Lord Chancellor of France
The French Minister of Justice is an important member of the cabinet, since he oversees the construction, maintenance and administration of the court system. He is vice president of the High Council of the Judiciary, which oversees, among other things the careers of most judges and recommendations for the rise of prosecutors pronounce. The duties of the Minister of Justice still count: the monitoring of prisons; proposing laws for civil, criminal and procedural law. The Minister of Justice acts as the guardian of the seal, in this capacity, he also preserves the Great Seal of France on.
Under the ancien régime in charge of the Justice System Chancellor was named Minister of France. The Chancellor was responsible for ensuring that the royal decrees were registered by the various parliaments of the kingdom. However, the Chancellor was appointed for life, what could cause it fell out of favor or been too ill to exercise his office. In this case, took his deputy, the Keeper of the Seal, his work. The last chancellor died in 1790, in the midst of the French Revolution. His post was not filled. Instead wore from 1791 the guardian of the seal the additional title "Minister of Finance ".
Chancellor (1690-1790)
Keeper of the Seal (1699-1790)
Minister of Justice (1790-1944)
Free Justice Commissioners of CFLN ( during the years of the Vichy government from 1941 to 1944 )
Minister of Justice (1944 to present)
Heads of state ( monarch, president)
Government: Prime Minister | Foreign Minister | Minister of Education | Finance | Interior Minister | Minister of Justice / Registrar | Defense Secretary
Committees: Member of the National Assembly | Speaker of the National Assembly | Senate President | President of the Regional Councils
Other: Dauphin of France | Kofürsten Andorra | French pretender to the throne
- List ( Minister of Justice )
- Minister of Justice (France)