Minister of Justice (France)
| Minister of Justice - Keeper of the Seals of the French Republic Ministre de la Justice |
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| Ministry of Justice | |
| Member of | Cabinet |
| Reports to |
President of the Republic The Prime Minister |
| Seat | Place Vendôme, Paris 1st, France |
| Nominator | The Prime Minister |
| Appointer | President of the Republic |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Formation | v. 497 v. 750: office of Keeper of the Seals of France 1790 : Ministry of Justice |
| Website | www.justice.gouv.fr |
The Ministry of Justice is controlled by the French Minister of Justice - Keeper of the Seals (Ministre de la Justice - Garde des Sceaux), a top-level cabinet position in the French Government. The current Minister of Justice is Jean-Jacques Urvoas. The ministry is headquartered in Paris.
The roles of the minister are to:
The Minister of Justice also holds the ceremonial office of Keeper of the Seals and, as such, is custodian of the Great Seal of France. This symbolic role is still shown in the order of words of the minister's official designation, "Keeper of Seals, Minister of Justice" (Garde des Sceaux, Ministre de la Justice).
The French Ministry of Justice is subdivided into a number of departments, namely:
In 2010 the prisons in the French Prison Service has one of the highest rates of prisoner suicide in Europe.
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