The Ministry of Justice (Portuguese: Ministério da Justiça) is the Portuguese government ministry responsible for the administration of the judiciary system.

This last one is not a Government ministry - despite the name - but the independent body of magistrates of the Judiciary charged with the public prosecution and the legal representation of the State before the courts.

Unlike usual in other countries, the Portuguese Minister of Justice does not have any kind of hierarchic authority over the public prosecutors.

The following agencies are part of the Ministry of Justice: António Bernardo da Costa Cabral António Vicente de Queirós, Barão da Ponte de Santa Maria Marcelino Máximo de Azevedo and Melo António Pereira dos Reis (interim) (1792-1860)

composed of: José Maria Mendes Ribeiro Norton de Matos António Maria da Silva José de Freitas Ribeiro Alfredo Ernesto de Sá Cardoso Álvaro Xavier de Castro composed by: Sidónio Bernardino Cardoso da Silva Pais (President) António Maria de Azevedo Machado Santos (Member) José Feliciano da Costa Júnior (Vowel) Military Dictatorship (1926-1928) composed by: José Mendes Cabeças Júnior (President) Armando Humberto da Gama Ochôa Jaime Pereira Rodrigues Baptista Carlos de Jesus Vilhena (acting until June 1) (1883-1965) (1889-1946) (1854-1933) composed by: António Sebastião Ribeiro de Spínola (President) Francisco da Costa Gomes Jaime Silvério Marques Manuel Diogo Neto Carlos Galvão de Melo José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo António Alva Rosa Coutinho