Ministry of Justice (Kazakhstan)

Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Қазақстан Республикасы Әділет министрлігі (Kazakh) Министерство юстиции Республики Казахстан (Russian)
Seal of the ministry
Agency overview
Formed	1920
Jurisdiction	Government of Kazakhstan
Headquarters	Astana, Kazakhstan
Minister responsible	Azamat Eskaraev[1]
Parent department	Ministry of Justice of the Kazakh SSR
Child agency	Supreme Court of Kazakhstan
Website	gov.kz/memleket/entities/adilet

The Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan (MJ RK, Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы Әділет министрлігі, [qɑzɑqˈstʰɑn rʲɪˈspublʲɪkɑsɯnɯŋ ædɘlʲet minɪstʰərlɘɡɘ], ҚР ӘМ; Russian: Министерство юстиции Республики Казахстан, МЮ РК) is government ministry tasked with the duty of overseeing the country's legal agencies.^[2]

Organization

The ministry consists of the following departments:

• Nur-Sultan
  City Justice Department
• Almaty City Justice Department
• Akmola
  Regional Justice Department
• Aktobe Regional Justice Department
• Almaty Regional Justice Department
• Atyrau Regional Justice Department
• West Kazakhstan Regional Justice Department
• Jambyl Region Regional Justice Department
• Karaganda Regional Justice Department
• Karaganda City Justice Department
• Kostanay Regional Justice Department
• Kyzylorda
  Regional Justice Department
• Mangystau Regional Justice Department
• South Kazakhstan
  Regional Justice Department
• Mangystau Regional Justice Department
• Pavlodar Regional Justice Department
• North Kazakhstan
  Regional Justice Department
• East Kazakhstan Regional Justice Department

National governmental bodies:

• Strategic Planning Department
• Department of legislation
• Department of registration of legal acts
• Department of State Property Rights Protection
• Department of International Law and Cooperation
• Department of Expertise of International Economic Integration Projects
• Department of registration service and organization of legal services
• Department of Intellectual Property Rights
• Department for the execution of judicial acts
• Department of Economics and Finance
• Department of Public Service Monitoring and Internal Administration
• Human Resources Department
• Internal Audit Office
• Management of the organization of work to protect state secrets
• Information Management
• Information Security Management

Subordinate organizations of the ministry:

• Center for legal expertise
• Legislation Institute of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Center for Legal Information
• National Institute of Intellectual Property

List of ministers

The following is a list of ministers who have held the office since 1943:^[3]

• Myrkazadyr Nurbayev (1943-1952)
• Kylyshbay Sultanov (1952-1960)
• Bekaydar Dzhussupov (1970-1984)
• Dolda Dospolov (1984-1990)
• Galikhan Yerzhanov (1990-1993)
• Nagashbay Shaykenov (1993-1995)
• Konstantin Kolpakov (1995-1997)
• Bayurzhan Mukhamedzhanov (1997-2000)
• Igor Rogov (2000-2002)
• Georgy Kim (2002-2003)
• Onalsyn Zhumabekov (2003-2005)
• Zagipa Baliyeva (2005-2009) (1st female to hold that office)
• Rashid Tusupbekov (2009-2012)
• Berik Imashev (2012-2016)
• Marat Beketaev (2016-2022)
• Kanat Musin (2022-2023)
• Azamat Eskaraev (2023-present)

See also

• Justice ministry
• Politics of Kazakhstan

References