Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (Consumer rights)

 

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Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz (BMJV)
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Agency overview
Formed1 January 1877 as Reichsjustizamt
JurisdictionGovernment of Germany
HeadquartersMohrenstraße 37
10117 Berlin
Employees789[1]
Annual budget€919.734 million (2020)
Minister responsible
  • Christine Lambrecht, Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection
Agency executives
  • Ulrich Kelber, Parliamentary Secretary of State
  • Christian Lange, Parliamentary Secretary of State
  • Gerd Billen, Permanent Secretary of State
  • Stefanie Hubig, Permanent Secretary of State
Websitehttp://www.bmj.bund.de

The Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (German: Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz), abbreviated BMJV, is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Under the German federal system, individual States are most responsible for the administration of justice and the application of penalties. The Federal Ministry of Justice devotes itself to creating and changing law in the classic core areas related to Constitutional law. The Ministry also analyzes the legality and constitutionality of laws prepared by other ministries. The German Federal Court of Justice, the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO), and the German Patent Court all fall under its scope. The ministry is officially located in Berlin.[3]

The BMJV was founded on January 1, 1877, as the Imperial Justice Office (Reichsjustizamt). After Germany became a republic in 1919, it was raised to the rank of a federal ministry as the Reichsministerium der Justiz or Reichsjustizministerium. The ministry was formally renamed the Bundesministerium der Justiz in 1949. In several laws predating 1949, the ministry and the minister are however referred to as Reichsministerium der Justiz and Reichsminister der Justiz, respectively. This has gradually been replaced with the new name and title when laws have been amended, most recently in 2010.[4]

List of ministers

The Federal Ministry of Justice in Berlin

State Secretaries for Justice, 1876–1918

  • Heinrich Friedberg 1876–1879
  • Hermann von Schelling 1879–1889
  • Otto von Oehlschläger 1889–1891
  • Robert Bosse 1891–1892
  • Eduard von Hanauer 1892–1893
  • Rudolf Arnold Nieberding 1893–1909
  • Hermann Lisco 1909–1917
  • Paul Georg Christof von Krause 1917–1919

Ministers of Justice, 1918–1945

No.PortraitName
(Born-Died)		TermPolitical PartyGovernment
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1
Otto Landsberg
Otto Landsberg
(1869–1957)		13 February 191920 June 1919127 daysSPDScheidemann
2
Eugen Schiffer
Eugen Schiffer
(1860–1954)		3 October 191926 March 1920175 daysDDPBauer
3
Andreas Blunck
Andreas Blunck
(1871–1933)		26 March 19208 June 192074 daysDDPMüller I
4
Rudolf Heinze
Rudolf Heinze
(1865–1928)		25 June 19204 May 1921313 daysDVPFehrenbach
(2)
Eugen Schiffer
Eugen Schiffer
(1860–1954)		10 May 192122 October 1921165 daysDDPWirth I
5
Gustav Radbruch
Gustav Radbruch
(1878–1949)		26 October 192114 November 19221 year, 19 daysSPDWirth II
(4)
Rudolf Heinze
Rudolf Heinze
(1865–1928)		22 November 192212 August 1923263 daysDVPCuno
(5)
Gustav Radbruch
Gustav Radbruch
(1878–1949)		13 August 19233 November 192382 daysSPDStresemann I–II
6
Erich Emminger
Erich Emminger
(1880–1951)		30 November 192315 April 1924137 daysBVPMarx I
–
Kurt Joël
Kurt Joël
(1865–1945)
Acting		15 April 192415 December 1924244 daysIndependentMarx I–II
7
Josef Frenken
Josef Frenken
(1854–1943)		15 January 192521 November 1925341 daysCentreLuther I
–
Hans Luther
Hans Luther
(1879–1962)
Acting		21 November 19255 December 1925349 daysIndependentLuther I
8
Wilhelm Marx
Wilhelm Marx
(1863–1946)		20 January 192612 May 1926112 daysCentreLuther II
Marx III
9
Johannes Bell
Johannes Bell
(1868–1949)		16 May 192617 December 1926215 daysCentreMarx III
10
Oskar Hergt
Oskar Hergt
(1869–1967)		28 January 192712 June 19281 year, 136 daysDNVPMarx III–IV
11
Erich Koch-Weser
Erich Koch-Weser
(1875–1944)		28 June 192813 April 1929289 daysDDPMüller II
12
Theodor von Guérard
Theodor von Guérard
(1863–1943)		13 April 192927 March 1930348 daysCentreMüller II
13
Johann Viktor Bredt
Johann Viktor Bredt
(1879–1940)		30 March 19305 December 1930250 daysWPBrüning I
–
Kurt Joël
Kurt Joël
(1865–1945)
Acting		5 December 193030 May 19321 year, 177 daysIndependentBrüning I–II
14
Franz Gürtner
Franz Gürtner
(1881–1941)		1 Juni 193229 January 1941 †8 years, 242 daysDNVP
NSDAP		Papen
Schleicher
Hitler
15
Franz Schlegelberger
Franz Schlegelberger
(1876–1970)		30 January 194120 August 19421 year, 202 daysNSDAPHitler
16
Otto Georg Thierack
Otto Georg Thierack
(1889–1946)		20 August 194223 May 19452 years, 276 daysNSDAPHitler
Goebbels
Schwerin von Krosigk

Federal Ministers, since 1949

Current Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection Christine Lambrecht

Political Party:   FDP   DP   CSU   CDU   SPD

Name
(Born-Died)		PortraitPartyTerm of OfficeChancellor
(Cabinet)
Federal Minister of Justice
Thomas Dehler
(1897–1967)		Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F018867-0026, Bonn, Minister aus Südamerika im Bundestag (Ausschnitt Dehler).jpgFDP20 September 194920 October 1953Adenauer (I)
Fritz Neumayer
(1884–1973)		FDP20 October 195316 October 1956Adenauer (II)
Hans-Joachim von Merkatz
(1905–1982)		Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F024640-0014, Hans-Joachim von Merkatz.jpgDP16 October 195629 October 1957
Fritz Schäffer
(1888–1967)		KAS-Schäffer, Fritz-Bild-395-1 (cropped).jpgCSU29 October 195714 November 1961Adenauer (III)
Wolfgang Stammberger
(1920–1982)		FDP14 November 196119 November 1962Adenauer (IV)
Ewald Bucher
(1914–1991)		Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F017420-0020, Bucher, Ewald cropped.jpgFDP14 December 196227 March 1965Adenauer (V)
Erhard (I)
Karl Weber
(1898–1985)		KAS-Weber, Karl-Bild-2203-1 (cropped).jpgCDU1 April 196526 October 1965Erhard (I)
Richard Jaeger
(1913–1998)		Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F079561-0003, Jaeger (portrait crop).jpgCSU26 October 196530 November 1966Erhard (II)
Gustav Heinemann
(1899–1976)		Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F029021-0010, Gustav Heinemann.jpgSPD1 December 196626 March 1969Kiesinger (I)
Horst Ehmke
(1927–2017)		Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F041575-0018, Horst Ehmke bei Pressekonferenz.jpgSPD26 March 196921 October 1969Kiesinger (I)
Gerhard Jahn
(1927–1998)		Gerhard Jahn.PNGSPD22 October 19697 May 1974Brandt (I • II)
Hans-Jochen Vogel
(1926–2020)		Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F055059-0019, Köln, SPD-Parteitag, Vogel.jpgSPD16 May 197422 January 1981Schmidt (I • II • III)
Jürgen Schmude
(b. 1936)		Jürgen Schmude-01 retouched (portrait crop).jpgSPD22 January 19811 October 1982Schmidt (III)
Hans A. Engelhard
(1934–2008)		Hans Engelhard FDP Bundesparteitag 1982 (cropped).jpgFDP4 October 198218 January 1991Kohl (I • II • III)
Klaus Kinkel
(1936–2019)		Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F063645-0024, Pullach, Besuch Carstens beim BND (cropped).jpgNo party;
FDP (from 1991)		18 January 199118 May 1992Kohl (IV)
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger
(b. 1951)		Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (Berlin Film Festival 2011) (cropped).jpgFDP18 May 199217 January 1996Kohl (IV • V)
Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig
(b. 1941)		Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig (portrait crop).JPGFDP17 January 199626 October 1998Kohl (V)
Herta Däubler-Gmelin
(b. 1943)		Herta Däubler-Gmelin 1009.jpgSPD27 October 199822 October 2002Schröder (I)
Brigitte Zypries
(b. 1953)		WLP14-ri-0279- Brigitte Zypries (SPD).jpgSPD22 October 200228 October 2009Schröder (II)
Merkel (I)
Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger
(b. 1951)		Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (Berlin Film Festival 2011) (cropped).jpgFDP28 October 200917 December 2013Merkel (II)
Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection
Heiko Maas
(b. 1966)		Heiko Maas in Brussels - 2018 (40838347435) (cropped).jpgSPD17 December 201314 March 2018Merkel (III)
Katarina Barley
(b. 1968)		Katarina Barley-4934.jpgSPD14 March 201827 June 2019Merkel (IV)
Christine Lambrecht
(b. 1965)		2017-03-19 Lambrecht Roth SPD Parteitag by Olaf Kosinsky-3.jpgSPD27 June 2019IncumbentMerkel (IV)


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