years
Wu Aiying
China
Asia
1 July 2005
24 February 2017
11 years, 266 days
Leena Luhtanen
Finland
Europe
23 September 2005
19 April 2007
1 year, 208 days
Allyson Maynard Gibson
Bahamas
North America
2006
2007
1 year, 0 days
Mary Nagu
Tanzania
Africa
2006
2008
2 years
Lucia Žitňanská
Slovakia
Europe
8 February 2006
4 July 2006
55 days
Ana Lovrin
Croatia
Europe
10 February 2006
10 October 2008
2 years, 243 days
Laura Chinchilla
Costa Rica
North America
8 May 2006
8 October 2008
2 years, 153 days
Rita Verdonk
Netherlands
Europe
21 September 2006
22 September 2006
1 day
Beatrice Ask
Sweden
Europe
6 October 2006
3 October 2014
7 years, 362 days
Tzipi Livni
Israel
Asia
29 November 2006
7 February 2007
70 days
Isabelle Donald
Vanuatu
Oceania
2006
2007
Claire Hepburn
Bahamas
North America
2007
2008
1 year, 0 days
Maria Berger
Austria
Europe
11 January 2007
2 December 2008
1 year, 326 days
Carmelita Pires
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
13 April 2007
2 January 2009
1 year, 264 days
Tuija Brax
Finland
Europe
19 April 2007
22 June 2011
4 years, 64 days
Rachida Dati
France
Europe
18 May 2007
23 June 2009
2 years, 36 days
Miglena Tacheva
Bulgaria
Europe
19 July 2007
27 July 2009
2 years, 8 days
Agnes Devanadera
Philippines
Asia
3 September 2007
15 November 2007
73 days
12 January 2010
8 March 2010
55 days
Dorothy Lightbourne
Jamaica
North America
11 September 2007
23 October 2011
4 years, 42 days
Marie Saine-Firdaus
Gambia
Africa
14 September 2007
19 March 2010
2 years, 186 days
Annette King
New Zealand
Oceania
31 October 2007
19 November 2008
1 year, 19 days
Marisa Helena Morias
Cape Verde
Africa
2008
2011
3 years, 0 days
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Switzerland
Europe
1 January 2008
31 December 2010
2 years, 364 days
Wang Ching-feng
Taiwan
Asia
20 May 2008
12 March 2010
1 year, 296 days
Snežana Malović
Serbia
Europe
7 July 2008
27 July 2012
4 years, 20 days
Viviana Martín Salazar
Costa Rica
North America
8 October 2008
28 July 2009
293 days
Betty Mould-Iddrisu
Ghana
Africa
7 January 2009
3 January 2011
1 year, 361 days
Claudia Bandion-Ortner
Austria
Europe
15 January 2009
21 April 2011
2 years, 96 days
Ragna Árnadóttir
Iceland
Europe
1 February 2009
2 September 2010
1 year, 213 days
Aurelia Frick
Liechtenstein
Europe
25 March 2009
2 July 2019
10 years, 99 days
Daniela Kovářová
Czech Republic
Europe
8 May 2009
13 July 2010
1 year, 66 days
Michèle Alliot-Marie
France
Europe
23 June 2009
13 November 2010
1 year, 143 days
Margarita Popova
Bulgaria
Europe
27 July 2009
29 November 2011
2 years, 125 days
Keiko Chiba
Japan
Asia
16 September 2009
17 September 2010
1 year, 1 day
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger
Germany
Europe
28 October 2009
17 December 2013
4 years, 50 days
Simonetta Sommaruga
Switzerland
Europe
1 January 2010
31 December 2018
8 years, 364 days
María Encarnación de Contreras
Guatemala
North America
15 May 2010
25 May 2010
10 days
11 June 2010
9 December 2010
181 days
Leila de Lima
Philippines
Asia
30 June 2010
12 October 2015
5 years, 104 days
Lucia Žitňanská
Slovakia
Europe
8 July 2010
4 April 2012
1 year, 271 days
Claudia Paz y Paz
Guatemala
North America
9 December 2010
17 May 2014
3 years, 159 days
Grete Faremo
Norway
Europe
1 January 2011
31 March 2011
89 days
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Samoa
Oceania
18 March 2011
19 March 2016
5 years, 1 day
Marisela Morales
Mexico
North America
1 April 2011
30 November 2011
243 days
Beatrix Karl
Austria
Europe
21 April 2011
16 December 2013
2 years, 239 days
Johana Pesántez
Ecuador
South America
13 May 2011
18 June 2013
2 years, 36 days
Paula Teixeira da Cruz
Portugal
Europe
21 June 2011
30 October 2015
4 years, 131 days
Anna-Maja Henriksson
Finland
Europe
22 June 2011
29 May 2015
3 years, 341 days
Grete Faremo
Norway
Europe
11 November 2011
16 October 2013
1 year, 339 days
Paola Severino
Italy
Europe
16 November 2011
28 April 2013
1 year, 163 days
Diana Kovatcheva
Bulgaria
Europe
30 November 2011
21 February 2013
1 year, 83 days
Annemie Turtelboom
Belgium
Europe
6 December 2011
25 July 2014
2 years, 231 days
Judith Collins
New Zealand
Oceania
12 December 2011
30 August 2014
2 years, 261 days
Nicola Roxon
Australia
Oceania
14 December 2011
2 February 2013
1 year, 50 days
Ana Pineda
Honduras
North America
2012
27 January 2014
2 years, 26 days
Edite Tenjua
São Tomé and Príncipe
Africa
2012
2014
2 years, 0 days
Ana Isabel Garita Vílchez
Costa Rica
North America
27 June 2013
8 May 2014
315 days
Lucia Freitas Lobato
East Timor
Asia
8 May 2007
8 August 2012
5 years, 92 days
Allyson Maynard Gibson
Bahamas
North America
10 May 2012
24 May 2017
5 years, 14 days
Christiane Taubira
France
Europe
16 May 2012
27 January 2016
3 years, 256 days
Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende
Latvia
Europe
21 June 2012
5 July 2012
14 days
Ruth Stella Correa Palacio
Colombia
South America
12 July 2012
13 September 2013
1 year, 63 days
Mona Pivniceru
Romania
Europe
23 August 2012
28 March 2013
217 days
Tea Tsulukiani
Georgia
Europe
25 October 2012
1 October 2020
7 years, 342 days
Patricia Pérez Goldberg
Chile
South America
17 December 2012
11 March 2014
1 year, 84 days
Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong
Ghana
Africa
14 February 2013
7 January 2017
3 years, 328 days
Tzipi Livni
Israel
Asia
18 March 2013
4 December 2014
1 year, 261 days
Anna Maria Cancellieri
Italy
Europe
28 April 2013
22 February 2014
300 days
Octavie Modert
Luxembourg
Europe
30 April 2013
4 December 2013
218 days
Amie Joof
Gambia
Africa
25 May 2013
27 August 2013
94 days
Zinaida Zlatanova
Bulgaria
Europe
29 May 2013
6 August 2014
1 year, 69 days
Olena Lukash
Ukraine
Europe
4 July 2013
27 February 2014
238 days
Marie Benešová
Czech Republic
Europe
10 July 2013
29 January 2014
203 days
Sheila Abed
Paraguay
South America
15 August 2013
15 August 2018
5 years, 0 days
Mama Fatima Singhateh
Gambia
Africa
27 August 2013
27 August 2014
1 year, 0 days
Luo Ying-shay
Taiwan
Asia
30 September 2013
20 May 2016
2 years, 233 days
Ledy Zúñiga Rocha
Ecuador
South America
19 November 2013
24 May 2017
3 years, 186 days
Karen Hækkerup
Denmark
Europe
12 December 2013
10 October 2014
302 days
Asha-Rose Migiro
Tanzania
Africa
20 January 2014
5 November 2015
1 year, 289 days
Baiba Broka
Latvia
Europe
22 January 2014
6 August 2014
196 days
Helena Válková
Czech Republic
Europe
29 January 2014
1 March 2015
1 year, 31 days
Cristina Ramírez Chavarría
Costa Rica
North America
8 May 2014
7 July 2015
1 year, 60 days
Frances Fitzgerald
Ireland
Europe
8 May 2014
14 June 2017
3 years, 37 days
Thelma Aldana
Guatemala
North America
17 May 2014
16 May 2018
3 years, 364 days
Carmelita Pires
Guinea-Bissau
Africa
3 July 2014
13 October 2017
3 years, 102 days
Maggie De Block
Belgium
Europe
25 July 2014
11 October 2014
78 days
Amy Adams
New Zealand
Oceania
30 August 2014
26 October 2017
3 years, 57 days
Midori Matsushima
Japan
Asia
3 September 2014
20 October 2014
47 days
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría
Spain
Europe
24 September 2014
29 September 2014
5 days
Mette Frederiksen
Denmark
Europe
10 October 2014
28 June 2015
261 days
Yōko Kamikawa
Japan
Asia
20 October 2014
7 October 2015
352 days
Ekaterina Zakharieva
Bulgaria
Europe
3 January 2015
27 January 2017
2 years, 24 days
Mama Fatima Singhateh
Gambia
Africa
12 January 2015
17 January 2017
2 years, 5 days
Virginia Velasco Condori
Bolivia
South America
22 January 2015
23 January 2017
2 years, 1 day
Loretta Lynch
United States
North America
27 April 2015
20 January 2017
1 year, 268 days
Ayelet Shaked
Israel
Asia
14 May 2015
2 June 2019
4 years, 19 days
Cecilia Sánchez Romero
Costa Rica
North America
7 July 2015
1 January 2018
2 years, 305 days
Arpine Hovhannisyan
Armenia
Europe
4 September 2015
11 May 2017
1 year, 249 days
Jody Wilson-Raybould
Canada
North America
4 November 2015
12 February 2019
3 years, 100 days
Raluca Prună
Romania
Europe
17 November 2015
4 January 2017
1 year, 48 days
Francisca Van Dunem
Portugal
Europe
26 November 2015
30 March 2022
6 years, 124 days
Marlene Malahoo Forte
Jamaica
North America
7 March 2016
10 January 2022
5 years, 309 days
Lucia Žitňanská
Slovakia
Europe
23 March 2016
22 March 2018
1 year, 364 days
Janine Lélis
Cape Verde
Africa
22 May 2016
Incumbent
8 years, 209 days
Liz Truss
United Kingdom
Europe
14 July 2016
11 June 2017
332 days
Nela Kuburović
Serbia
Europe
11 August 2016
28 October 2020
4 years, 78 days
Milda Vainiutė
Lithuania
Europe
13 December 2016
6 March 2018
1 year, 83 days
Sigríður Á. Andersen
Iceland
Europe
11 January 2017
14 March 2019
2 years, 62 days
Sally Yates
United States
North America
20 January 2017
30 January 2017
10 days
Gloria Akuffo
Ghana
Africa
21 January 2017
6 January 2021
3 years, 351 days
Maria Pavlova
Bulgaria
Europe
27 January 2017
4 May 2017
97 days
Ana Birchall
Romania
Europe
9 February 2017
23 February 2017
14 days
Tsetska Tsacheva
Bulgaria
Europe
4 May 2017
5 April 2019
1 year, 336 days
Rosana Alvarado
Ecuador
South America
24 May 2017
23 August 2018
1 year, 91 days
Nicole Belloubet
France
Europe
21 June 2017
6 July 2020
3 years, 15 days
Yōko Kamikawa
Japan
Asia
3 August 2017
2 October 2018
1 year, 60 days
Thalatha Atukorale
Sri Lanka
Asia
25 August 2017
4 August 2020
2 years, 345 days
Etilda Gjonaj
Albania
Europe
11 September 2017
18 September 2021
4 years, 7 days
Karla Cuevas
Honduras
North America
16 January 2018
22 January 2021
3 years, 6 days
Sylvi Listhaug
Norway
Europe
17 January 2018
20 March 2018
62 days
Katarina Barley
Germany
Europe
14 March 2018
27 June 2019
1 year, 105 days
Marcia González Aguiluz
Costa Rica
North America
8 May 2018
7 February 2020
1 year, 275 days
María Consuelo Porras
Guatemala
North America
17 May 2018
Incumbent
6 years, 214 days
Dolores Delgado
Spain
Europe
7 June 2018
13 January 2020
1 year, 220 days
Priscilla Schwartz
Sierra Leone
Africa
11 June 2018
7 July 2020
2 years, 26 days
Taťána Malá
Czech Republic
Europe
28 June 2018
10 July 2018
12 days
Gloria María Borrero
Colombia
South America
7 August 2018
16 May 2019
282 days
Andreja Katič
Slovenia
Europe
13 September 2018
13 March 2020
1 year, 182 days
Karin Keller-Sutter
Switzerland
Europe
1 January 2019
31 December 2022
3 years, 364 days
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir
Iceland
Europe
14 March 2019
5 September 2019
175 days
Anna-Maja Henriksson
Finland
Europe
6 June 2019
20 June 2023
4 years, 14 days
Margarita Cabello Blanco
Colombia
South America
11 June 2019
17 August 2020
1 year, 72 days
Christine Lambrecht
Germany
Europe
27 June 2019
8 December 2021
2 years, 164 days
Cecilia Chacón Castillo
Ecuador
South America
3 July 2019
24 May 2021
1 year, 325 days
Judit Varga
Hungary
Europe
12 July 2019
31 July 2023
4 years, 19 days
Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir
Iceland
Europe
6 September 2019
28 November 2021
2 years, 83 days
Masako Mori
Japan
Asia
31 October 2019
16 September 2020
321 days
Marcela Losardo
Argentina
South America
10 December 2019
29 March 2021
1 year, 109 days
Choo Mi-ae
South Korea
Asia
2 January 2020
27 January 2021
1 year, 25 days
Alma Zadić
Austria
Europe
7 January 2020
Incumbent
4 years, 345 days
Marie-Claude Najm
Lebanon
Asia
21 January 2020
10 September 2021
1 year, 232 days
Monica Mæland
Norway
Europe
24 January 2020
14 October 2021
1 year, 263 days
Albulena Haxhiu
Kosovo
Europe
3 February 2020
3 June 2020
121 days
Suella Braverman
United Kingdom
Europe
13 February 2020
6 September 2022
2 years, 205 days
Fiorella Salazar Rojas
Costa Rica
North America
14 February 2020
Incumbent
4 years, 307 days
Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe
Nepal
Asia
17 February 2020
25 December 2020
312 days
Lilijana Kozlovič
Slovenia
Europe
13 March 2020
27 May 2021
1 year, 75 days
Mária Kolíková
Slovakia
Europe
21 March 2020
13 September 2022
2 years, 176 days
Helen McEntee
Ireland
Europe
27 June 2020
27 April 2021
304 days
1 November 2021
25 November 2022
1 year, 24 days
1 June 2023
Incumbent
1 year, 199 days
Jeanine Nibizi
Burundi
Africa
28 June 2020
4 years, 173 days
Yōko Kamikawa
Japan
Asia
16 September 2020
4 October 2021
1 year, 18 days
Maja Popović
Serbia
Europe
28 October 2020
Incumbent
4 years, 50 days
Ewelina Dobrowolska
Lithuania
Europe
7 December 2020
Incumbent
4 years, 10 days
Dia Forrester
Grenada
North America
1 January 2021
1 July 2022
1 year, 181 days
Maris Lauri
Estonia
Europe
26 January 2021
18 July 2022
1 year, 173 days
Marta Cartabia
Italy
Europe
13 February 2021
22 October 2022
1 year, 251 days
Albulena Haxhiu
Kosovo
Europe
22 March 2021
Incumbent
3 years, 270 days
Graziella Marok-Wachter
Liechtenstein
Europe
25 March 2021
Incumbent
3 years, 267 days
Michaelia Cash
Australia
Oceania
30 March 2021
23 May 2022
1 year, 54 days
Heather Humphreys
Ireland
Europe
27 April 2021
1 November 2021
188 days
Bernarda Ordóñez Moscoso
Ecuador
South America
24 May 2021
5 May 2022
346 days
Pilar Llop
Spain
Europe
12 July 2021
21 November 2023
2 years, 132 days
Leïla Jaffel
Tunisia
Africa
11 October 2021
Incumbent
3 years, 67 days
Emilie Mehl
Norway
Europe
14 October 2021
Incumbent
3 years, 64 days
Dilan Yeşilgöz
Netherlands
Europe
10 January 2022
1 July 2024
2 years, 173 days
Marcela Ríos
Chile
South America
11 March 2022
7 January 2023
302 days
Catarina Sarmento e Castro
Portugal
Europe
30 March 2022
2 April 2024
−2 years, 3 days
Paola Flores Jaramillo
Ecuador
South America
5 May 2022
Incumbent
2 years, 226 days
Dominika Švarc Pipan
Slovenia
Europe
1 June 2022
Incumbent
2 years, 199 days
Kiri Allan
New Zealand
Oceania
14 June 2022
24 July 2023
1 year, 40 days
Claudette Joseph
Grenada
North America
1 July 2022
Incumbent
2 years, 169 days
Lea Danilson-Järg
Estonia
Europe
18 July 2022
17 April 2023
273 days
Heather Humphreys
Ireland
Europe
26 November 2022
17 December 2022
21 days
Inese Lībiņa-Egnere
Latvia
Europe
14 December 2022
Incumbent
2 years, 3 days
Élisabeth Baume-Schneider
Switzerland
Europe
1 January 2023
31 December 2023
364 days
He Rong
China
Asia
24 February 2023
Incumbent
1 year, 297 days
Ester Molné Soldevila
Andorra
Europe
17 May 2023
Incumbent
1 year, 214 days
Alina Gorghiu
Romania
Europe
15 June 2023
Incumbent
1 year, 185 days
Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir
Iceland
Europe
19 June 2023
Incumbent
1 year, 181 days
Leena Meri
Finland
Europe
20 June 2023
Incumbent
1 year, 180 days
Ginny Andersen
New Zealand
Oceania
24 July 2023
27 November 2023
126 days
Rita Júdice
Portugal
Europe
2 April 2024
Incumbent
259 days
Mariya Pavlova
Bulgaria
Europe
9 April 2024
Incumbent
252 days
Shabana Mahmood
United Kingdom
Europe
5 July 2024
Incumbent
165 days
Liisa Pakosta
Estonia
Europe
23 July 2024
Incumbent
147 days
Harini Amarasuriya
Sri Lanka
Asia
24 September 2024
18 November 2024
55 days
Pam Bondi
United States
North America
January 2025
Nominee
Dependent territories, constituent states, autonomous regions, and supra-national unions
Denotes
incumbent justice minister or attorney general
Italics denotes an acting justice minister and of defunct states/territories/regions
Name
Image
Jurisdiction
Continent
Mandate start
Mandate end
Term length
Anne X. Alpern Pennsylvania Attorney General
Pennsylvania
North America
20 January 1959
28 August 1961
2 years, 220 days
Paula F. Beaubrun 11th Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands
North America
17 July 1972
25 July 1977
3 years, 8 days
Velma I. Hamilton-Gayle Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands
North America
28 November 1978
10 October 1979
316 days
Sandra M. H. DeSilva Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands
North America
1979
1982
3 years, 0 days
Arlene Violet 68th Attorney General of Rhode Island
Rhode Island
North America
1985
1987
2 years, 0 days
Corinne Watanabe 7th Attorney General of Hawaii
Hawaii
North America
1985
1986
1 year, 0 days
Mary Sue Terry 36th Attorney General of Virginia
Virginia
North America
11 January 1986
28 January 1993
7 years, 17 days
Grace Berg Schaible 20th Attorney General of Alaska
Alaska
North America
1987
1989
2 years, 0 days
Clarine Nardi Riddle 22nd Attorney General of Connecticut
Connecticut
North America
3 January 1989
9 January 1991
2 years, 6 days
Frankie Sue Del Papa 29th Attorney General of Nevada
Nevada
North America
7 January 1991
6 January 2003
11 years, 364 days
Bonnie Campbell 32nd Attorney General of Iowa
Iowa
North America
11 January 1991
6 January 1995
3 years, 360 days
Susan B. Loving 15th Attorney General of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
North America
22 June 1991
9 January 1995
3 years, 202 days
Dancia Penn Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands
North America
1 October 1992
1 November 1999
7 years, 31 days
Jan Wade 50th Attorney-General of Victoria
Victoria
Australia
6 October 1992
19 October 1999
7 years, 13 days
Heidi Heitkamp 28th Attorney General of North Dakota
North Dakota
North America
15 December 1992
15 December 2000
8 years, 0 days
Christine Gregoire 16th Attorney General of Washington
Washington
North America
13 January 1993
12 January 2005
11 years, 365 days
Pamela Carter 38th Indiana Attorney General
Indiana
North America
13 January 1993
16 January 1997
4 years, 3 days
Jan Graham 18th Attorney General of Utah
Utah
North America
January 1993
January 2001
8 years, 0 days
Cheryl Edwardes 34th Attorney-General of Western Australia
Western Australia
Australia
2 February 1993
21 December 1995
2 years, 308 days
Rosemary Vodrey Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Manitoba
Manitoba
North America
10 September 1993
6 January 1997
3 years, 88 days
Deborah Poritz 50th Attorney General of New Jersey
New Jersey
North America
1994
1996
2 years, 0 days
M. Jane Brady 42nd Attorney General of Delaware
Delaware
North America
3 January 1995
7 December 2005
10 years, 338 days
Betty Montgomery 45th Attorney General of Ohio
Ohio
North America
6 January 1995
5 January 2003
7 years, 364 days
Carla Stovall 40th Kansas Attorney General
Kansas
North America
9 January 1995
13 January 2003
8 years, 4 days
Margery Bronster 10th Attorney General of Hawaii
Hawaii
North America
1995
1999
4 years, 0 days
Joan Sheldon Attorney-General of Queensland
Queensland
Australia
19 February 1996
26 February 1996
7 days
Linda Goupil 14th Minister of Justice of Quebec
Quebec
North America
15 December 1998
8 March 2001
2 years, 83 days
Lois Browne-Evans Attorney General of Bermuda
Bermuda
North America
1999
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Jennifer Granholm 51st Attorney General of Michigan
Michigan
North America
1 January 1999
1 January 2003
4 years, 0 days
Patricia A. Madrid 29th Attorney General of New Mexico
New Mexico
North America
1 January 1999
1 January 2007
8 years, 0 days
Florinda Chan Secretary for Administration and Justice of Macau
Macau
Asia
20 December 1999
20 December 2014
15 years, 0 days
Karen Freeman-Wilson Attorney General of Indiana
Indiana
North America
8 June 2000
14 January 2001
190 days
Gale Norton 35th Attorney General of Colorado
Colorado
North America
31 January 2001
31 March 2006
5 years, 59 days
Elish Angiolini Solicitor General for Scotland
Scotland
Europe
28 November 2001
12 October 2006
4 years, 318 days
Judy Jackson Attorney-General of Tasmania
Tasmania
Australia
9 August 2002
5 April 2006
3 years, 239 days
Ramona Villagomez Manglona Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
Asia
November 2002
May 2003
181 days
Peg Lautenschlager 42nd Attorney General of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
North America
3 January 2003
3 January 2007
4 years, 0 days
Lisa Madigan 41st Attorney General of Illinois
Illinois
North America
13 January 2003
14 January 2019
16 years, 1 day
Cathy Jamieson 2nd Minister of Justice in Scotland
Scotland
Europe
20 May 2003
16 May 2007
3 years, 361 days
Kelly Ayotte 27th Attorney General of New Hampshire
New Hampshire
North America
15 June 2004
17 July 2009
5 years, 32 days
Judith Jagdmann 43rd Attorney General of Virginia
Virginia
North America
1 February 2005
14 January 2006
347 days
Linda Lavarch Attorney-General of Queensland
Queensland
Australia
28 July 2005
18 October 2006
1 year, 82 days
Zulima Farber 55th Attorney General of New Jersey
New Jersey
North America
30 January 2006
31 August 2006
213 days
Elish Angiolini Lord Advocate
Scotland
Europe
12 October 2006
30 April 2011
4 years, 200 days
Catherine Cortez Masto 32nd Attorney General of Nevada
Nevada
North America
1 January 2007
5 January 2015
8 years, 4 days
Barbara Underwood Solicitor General of New York
New York
North America
1 January 2007
Incumbent
17 years, 351 days
Lori Swanson 29th Attorney General of Minnesota
Minnesota
North America
2 January 2007
7 January 2019
12 years, 4 days
Alicia Limtiaco 10th Attorney General of Guam
Guam
Oceania
3 January 2007
21 June 2010
3 years, 169 days
Martha Coakley 58th Attorney General of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
North America
17 January 2007
21 January 2015
8 years, 4 days
Kathleen Ayensu 23rd Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands
North America
24 June 2007
24 June 2010
3 years, 0 days
Patricia Scotland Attorney General for England and Wales &Attorney General for Northern Ireland
England Wales Northern Ireland
Europe
28 June 2007
12 April 2010
2 years, 288 days
Anne Milgram 57th Attorney General of New Jersey
New Jersey
North America
29 June 2007
18 January 2010
2 years, 203 days
Alison Redford Attorney General of Alberta
Alberta
North America
13 March 2008
18 February 2012
3 years, 342 days
Nancy H. Rogers Attorney General of Ohio
Ohio
North America
28 May 2008
8 January 2009
225 days
Lara Giddings Attorney-General of Tasmania
Tasmania
Australia
17 September 2008
24 January 2011
2 years, 129 days
Kathleen Weil Minister of Justice of Quebec
Quebec
Europe
18 December 2008
11 August 2010
1 year, 236 days
Janet Mills 55th Attorney General of Maine
Maine
North America
6 January 2009
6 January 2011
2 years, 0 days
Paula Dow 58th New Jersey Attorney General
New Jersey
North America
18 January 2010
10 January 2012
1 year, 357 days
Viviane Reding European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
European Union
Europe
9 February 2010
1 July 2014
4 years, 142 days
Marie-Claude Blais Minister of Justice andAttorney General of New Brunswick
New Brunswick
North America
12 October 2010
19 September 2013
3 years, 7 days
Kamala Harris 32nd Attorney General of California
California
North America
3 January 2011
3 January 2017
6 years, 0 days
Pam Bondi 37th Attorney General of Florida
Florida
North America
4 January 2011
8 January 2019
8 years, 4 days
Lesley Thomson Solicitor General for Scotland
Scotland
Europe
19 May 2011
1 June 2016
5 years, 13 days
Linda Kelly 47th Attorney General of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
North America
27 May 2011
15 January 2013
1 year, 233 days
Shirley Bond Attorney General of British Columbia
British Columbia
North America
18 August 2011
10 June 2013
1 year, 296 days
Ellen Rosenblum 17th Oregon Attorney General
Oregon
North America
29 June 2012
Incumbent
12 years, 171 days
Janet Mills 57th Attorney General of Maine
Maine
North America
7 January 2013
2 January 2019
5 years, 359 days
Kathleen Kane 48th Attorney General of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
North America
15 January 2013
17 August 2016
3 years, 215 days
Suzanne Anton Attorney General of British Columbia
British Columbia
North America
10 June 2013
12 June 2017
4 years, 2 days
Lena Diab Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
North America
22 October 2013
24 July 2015
1 year, 275 days
Vanessa Goodwin Attorney-General of Tasmania
Tasmania
Australia
31 March 2014
2 October 2017
3 years, 185 days
Stéphanie Vallée Minister of Justice of Quebec
Quebec
North America
23 April 2014
18 October 2018
4 years, 178 days
Věra Jourová 6th European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
European Union
Europe
1 November 2014
30 November 2019
5 years, 29 days
Sonia Chan Secretariat for Administration and Justice
Macau
Asia
20 December 2014
19 December 2019
4 years, 364 days
Cynthia Coffman 38th Attorney General of Colorado
Colorado
North America
12 January 2015
8 January 2019
3 years, 360 days
Leslie Rutledge 56th Arkansas Attorney General
Arkansas
North America
13 January 2015
10 January 2023
7 years, 362 days
Maura Healey 59th Massachusetts Attorney General
Massachusetts
North America
21 January 2015
5 January 2023
7 years, 349 days
Yvette D'Ath Attorney-General of Queensland
Queensland
Australia
16 February 2015
12 November 2020
5 years, 270 days
18 May 2023
27 October 2024
1 year, 162 days
Gabrielle Upton 55th Attorney General of New South Wales
New South Wales
Australia
2 April 2015
30 January 2017
1 year, 303 days
Kathleen Ganley 27th Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Alberta
Alberta
North America
24 May 2015
30 April 2019
3 years, 341 days
Gabriela Bravo Minister of Justice, Interior and Public Administration
Valencia
Europe
30 June 2015
19 July 2023
8 years, 19 days
Diana Whalen Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
North America
24 July 2015
30 May 2017
1 year, 310 days
Heather Stefanson Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Manitoba
Manitoba
North America
3 May 2016
1 August 2018
2 years, 90 days
Claire Sugden 2nd Minister of Justice of Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Europe
25 May 2016
2 March 2017
281 days
Alison Di Rollo Solicitor General for Scotland
Scotland
Europe
1 June 2016
22 June 2021
5 years, 21 days
Jahna Lindemuth 31st Attorney General of Alaska
Alaska
North America
8 August 2016
5 December 2018
3 years, 119 days
Tracy-Anne McPhee Minister of Justice of Yukon
Yukon
North America
3 December 2016
14 January 2023
6 years, 42 days
Kathleen Kenealy Acting Attorney General of California
California
North America
3 January 2017
24 January 2017
21 days
Cara Rodriguez Acting Attorney General of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
North America
17 February 2017
20 February 2017
3 days
Teresa Cheng 4th Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Asia
6 January 2018
30 June 2022
4 years, 175 days
Vickie Chapman 50th Attorney-General of South Australia
South Australia
Australia
19 March 2018
22 November 2021
3 years, 248 days
Elise Archer Attorney-General of Tasmania
Tasmania
Australia
21 March 2018
28 September 2023
5 years, 191 days
Barbara Underwood 66th Attorney General of New York
New York
North America
8 May 2018
31 December 2018
237 days
Rose Toki-Brown Minister of Justice
Cook Islands
Oceania
10 July 2018
2 June 2021
2 years, 327 days
Sonia LeBel Minister of Justice of Quebec
Quebec
North America
18 October 2018
22 June 2020
1 year, 248 days
Andrea Anderson-Mason Minister of Justice andAttorney General of New Brunswick
New Brunswick
North America
9 November 2018
20 September 2020
1 year, 306 days
Jill Hennessy 54th Attorney-General of Victoria
Victoria
Australia
29 November 2018
16 December 2020
2 years, 17 days
Kathy Jennings 46th Attorney General of Delaware
Delaware
North America
1 January 2019
Incumbent
5 years, 351 days
Dana Nessel 54th Attorney General of Michigan
Michigan
North America
1 January 2019
Incumbent
5 years, 351 days
Letitia James 67th Attorney General of New York
New York
North America
1 January 2019
Incumbent
5 years, 351 days
Clare E. Connors 16th Attorney General of Hawaii
Hawaii
North America
3 January 2019
10 December 2021
2 years, 341 days
Ashley Moody 38th Attorney General of Florida
Florida
North America
8 January 2019
Incumbent
5 years, 344 days
Bridget Hill 38th Attorney General of Wyoming
Wyoming
North America
15 March 2019
Incumbent
5 years, 277 days
Caroline Wawzonek Minister of Justice in the Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
North America
1 October 2019
8 November 2021
2 years, 38 days
Naomi Long 3rd Minister of Justice of Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Europe
11 January 2020
7 October 2022
2 years, 269 days
Lynn Fitch 40th Attorney General of Mississippi
Mississippi
North America
14 January 2020
Incumbent
4 years, 338 days
Mitzie Jessop Taase Acting Attorney General of American Samoa
American Samoa
North America
19 February 2020
21 January 2021
337 days
Dawn Smith 27th Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands
North America
1 October 2020
Incumbent
4 years, 77 days
Shannon Fentiman Attorney-General of Queensland
Queensland
Australia
13 November 2020
17 May 2023
2 years, 185 days
Jaclyn Symes 55th Attorney-General of Victoria
Victoria
Australia
22 December 2020
Incumbent
3 years, 361 days
Ruth Charteris Solicitor General for Scotland
Scotland
Europe
22 June 2021
Incumbent
3 years, 178 days
Holly Shikada 17th Attorney General of Hawaii
Hawaii
North America
10 December 2021
5 December 2022
360 days
Susanne Young 27th Attorney General of Vermont
Vermont
North America
5 July 2022
5 January 2023
184 days
Kris Mayes 27th Attorney General of Arizona
Arizona
North America
2 January 2023
Incumbent
1 year, 350 days
Brenna Bird 34th Attorney General of Iowa
Iowa
North America
3 January 2023
Incumbent
1 year, 349 days
Charity Clark 28th Attorney General of Vermont
Vermont
North America
5 January 2023
Incumbent
1 year, 347 days
Andrea Campbell 45th Attorney General of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
North America
18 January 2023
Incumbent
1 year, 334 days
Angela Constance Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs
Scotland
Europe
29 March 2023
Incumbent
1 year, 263 days
Elisa Núñez Sánchez Minister of Justice, Interior and Public Administration
Valencia
Europe
19 July 2023
Incumbent
1 year, 151 days
Liz Murrill 46th Attorney General of Louisiana
Louisiana
North America
8 January 2024
Incumbent
344 days
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