List of female justice ministers
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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 122 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
|
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 |
|
|
 Bulgaria
|
Europe | 12 March 1966 | 8 February 1990 | 23 years, 333 days | |
|
|
 El Salvador
|
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 |
|
|
 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
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
El Salvador
|
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 |
|
|
 Dominican Republic
|
America | 1986 | 1987 | 1 year, 0 days | |
| Anna-Greta Leijon |
|
Sweden
|
Europe | 19 October 1987 | 7 June 1988 | 232 days |
|
|
Dominican Republic
|
America | 1988 | 1990 | 2 years, 0 days | |
| Laila Freivalds | 
|
Sweden
|
Europe | 4 October 1988 | 4 October 1991 | 3 years, 0 days |
|
|
El Salvador
|
America | 1989 | 1990 | 1 year, 0 days | |
| Mónica de Greiff |
|
 Colombia
|
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 |
|
|
Costa Rica
|
America | 8 May 1989 | 8 May 1990 | 1 year, 0 days | |
| Kim Campbell | 
|
 Canada
|
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
|
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 |
| 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
|
America | 1993 | 1994 | 1 year, 0 days |
| Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | 
|
 Ireland
|
Europe | 4 January 1993 | 15 December 1994 | 1 year, 345 days |
| Pia Gjellerup |
|
Ireland
|
Europe | 25 January 1993 | 29 March 1993 | 63 days |
| Janet Reno | 
|
 United States
|
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, The
|
America | 1995 | 1997 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Maureen Clarke |
|
Costa Rica
|
America | 19 June 1995 | 3 July 1996 | 1 year, 14 days |
|
|
 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 |
| 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
|
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
|
America | 11 June 1997 | 14 January 2002 | 4 years, 217 days |
|
|
 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 |
|
|
Costa Rica
|
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 |
|
|
 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 |
|
|
 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
|
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 |
|
|
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
|
America | 2001 | 2003 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Cristina Fontes Lima |
|
Cape Verde
|
Africa | 2001 | 2006 | 5 years, 0 days |
|
|
Honduras
|
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 |
|
|
Costa Rica
|
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, The
|
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
|
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 |
|
|
Bahamas, The
|
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 |
|
|
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
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Costa Rica
|
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 |
|
|
 Guatemala
|
America | 15 May 2010 | 25 May 2010 | 10 days | |
|
|
Guatemala
|
America | 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
|
America | 9 December 2010 | 17 May 2014 | 3 years, 159 days |
| Grete Faremo |
|
Norway
|
Europe | 1 January 2011 | 31 March 2011 | 89 days |
| Naomi Mataʻafa | 
|
 Samoa
|
Oceania | 18 March 2011 | 19 March 2016 | 5 years, 1 day |
| Marisela Morales | 
|
 Mexico
|
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
|
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 |
|
|
Honduras
|
America | 2012 | 27 January 2014 | 2 years, 26 days | |
| Edite Tenjua |
|
 São Tomé and Príncipe
|
Africa | 2012 | 2014 | 2 years, 0 days |
|
|
Costa Rica
|
America | 27 June 2013 | 8 May 2014 | 315 days | |
|
|
East Timor
|
Asia | 8 May 2007 | 8 August 2012 | 5 years, 92 days | |
| Allyson Maynard Gibson |
|
Bahamas, The
|
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
|
America | 12 July 2012 | 13 September 2013 | 1 year, 63 days |
|
|
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
|
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 |
|
|
Gambia
|
Africa | 25 May 2013 | 27 August 2013 | 94 days | |
|
|
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
|
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 |
|
|
Ecuador
|
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 |
|
|
Costa Rica
|
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
|
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 |
|
|
 Bolivia
|
America | 22 January 2015 | 23 January 2017 | 2 years, 1 day | |
| Loretta Lynch | 
|
United States
|
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 |
|
|
Costa Rica
|
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
|
America | 4 November 2015 | 12 February 2019 | 3 years, 100 days |
|
|
Romania
|
Europe | 17 November 2015 | 4 January 2017 | 1 year, 48 days | |
| Francisca Van Dunem | 
|
Portugal
|
Europe | 26 November 2015 | Incumbent | 5 years, 295 days |
| Marlene Malahoo-Forte
Attorney General of Jamaica |
|
Jamaica
|
America | 7 March 2016 | Incumbent | 5 years, 194 days |
| Lucia Žitňanská | 
|
Slovakia
|
Europe | 23 March 2016 | 22 March 2018 | 1 year, 364 days |
|
|
Cape Verde
|
Africa | 22 May 2016 | Incumbent | 5 years, 118 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
|
America | 20 January 2017 | 30 January 2017 | 10 days |
| Gloria Akuffo |
|
Ghana
|
Africa | 21 January 2017 | 6 January 2021 | 3 years, 351 days |
|
|
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 |
|
Ecuador
|
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 | Incumbent | 4 years, 6 days |
| Sylvi Listhaug | 
|
Norway
|
Europe | 17 January 2018 | 20 March 2018 | 62 days |
| Karla Cuevas |
|
Honduras
|
America | 27 January 2018 | Incumbent | 3 years, 233 days |
| Katarina Barley | 
|
Germany
|
Europe | 14 March 2018 | 27 June 2019 | 1 year, 105 days |
| Marcia González Aguiluz |
|
Costa Rica
|
America | 8 May 2018 | 7 February 2020 | 1 year, 275 days |
| María Consuelo Porras | 
|
Guatemala
|
America | 17 May 2018 | Incumbent | 3 years, 123 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 |
|
|
Czech Republic
|
Europe | 28 June 2018 | 10 July 2018 | 12 days | |
| Gloria María Borrero | 
|
Colombia
|
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 | Incumbent | 2 years, 259 days |
| Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir |
|
Iceland
|
Europe | 14 March 2019 | 5 September 2019 | 175 days |
| Anna-Maja Henriksson | 
|
Finland
|
Europe | 6 June 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 103 days |
|
|
Colombia
|
America | 11 June 2019 | 17 August 2020 | 1 year, 72 days | |
| Christine Lambrecht | 
|
Germany
|
Europe | 27 June 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 82 days |
|
Ecuador
|
America | 3 July 2019 | 24 May 2021 | 1 year, 325 days | |
| Judit Varga | 
|
 Hungary
|
Europe | 12 July 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 67 days |
| Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir | 
|
Iceland
|
Europe | 6 September 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 11 days |
| Masako Mori | 
|
Japan
|
Asia | 31 October 2019 | 16 September 2020 | 321 days |
| Marcela Losardo | 
|
 Argentina
|
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 | 1 year, 253 days |
| Marie-Claude Najm |
|
 Lebanon
|
Asia | 21 January 2020 | 10 September 2021 | 1 year, 232 days |
| Monica Mæland | 
|
Norway
|
Europe | 24 January 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 236 days |
| Albulena Haxhiu | 
|
 Kosovo
|
Europe | 3 February 2020 | 3 June 2020 | 121 days |
| Suella Braverman | 
|
United Kingdom
|
Europe | 13 February 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 216 days |
| Fiorella Salazar Rojas |
|
Costa Rica
|
America | 14 February 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 215 days |
| Lilijana Kozlovič |
|
Slovenia
|
Europe | 13 March 2020 | 27 May 2021 | 1 year, 75 days |
| Mária Kolíková |
|
Slovakia
|
Europe | 21 March 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 180 days |
| Helen McEntee | 
|
Ireland
|
Europe | 27 June 2020 | 27 April 2021 | 304 days |
| Yōko Kamikawa |
|
Japan
|
Asia | 16 September 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 1 day |
| Maja Popović |
|
Serbia
|
Europe | 28 October 2020 | Incumbent | 324 days |
| Evelina Dobrovolska | 
|
Lithuania
|
Europe | 7 December 2020 | Incumbent | 284 days |
| Dia Forrester |
|
 Grenada
|
America | 1 January 2021 | Incumbent | 259 days |
| Maris Lauri | 
|
 Estonia
|
Europe | 26 January 2021 | Incumbent | 234 days |
| Marta Cartabia | 
|
Italy
|
Europe | 13 February 2021 | Incumbent | 216 days |
| Albulena Haxhiu |
|
Kosovo
|
Europe | 22 March 2021 | Incumbent | 179 days |
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
Europe | 25 March 2021 | Incumbent | 176 days | |
| Michaelia Cash | 
|
Australia
|
Oceania | 29 March 2021 | Incumbent | 172 days |
| Heather Humphreys | 
|
Ireland
|
Europe | 27 April 2021 | Incumbent | 143 days |
|
Ecuador
|
America | 24 May 2021 | Incumbent | 116 days | |
| Pilar Llop | 
|
Spain
|
Europe | 12 July 2021 | Incumbent | 67 days |
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 | Country | 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 | |
| Arlene Violet
68th Attorney General of Rhode Island |
 Rhode Island
|
North America | 1985 | 1987 | 2 years, 0 days | |
| Corinne Watanabe |  Hawaii
|
North America | 1985 | 1986 | 1 year, 0 days | |
| Mary Sue Terry |  Virginia
|
North America | 11 January 1986 | 28 January 1993 | 7 years, 17 days | |
| Grace Berg Schaible |  Alaska
|
North America | 1987 | 1989 | 2 years, 0 days | |
| Clarine Nardi Riddle |  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 |  Iowa
|
North America | 11 January 1991 | 6 January 1995 | 3 years, 360 days | |
| Susan B. Loving |  Oklahoma
|
North America | 22 June 1991 | 9 January 1995 | 3 years, 202 days | |
| Dancia Penn |  British Virgin Islands
|
North America | 1 October 1992 | 1 November 1999 | 7 years, 31 days | |
| Jan Wade |  Victoria
|
Australia | 6 October 1992 | 19 October 1999 | 7 years, 13 days | |
| Heidi Heitkamp | 
|
 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 |  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 |  New Jersey
|
North America | 1994 | 1996 | 2 years, 0 days | |
| M. Jane Brady |  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 |  Kansas
|
North America | 9 January 1995 | 13 January 2003 | 8 years, 4 days | |
| Margery Bronster | Hawaii
|
North America | 1995 | 1999 | 4 years, 0 days | |
| Joan Sheldon | Western Australia
|
Australia | 19 February 1996 | 26 February 1996 | 7 days | |
| Linda Goupil
14th Minister of Justice in 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 | ? | ? | |
| Jennifer Granholm | 
|
 Michigan
|
North America | 1 January 1999 | 1 January 2003 | 4 years, 0 days |
| Patricia A. Madrid |  New Mexico
|
North America | 1 January 1999 | 1 January 2007 | 8 years, 0 days | |
| Florinda Chan |
|
 Macau
|
Asia | 20 December 1999 | 20 December 2014 | 15 years, 0 days |
| Karen Freeman-Wilson | 
|
Indiana
|
North America | 8 June 2000 | 14 January 2001 | 190 days |
| Gale Norton | 
|
 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 |  Tasmania
|
Australia | 9 August 2002 | 5 April 2006 | 3 years, 239 days | |
| Ramona Villagomez Manglona | 
|
 Northern Mariana Islands
|
Asia | November 2002 | May 2003 | 181 days |
| Peggy Lautenschlager
42nd Attorney General of Wisconsin |
|
 Wisconsin
|
North America | 3 January 2003 | 3 January 2007 | 4 years, 59 days |
| Lisa Madigan | 
|
 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 | Virginia
|
North America | 1 February 2005 | 14 January 2006 | 347 days | |
| Linda Lavarch | Western Australia
|
Australia | 28 July 2005 | 18 October 2006 | 1 year, 82 days | |
| Zulima Farber | 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 | 
|
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 | 14 years, 259 days | |
| Lori Swanson | 
|
 Minnesota
|
North America | 2 January 2007 | 7 January 2019 | 12 years, 4 days |
| Alicia Limtiaco | 
|
 Guam
|
Oceania | 3 January 2007 | 21 June 2010 | 3 years, 169 days |
| Martha Coakley | 
|
 Massachusetts
|
North America | 17 January 2007 | 21 January 2015 | 8 years, 4 days |
| Kathleen Ayensu | British Virgin Islands
|
North America | 24 June 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 3 years, 0 days | |
| The Baroness Scotland of Asthal
Attorney General for England and Wales & Attorney General for Northern Ireland |
|
 England Wales
|
Europe | 28 June 2007 | 12 April 2010 | 2 years, 288 days |
| Anne Milgram | New Jersey
|
North America | 29 June 2007 | 18 January 2010 | 2 years, 203 days | |
| Alison Redford
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Alberta |
|
 Alberta
|
North America | 13 March 2008 | 18 February 2012 | 3 years, 342 days |
| Nancy H. Rogers | Ohio
|
North America | 28 May 2008 | 8 January 2009 | 225 days | |
| Lara Giddings | 
|
Tasmania
|
Australia | 09 | 24 January 2011 | 2 years, 129 days |
| Kathleen Weil | 
|
Quebec
|
Europe | 18 December 2008 | 11 August 2010 | 1 year, 236 days |
| Janet Mills | 
|
 Maine
|
North America | 6 January 2009 | 6 January 2011 | 2 years, 0 days |
| Paula Dow | 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 |  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 | 
|
 Oregon
|
North America | 29 June 2012 | Incumbent | 9 years, 80 days |
| Janet Mills |
|
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 |  Nova Scotia
|
North America | 22 October 2013 | 24 July 2015 | 1 year, 275 days | |
| Vanessa Goodwin | 
|
Tasmania
|
Australia | 31 March 2014 | 2 October 2017 | 3 years, 185 days |
| Stéphanie Vallée |
|
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 | Incumbent | 6 years, 320 days |
| Sonia Chan |
|
Macau
|
Asia | 20 December 2014 | Incumbent | 6 years, 271 days |
| Cynthia Coffman | 
|
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 | Incumbent | 6 years, 247 days |
| Maura Healey |  |
Massachusetts
|
North America | 21 January 2015 | Incumbent | 6 years, 239 days |
| Yvette D'Ath | 
|
Western Australia
|
Australia | 16 February 2015 | 12 November 2020 | 5 years, 270 days |
| Gabrielle Upton | 
|
 New South Wales
|
Australia | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | 1 year, 303 days |
| Kathleen Ganley
Alberta's 27th Minister of Justice and Attorney General |
|
Alberta
|
North America | 24 May 2015 | 30 April 2019 | 3 years, 341 days |
| Diana Whalen | Nova Scotia
|
North America | 24 July 2015 | 30 May 2017 | 1 year, 310 days | |
| Heather Stefanson | Manitoba
|
North America | 3 May 2016 | Incumbent | 5 years, 137 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 | Incumbent | 5 years, 108 days |
| Jahna Lindemuth | 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 | Incumbent | 4 years, 288 days | |
| Kathleen Kenealy
Acting Attorney General of California |
California
|
North America | 3 January 2017 | 24 January 2017 | 21 days | |
|
Acting Attorney General of Oklahoma |
Oklahoma
|
North America | 17 February 2017 | 20 February 2017 | 3 days | |
| Teresa Cheng | 
|
 Hong Kong
|
Asia | 6 January 2018 | Incumbent | 3 years, 254 days |
| Vickie Chapman
50th Attorney-General of South Australia |
|
 South Australia
|
Australia | 19 March 2018 | Incumbent | 3 years, 182 days |
| Elise Archer | Tasmania
|
Australia | 21 March 2018 | Incumbent | 3 years, 180 days | |
| Barbara Underwood | New York
|
North America | 8 May 2018 | 31 December 2018 | 237 days | |
| Rose Toki-Brown
Minister of Justice |
|
 Cook Islands
|
Oceania | 10 July 2018 | Incumbent | 3 years, 69 days |
| Sonia LeBel | 
|
Quebec
|
North America | 18 October 2018 | Incumbent | 2 years, 334 days |
| Andrea Anderson-Mason | New Brunswick
|
North America | 9 November 2018 | 20 September 2020 | 1 year, 306 days | |
| Jill Hennessy | Victoria
|
Australia | 29 November 2018 | 16 December 2020 | 2 years, 17 days | |
| Kathy Jennings | 
|
Delaware
|
North America | 1 January 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 259 days |
| Dana Nessel | 
|
Michigan
|
North America | 1 January 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 259 days |
| Letitia James | 
|
New York
|
North America | 1 January 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 259 days |
| Clare E. Connors | Hawaii
|
North America | 3 January 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 257 days | |
| Ashley Moody
38th Attorney General of Florida |
|
Florida
|
North America | 8 January 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 252 days |
| Bridget Hill
38th Attorney General of Wyoming |
 Wyoming
|
North America | 15 March 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 186 days | |
| Caroline Wawzonek
Minister of Justice in the Northwest Territories |
 Northwest Territories
|
North America | 1 October 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 351 days | |
| Naomi Long
3rd Minister of Justice of Northern Ireland |
|
Northern Ireland
|
Europe | 11 January 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 249 days |
| Lynn Fitch | 
|
 Mississippi
|
North America | 14 January 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 246 days |
| Mitzie Jessop Taase |  American Samoa
|
North America | 19 February 2020 | 21 January 2021 | 337 days | |
| Shannon Fentiman | 
|
Western Australia
|
Australia | 13 November 2020 | Incumbent | 308 days |
| Jaclyn Symes | Victoria
|
Australia | 22 December 2020 | Incumbent | 269 days |
See also[]
- Law
- Judiciary
- Justice ministry
- List of female state attorneys general in the United States
References[]
- ^ Park, Kyung Ae (1994). "Women and Revolution in South and North Korea". In Tétreault, Mary Ann (ed.). Women and Revolution in Africa, Asia, and the New World. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. Table 7.7. ISBN 978-1-57003-016-1.
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