List of female justice ministers

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 412 female justice ministers since 1952, 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	South America	29 July 1952	3 November 1952	97 days
Ho Jong-suk		North Korea	Asia	1957	1957	2 months
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
Svetla Daskalova		Bulgaria	Europe	12 March 1966	8 February 1990	23 years, 333 days
Yolanda Myers de Vásquez		El Salvador	North 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
Nathalie Lind		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	South 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
Nathalie Lind		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
Dina Castro de Callejas		El Salvador	North 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
Pura Luz Núñez Pérez		Dominican Republic	North America	1986	1987	1 year, 0 days
Anna-Greta Leijon		Sweden	Europe	19 October 1987	7 June 1988	232 days
Semiramis Olivo de Pichardo		Dominican Republic	North America	1988	1990	2 years, 0 days
Laila Freivalds		Sweden	Europe	4 October 1988	4 October 1991	3 years, 0 days
Rhina de Rey Prendes		El Salvador	North America	1989	1990	1 year, 0 days
Mónica de Greiff		Colombia	South 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
Maruja Chacón Pacheco		Costa Rica	North America	8 May 1989	8 May 1990	1 year, 0 days
Kim Campbell		Canada	North 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	North 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
Gun Hellsvik		Sweden	Europe	4 October 1991	7 October 1994	3 years, 3 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	North America	1993	1994	1 year, 0 days
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn		Ireland	Europe	4 January 1993	15 December 1994	1 year, 345 days
Pia Gjellerup		Denmark	Europe	25 January 1993	29 March 1993	63 days
Janet Reno		United States	North 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	North America	1995	1997	2 years, 0 days
Maureen Clarke		Costa Rica	America	19 June 1995	3 July 1996	1 year, 14 days
Ritsuko Nagao		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
Hilda Lini		Vanuatu	Oceania	October 1996	November 1996
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	South 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	North America	11 June 1997	14 January 2002	4 years, 217 days
Suzzana Stannik		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
Mónica Nágel Berger		Costa Rica	North 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
Ingrīda Labucka		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
Januaria Moreira		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	South 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
Ingrīda Labucka		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	North America	2001	2003	2 years, 0 days
Cristina Fontes Lima		Cape Verde	Africa	2001	2006	5 years, 0 days
Vera Sofia Rubi		Honduras	North 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
Patricia Vega		Costa Rica	North 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	North 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	North 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
Isabelle Donald		Vanuatu	Oceania	2006	2007
Claire Hepburn		Bahamas	North 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
Miglena Tacheva		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	North 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
Marisa Helena Morias		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
Viviana Martín Salazar		Costa Rica	North 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
María Encarnación de Contreras		Guatemala	North America	15 May 2010	25 May 2010	10 days
				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	North America	9 December 2010	17 May 2014	3 years, 159 days
Grete Faremo		Norway	Europe	1 January 2011	31 March 2011	89 days
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa		Samoa	Oceania	18 March 2011	19 March 2016	5 years, 1 day
Marisela Morales		Mexico	North 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	South 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
Ana Pineda		Honduras	North America	2012	27 January 2014	2 years, 26 days
Edite Tenjua		São Tomé and Príncipe	Africa	2012	2014	2 years, 0 days
Ana Isabel Garita Vílchez		Costa Rica	North America	27 June 2013	8 May 2014	315 days
Lucia Freitas Lobato		East Timor	Asia	8 May 2007	8 August 2012	5 years, 92 days
Allyson Maynard Gibson		Bahamas	North 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	South America	12 July 2012	13 September 2013	1 year, 63 days
Mona Pivniceru		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	South 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
Amie Joof		Gambia	Africa	25 May 2013	27 August 2013	94 days
Zinaida Zlatanova		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	South 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
Ledy Zúñiga Rocha		Ecuador	South 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
Cristina Ramírez Chavarría		Costa Rica	North 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	North 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
Virginia Velasco Condori		Bolivia	South America	22 January 2015	23 January 2017	2 years, 1 day
Loretta Lynch		United States	North 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
Cecilia Sánchez Romero		Costa Rica	North 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	North America	4 November 2015	12 February 2019	3 years, 100 days
Raluca Prună		Romania	Europe	17 November 2015	4 January 2017	1 year, 48 days
Francisca Van Dunem		Portugal	Europe	26 November 2015	30 March 2022	6 years, 124 days
Marlene Malahoo Forte		Jamaica	North America	7 March 2016	10 January 2022	5 years, 309 days
Lucia Žitňanská		Slovakia	Europe	23 March 2016	22 March 2018	1 year, 364 days
Janine Lélis		Cape Verde	Africa	22 May 2016	Incumbent	8 years, 220 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	North America	20 January 2017	30 January 2017	10 days
Gloria Akuffo		Ghana	Africa	21 January 2017	6 January 2021	3 years, 351 days
Maria Pavlova		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
Rosana Alvarado		Ecuador	South 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	18 September 2021	4 years, 7 days
Karla Cuevas		Honduras	North America	16 January 2018	22 January 2021	3 years, 6 days
Sylvi Listhaug		Norway	Europe	17 January 2018	20 March 2018	62 days
Katarina Barley		Germany	Europe	14 March 2018	27 June 2019	1 year, 105 days
Marcia González Aguiluz		Costa Rica	North America	8 May 2018	7 February 2020	1 year, 275 days
María Consuelo Porras		Guatemala	North America	17 May 2018	Incumbent	6 years, 225 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
Taťána Malá		Czech Republic	Europe	28 June 2018	10 July 2018	12 days
Gloria María Borrero		Colombia	South America	7 August 2018	16 May 2019	282 days
Andreja Katič		Slovenia	Europe	13 September 2018	13 March 2020	1 year, 182 days
				5 March 2024	Incumbent	298 days
Karin Keller-Sutter		Switzerland	Europe	1 January 2019	31 December 2022	3 years, 364 days
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir		Iceland	Europe	14 March 2019	5 September 2019	175 days
Anna-Maja Henriksson		Finland	Europe	6 June 2019	20 June 2023	4 years, 14 days
Margarita Cabello Blanco		Colombia	South America	11 June 2019	17 August 2020	1 year, 72 days
Christine Lambrecht		Germany	Europe	27 June 2019	8 December 2021	2 years, 164 days
Cecilia Chacón Castillo		Ecuador	South America	3 July 2019	24 May 2021	1 year, 325 days
Judit Varga		Hungary	Europe	12 July 2019	31 July 2023	4 years, 19 days
Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir		Iceland	Europe	6 September 2019	28 November 2021	2 years, 83 days
Masako Mori		Japan	Asia	31 October 2019	16 September 2020	321 days
Marcela Losardo		Argentina	South 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	4 years, 356 days
Marie-Claude Najm		Lebanon	Asia	21 January 2020	10 September 2021	1 year, 232 days
Monica Mæland		Norway	Europe	24 January 2020	14 October 2021	1 year, 263 days
Albulena Haxhiu		Kosovo	Europe	3 February 2020	3 June 2020	121 days
Suella Braverman		United Kingdom	Europe	13 February 2020	6 September 2022	2 years, 205 days
Fiorella Salazar Rojas		Costa Rica	North America	14 February 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 318 days
Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe		Nepal	Asia	17 February 2020	25 December 2020	312 days
Lilijana Kozlovič		Slovenia	Europe	13 March 2020	27 May 2021	1 year, 75 days
Mária Kolíková		Slovakia	Europe	21 March 2020	13 September 2022	2 years, 176 days
Helen McEntee		Ireland	Europe	27 June 2020	27 April 2021	304 days
				1 November 2021	25 November 2022	1 year, 24 days
				1 June 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 210 days
Jeanine Nibizi		Burundi	Africa	28 June 2020		4 years, 184 days
Yōko Kamikawa		Japan	Asia	16 September 2020	4 October 2021	1 year, 18 days
Maja Popović		Serbia	Europe	28 October 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 61 days
Ewelina Dobrowolska		Lithuania	Europe	7 December 2020	12 December 2024	4 years, 5 days
Dia Forrester		Grenada	North America	1 January 2021	1 July 2022	1 year, 181 days
Maris Lauri		Estonia	Europe	26 January 2021	18 July 2022	1 year, 173 days
Marta Cartabia		Italy	Europe	13 February 2021	22 October 2022	1 year, 251 days
Albulena Haxhiu		Kosovo	Europe	22 March 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 281 days
Graziella Marok-Wachter		Liechtenstein	Europe	25 March 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 278 days
Michaelia Cash		Australia	Oceania	30 March 2021	23 May 2022	1 year, 54 days
Heather Humphreys		Ireland	Europe	27 April 2021	1 November 2021	188 days
Bernarda Ordóñez Moscoso		Ecuador	South America	24 May 2021	5 May 2022	346 days
Pilar Llop		Spain	Europe	12 July 2021	21 November 2023	2 years, 132 days
Leïla Jaffel		Tunisia	Africa	11 October 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 78 days
Emilie Mehl		Norway	Europe	14 October 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 75 days
Dilan Yeşilgöz		Netherlands	Europe	10 January 2022	1 July 2024	2 years, 173 days
Marcela Ríos		Chile	South America	11 March 2022	7 January 2023	302 days
Catarina Sarmento e Castro		Portugal	Europe	30 March 2022	2 April 2024	−2 years, 3 days
Paola Flores Jaramillo		Ecuador	South America	5 May 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 237 days
Dominika Švarc Pipan		Slovenia	Europe	1 June 2022	16 February 2024	1 year, 260 days
Kiri Allan		New Zealand	Oceania	14 June 2022	24 July 2023	1 year, 40 days
Claudette Joseph		Grenada	North America	1 July 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 180 days
Lea Danilson-Järg		Estonia	Europe	18 July 2022	17 April 2023	273 days
Heather Humphreys		Ireland	Europe	26 November 2022	17 December 2022	21 days
Inese Lībiņa-Egnere		Latvia	Europe	14 December 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 14 days
Élisabeth Baume-Schneider		Switzerland	Europe	1 January 2023	31 December 2023	364 days
He Rong		China	Asia	24 February 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 308 days
Ester Molné Soldevila		Andorra	Europe	17 May 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 225 days
Alina Gorghiu		Romania	Europe	15 June 2023	2024-12-23|23 December 2024	1 year, 181 days
Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir		Iceland	Europe	19 June 2023	21 December 2024	1 year, 185 days
Leena Meri		Finland	Europe	20 June 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 191 days
Ginny Andersen		New Zealand	Oceania	24 July 2023	27 November 2023	126 days
Rita Júdice		Portugal	Europe	2 April 2024	Incumbent	270 days
Mariya Pavlova		Bulgaria	Europe	9 April 2024	Incumbent	263 days
Shabana Mahmood		United Kingdom	Europe	5 July 2024	Incumbent	176 days
Liisa Pakosta		Estonia	Europe	23 July 2024	Incumbent	158 days
Harini Amarasuriya		Sri Lanka	Asia	24 September 2024	18 November 2024	55 days
Þorbjörg Sigríður Gunnlaugsdóttir		Iceland	Europe	21 December 2024	Incumbent	7 days
Pam Bondi		United States	North America	January 2025	Nominee

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	Jurisdiction	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
Paula F. Beaubrun 11th Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands		British Virgin Islands	North America	17 July 1972	25 July 1977	3 years, 8 days
Velma I. Hamilton-Gayle Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands		British Virgin Islands	North America	28 November 1978	10 October 1979	316 days
Sandra M. H. DeSilva Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands		British Virgin Islands	North America	1979	1982	3 years, 0 days
Arlene Violet 68th Attorney General of Rhode Island		Rhode Island	North America	1985	1987	2 years, 0 days
Corinne Watanabe 7th Attorney General of Hawaii		Hawaii	North America	1985	1986	1 year, 0 days
Mary Sue Terry 36th Attorney General of Virginia		Virginia	North America	11 January 1986	28 January 1993	7 years, 17 days
Grace Berg Schaible 20th Attorney General of Alaska		Alaska	North America	1987	1989	2 years, 0 days
Clarine Nardi Riddle 22nd Attorney General of Connecticut		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 32nd Attorney General of Iowa		Iowa	North America	11 January 1991	6 January 1995	3 years, 360 days
Susan B. Loving 15th Attorney General of Oklahoma		Oklahoma	North America	22 June 1991	9 January 1995	3 years, 202 days
Dancia Penn Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands		British Virgin Islands	North America	1 October 1992	1 November 1999	7 years, 31 days
Jan Wade 50th Attorney-General of Victoria		Victoria	Australia	6 October 1992	19 October 1999	7 years, 13 days
Heidi Heitkamp 28th Attorney General of North Dakota		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 34th Attorney-General of Western Australia		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 50th Attorney General of New Jersey		New Jersey	North America	1994	1996	2 years, 0 days
M. Jane Brady 42nd Attorney General of Delaware		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 40th Kansas Attorney General		Kansas	North America	9 January 1995	13 January 2003	8 years, 4 days
Margery Bronster 10th Attorney General of Hawaii		Hawaii	North America	1995	1999	4 years, 0 days
Joan Sheldon Attorney-General of Queensland		Queensland	Australia	19 February 1996	26 February 1996	7 days
Linda Goupil 14th Minister of Justice of 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 51st Attorney General of Michigan		Michigan	North America	1 January 1999	1 January 2003	4 years, 0 days
Patricia A. Madrid 29th Attorney General of New Mexico		New Mexico	North America	1 January 1999	1 January 2007	8 years, 0 days
Florinda Chan Secretary for Administration and Justice of Macau		Macau	Asia	20 December 1999	20 December 2014	15 years, 0 days
Karen Freeman-Wilson Attorney General of Indiana		Indiana	North America	8 June 2000	14 January 2001	190 days
Gale Norton 35th Attorney General of Colorado		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 Attorney-General of Tasmania		Tasmania	Australia	9 August 2002	5 April 2006	3 years, 239 days
Ramona Villagomez Manglona Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands		Northern Mariana Islands	Asia	November 2002	May 2003	181 days
Peg Lautenschlager 42nd Attorney General of Wisconsin		Wisconsin	North America	3 January 2003	3 January 2007	4 years, 0 days
Lisa Madigan 41st Attorney General of Illinois		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 43rd Attorney General of Virginia		Virginia	North America	1 February 2005	14 January 2006	347 days
Linda Lavarch Attorney-General of Queensland		Queensland	Australia	28 July 2005	18 October 2006	1 year, 82 days
Zulima Farber 55th Attorney General of New Jersey		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 32nd Attorney General of Nevada		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	17 years, 362 days
Lori Swanson 29th Attorney General of Minnesota		Minnesota	North America	2 January 2007	7 January 2019	12 years, 4 days
Alicia Limtiaco 10th Attorney General of Guam		Guam	Oceania	3 January 2007	21 June 2010	3 years, 169 days
Martha Coakley 58th Attorney General of Massachusetts		Massachusetts	North America	17 January 2007	21 January 2015	8 years, 4 days
Kathleen Ayensu 23rd Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands		British Virgin Islands	North America	24 June 2007	24 June 2010	3 years, 0 days
Patricia Scotland Attorney General for England and Wales & Attorney General for Northern Ireland		England Wales Northern Ireland	Europe	28 June 2007	12 April 2010	2 years, 288 days
Anne Milgram 57th Attorney General of New Jersey		New Jersey	North America	29 June 2007	18 January 2010	2 years, 203 days
Alison Redford Attorney General of Alberta		Alberta	North America	13 March 2008	18 February 2012	3 years, 342 days
Nancy H. Rogers Attorney General of Ohio		Ohio	North America	28 May 2008	8 January 2009	225 days
Lara Giddings Attorney-General of Tasmania		Tasmania	Australia	17 September 2008	24 January 2011	2 years, 129 days
Kathleen Weil Minister of Justice of Quebec		Quebec	Europe	18 December 2008	11 August 2010	1 year, 236 days
Janet Mills 55th Attorney General of Maine		Maine	North America	6 January 2009	6 January 2011	2 years, 0 days
Paula Dow 58th New Jersey Attorney General		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 Minister of Justice and Attorney General of New Brunswick		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 17th Oregon Attorney General		Oregon	North America	29 June 2012	Incumbent	12 years, 182 days
Janet Mills 57th Attorney General of Maine		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 Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Nova Scotia		Nova Scotia	North America	22 October 2013	24 July 2015	1 year, 275 days
Vanessa Goodwin Attorney-General of Tasmania		Tasmania	Australia	31 March 2014	2 October 2017	3 years, 185 days
Stéphanie Vallée Minister of Justice of Quebec		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	30 November 2019	5 years, 29 days
Sonia Chan Secretariat for Administration and Justice		Macau	Asia	20 December 2014	19 December 2019	4 years, 364 days
Cynthia Coffman 38th Attorney General of Colorado		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	10 January 2023	7 years, 362 days
Maura Healey 59th Massachusetts Attorney General		Massachusetts	North America	21 January 2015	5 January 2023	7 years, 349 days
Yvette D'Ath Attorney-General of Queensland		Queensland	Australia	16 February 2015	12 November 2020	5 years, 270 days
				18 May 2023	27 October 2024	1 year, 162 days
Gabrielle Upton 55th Attorney General of New South Wales		New South Wales	Australia	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days
Kathleen Ganley 27th Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Alberta		Alberta	North America	24 May 2015	30 April 2019	3 years, 341 days
Gabriela Bravo Minister of Justice, Interior and Public Administration		Valencia	Europe	30 June 2015	19 July 2023	8 years, 19 days
Diana Whalen Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Nova Scotia		Nova Scotia	North America	24 July 2015	30 May 2017	1 year, 310 days
Heather Stefanson Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Manitoba		Manitoba	North America	3 May 2016	1 August 2018	2 years, 90 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	22 June 2021	5 years, 21 days
Jahna Lindemuth 31st Attorney General of Alaska		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	14 January 2023	6 years, 42 days
Kathleen Kenealy Acting Attorney General of California		California	North America	3 January 2017	24 January 2017	21 days
Cara Rodriguez Acting Attorney General of Oklahoma		Oklahoma	North America	17 February 2017	20 February 2017	3 days
Teresa Cheng 4th Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong		Hong Kong	Asia	6 January 2018	30 June 2022	4 years, 175 days
Vickie Chapman 50th Attorney-General of South Australia		South Australia	Australia	19 March 2018	22 November 2021	3 years, 248 days
Elise Archer Attorney-General of Tasmania		Tasmania	Australia	21 March 2018	28 September 2023	5 years, 191 days
Barbara Underwood 66th Attorney General of New York		New York	North America	8 May 2018	31 December 2018	237 days
Rose Toki-Brown Minister of Justice		Cook Islands	Oceania	10 July 2018	2 June 2021	2 years, 327 days
Sonia LeBel Minister of Justice of Quebec		Quebec	North America	18 October 2018	22 June 2020	1 year, 248 days
Andrea Anderson-Mason Minister of Justice and Attorney General of New Brunswick		New Brunswick	North America	9 November 2018	20 September 2020	1 year, 306 days
Jill Hennessy 54th Attorney-General of Victoria		Victoria	Australia	29 November 2018	16 December 2020	2 years, 17 days
Kathy Jennings 46th Attorney General of Delaware		Delaware	North America	1 January 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 362 days
Dana Nessel 54th Attorney General of Michigan		Michigan	North America	1 January 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 362 days
Letitia James 67th Attorney General of New York		New York	North America	1 January 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 362 days
Clare E. Connors 16th Attorney General of Hawaii		Hawaii	North America	3 January 2019	10 December 2021	2 years, 341 days
Ashley Moody 38th Attorney General of Florida		Florida	North America	8 January 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 355 days
Bridget Hill 38th Attorney General of Wyoming		Wyoming	North America	15 March 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 288 days
Caroline Wawzonek Minister of Justice in the Northwest Territories		Northwest Territories	North America	1 October 2019	8 November 2021	2 years, 38 days
Naomi Long 3rd Minister of Justice of Northern Ireland		Northern Ireland	Europe	11 January 2020	7 October 2022	2 years, 269 days
Lynn Fitch 40th Attorney General of Mississippi		Mississippi	North America	14 January 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 349 days
Mitzie Jessop Taase Acting Attorney General of American Samoa		American Samoa	North America	19 February 2020	21 January 2021	337 days
Dawn Smith 27th Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands		British Virgin Islands	North America	1 October 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 88 days
Shannon Fentiman Attorney-General of Queensland		Queensland	Australia	13 November 2020	17 May 2023	2 years, 185 days
Jaclyn Symes 55th Attorney-General of Victoria		Victoria	Australia	22 December 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 6 days
Ruth Charteris Solicitor General for Scotland		Scotland	Europe	22 June 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 189 days
Holly Shikada 17th Attorney General of Hawaii		Hawaii	North America	10 December 2021	5 December 2022	360 days
Susanne Young 27th Attorney General of Vermont		Vermont	North America	5 July 2022	5 January 2023	184 days
Kris Mayes 27th Attorney General of Arizona		Arizona	North America	2 January 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 361 days
Brenna Bird 34th Attorney General of Iowa		Iowa	North America	3 January 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 360 days
Charity Clark 28th Attorney General of Vermont		Vermont	North America	5 January 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 358 days
Andrea Campbell 45th Attorney General of Massachusetts		Massachusetts	North America	18 January 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 345 days
Angela Constance Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs		Scotland	Europe	29 March 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 274 days
Elisa Núñez Sánchez Minister of Justice, Interior and Public Administration		Valencia	Europe	19 July 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 162 days
Liz Murrill 46th Attorney General of Louisiana		Louisiana	North America	8 January 2024	Incumbent	355 days

See also

• Law
• Judiciary
• Ministry of justice
• List of female state attorneys general in the United States