List of justice ministers of Romania

Ministry of Justice
Coat of arms of the Minister of Justice
Incumbent Cătălin Predoiu since 25 November 2021
Formation	1862
First holder	Manolache Costache Epureanu
Website	www.just.ro

This is a list of justice ministers of Romania. The first person to hold office was Manolache Costache Epureanu.

United Romanian Principalities (1859–1862)

• Manolache Costache Epureanu - January 17, 1859 (Iași), April 27, 1859 (Iași, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Justice and Finance Ad interim)
• Ion Al. Filipescu - January 25, 1859 (Bucharest, President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Justice)
• Constantin Hurmuzaki - 8 March 1859 (Iași), January 17, 1861 (Iași)
• Ion C. Cantacuzino - 27 March 1859 (Bucharest), 6 September 1859 (Bucharest, and temporary religions), 5 October 1861 (Iași, Minister of Interior and Justice ad-interim), 19 July 1861 (Bucharest)
• Gheorghe Crețeanu - October 6, 1859 (Bucharest, the holder of Ion C. Cantacuzino resigning), October 11, 1859 (Bucharest, ad interim)
• Dimitrie Scarlat Miclescu - November 10, 1859 (Iași)
• Gheorghe Apostoleanu - 30 March 1860 (Iași, ad interim, Dimitrie Scarlat Miclescu resigning)
• Damaschin Bojincă - April 30, 1860 (Iași)
• Vasile Boerescu - May 28, 1860 (Bucharest, July 13, 1860 and Ad-interim at the Cults), November 17, 1868
• Nicolae Bițcoveanu - April 11, 1861 (Bucharest ad interim following the resignation of Vasile Boerescu)
• Constantin Hurmuzaki - January 17, 1861 (Iași)
• Constantin Rolla - May 23, 1861 (Iași) (replacing Constantin Hurmuzachi, resigned)
• Constantin N. Brăiloiu - April 30, 1861 (Bucharest), January 22, 1862
• Grigore Arghiropol - May 12, 1861 (Bucharest)
• Dimitrie Ghica - July 30, 1861 (ad interim as missing Ion C. Cantacuzino), January 21, 1870 (interim in place of Vasile Boerescu, resigned)

Romania (1862–1881)

• Apostol Arsache - October 21, 1861 (ad interim following the resignation of IC Cantacuzino)
• Dimitrie Cornea - June 7, 1862
• Nicolae Crețulescu - December 30, 1862, July 3, 1862, August 8, 1863 (28 days in advance and August after the resignation of Barbu Bellu), June 19, 1864, March 11, 1871
• Barbu Bellu - June 14, 1863
• Dimitrie P. Vioreanu - August 15, 1863, February 2, 1870, April 5, 1876
• Alexandru Papiu Ilarian - October 11, 1863
• P. Orbescu - 1 March 1864 (ad interim), 6 May 1864
• Grigore Bengescu - January 21, 1865
• George D. Vernescu - January 26, 1865
• Dimitrie Cariagdi - June 14, 1865, December 18, 1870
• Ioan Cantacuzino - February 11, 1866
• Constantin A. Crețulescu - March 1, 1867
• Ștefan Golescu - August 5, 1867 (ad interim)
• Anton I. Arion - August 17, 1867, November 13, 1867
• Constantin Eraclide - November 3, 1868
• Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino - January 24, 1870
• Alexandru Lahovary - April 20, 1870, October 4, 1873
• Gheorghe Costaforu - June 8, 1871
• Manolache Costache Epureanu - October 28, 1872
• Christian Tell - March 31, 1873 (ad interim)
• Mihail Pherekyde - April 27, 1876, April 9, 1871
• Eugeniu Stătescu - 24 July 1876, 16 November 1881 (ad interim), 1 August 1882, 16 December 1885, 4 October 1895, 8 July 1902
• Ion I. Câmpineanu - January 27, 1877
• Anastase Stolojan - July 11, 1879, January 5, 1898

Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947)

• Dimitrie Gianni - July 9, 1880, March 1, 1888
• Gheorghe Chițu - January 25, 1882, October 1, 1883 (ad interim)
• Nicolae Voinov - November 15, 1883
• Constantin Nacu - February 2, 1885
• Alexandru Marghiloman - March 23, 1888
• George D. Vernescu - November 12, 1888, February 21, 1891 (ad interim)
• Nicolae Gherassi - March 29, 1889
• Theodor Rosetti - November 5, 1889
• Grigore Trandafil - November 16, 1890
• Nicolae Blaremberg - November 3, 1891
• Dimitrie C. Sturdza-Scheianu - November 27, 1891
• Ștefan C. Șendrea - November 22, 1896
• Alexandru Djuvara - March 31, 1897
• George D. Pallade - January 12, 1898
• Constantin Stoicescu - October 1, 1898, February 14, 1901
• Constantin Dissescu - April 11, 1899
• Titu Maiorescu - July 7, 1900
• Alexandru Gianni - October 19, 1903
• Alexandru Bădărău - December 22, 1904
• Dimitrie Grecianu - June 5, 1906
• Toma Stelian - March 12, 1907
• Mihail G. Cantacuzino - December 29, 1910, December 11, 1916
• Victor Antonescu - January 4, 1914, November 14, 1933, January 5, 1934, October 2, 1934
• Constantin Argetoianu - January 29, 1918, March 13, 1920 (ad interim)
• Dimitrie Dobrescu - March 16, 1918
• Ion Mitilineu - June 4, 1918
• Artur Văitoianu - October 24, 1918 (Ad-interim, Army Corps General)
• Dumitru Buzdugan - October 28, 1918
• Em. Miclescu - September 27, 1919
• Ion Pelivan - December 5, 1919 (did not work, being delegated to the Peace Commission in Paris, the interim was held by Ștefan Cicio Pop, State Minister)
• Matei B. Cantacuzino - March 31, 1920
• Dimitrie Grecianu - August 27, 1920 (ad interim), November 16, 1920
• Take Ionescu - December 9, 1920 (ad interim)
• Mihail Antonescu - January 1, 1921
• Stelian Popescu - December 17, 1921, June 4, 1927
• Ioan Theodor Florescu - January 19, 1922
• Gheorghe Gh. Mârzescu - October 29, 1923
• Teodor Cudalbu - March 30, 1926
• Grigore Iunian - November 10, 1928, June 13, 1930, October 10, 1930
• Voicu Nițescu - 7 March 1930, 7 June 1930, 6 December 1930
• Gheorghe Mironescu - June 7, 1930 (ad interim)
• Constantin Hamangiu - April 18, 1931
• Victor Vâlcovici - January 7, 1932
• Valer Pop - January 9, 1932 , February 1, 1935
• Virgil Potârcă - June 6, 1932
• Mihai Popovici - August 11, 1932 , October 20, 1932, January 14, 1933, September 22, 1933
• Emil Hațieganu - July 22, 1933 (ad interim)
• Mircea Djuvara - August 29, 1936
• Vasile P. Sassu - February 23, 1937
• Vasile Rădulescu Mehedinți - December 29, 1937
• Mircea Cancicov - February 11, 1938 (ad interim)
• Victor Iamandi - March 30, 1938
• Istrate Micescu - November 24, 1939
• Aurelian Bentoiu - November 30, 1939
• Ion V. Gruia - July 4, 1940
• Mihai Antonescu - September 14, 1940
• Gheorghe Popescu-Docan - January 27, 1941
• Constantin Stoicescu - February 15, 1941
• Ion C. Marinescu - August 14, 1942
• Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu - August 23, 1944 (ad interim), November 4, 1944
• Ion Boițeanu - 1 September 1944 (ad interim)
• Aureliu Căpățână - September 7, 1944 (replacing Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, resigned)
• Dimitrie Negel - October 4, 1944 (ad interim, Aureliu Căpățână resigning)

Communist Romania (1948–1989)

• Avram Bunaciu - April 15, 1948 , December 31, 1957
• Stelian Nițulescu - September 24, 1949
• Anton Tatu Jianu - January 28, 1953
• Gheorghe Diaconescu - May 31, 1954, January 23, 1958
• Ion Constantin Manoliu - March 21, 1961
• Adrian Dumitriu - March 18, 1965
• Teodor Vasiliu - November 28, 1970
• Emil Nicolcioiu - March 18, 1975
• Constantin Stătescu - January 26, 1977
• Justin Grigoraș - October 24, 1979
• Ioan Ceterchi - March 29, 1980
• Gheorghe Chivulescu - January 23, 1982
• Maria Bobu - October 3, 1987

Post-Communist Romania (1989–present)

• Teofil Pop - January 3, 1990
• Victor Babiuc - June 28, 1990
• Mircea Ionescu-Quintus - October 16, 1991
• Petre Ninosu - November 19, 1992
• Iosif Gavril Chiuzbaian - March 6, 1994
• Ion Predescu - September 3, 1996
• Valeriu Stoica 12 December 1996 – 28 December 2000
• Rodica Stănoiu 28 December 2000 – 10 March 2004
• Cristian Diaconescu 10 March 2004 – 28 December 2004
• Monica Macovei 18 December 2004 – 5 April 2007
• Tudor Chiuariu 5 April 2007 – 10 December 2007
• Teodor Meleșcanu (ad interim) 15 January 2008 – 29 February 2008
• Cătălin Predoiu 29 February 2008 – 7 May 2012
• Titus Corlățean 7 May 2012 – 6 August 2012
• Mona Pivniceru 23 August 2012 – 28 March 2013
• Victor Ponta (acting) 28 March 2013 – 15 April 2013
• Robert Cazanciuc 15 April 2013 – 17 November 2015
• Raluca Prună 17 November 2015 – 4 January 2017
• Florin Iordache 4 January 2017 – 9 February 2017
• Ana Birchall (acting) 9 February 2017 – 22 February 2017
• Tudorel Toader 23 February 2017 - 18 April 2019
• Ana Birchall 7 June 2019 - 4 November 2019
• Cătălin Predoiu 4 November 2019 - 23 December 2020
• Stelian Ion 23 December 2020 - 2 September 2021
• Lucian Bode (acting) 2 September 2021 - 25 November 2021
• Cătălin Predoiu 25 November 2021 - incumbent

See also

• Government of Romania
• Justice ministry
• Politics of Romania
• Romanian judicial reform

External links

• Ministry of Justice
• List of justice ministers of Romania on Facebook
• Government of Romania