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]

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

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)

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