Minister of Justice of Finland

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cabinet position government ministerial position

The Minister of Justice of Finland is the cabinet member responsible for overseeing the country’s legal system, including legislation, courts, and the protection of fundamental rights.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
justitieminister	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet position ⓘ government ministerial position ⓘ
appointedBy	President of Finland ⓘ
belongsTo	Finnish government ⓘ surface form: Finnish Cabinet
country	Finland ⓘ
duty	ensuring compatibility of legislation with the Constitution of Finland ⓘ promotion of fundamental and human rights in Finland ⓘ safeguarding rule of law in Finland ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of Finland ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Ministry of Justice civil servants ⓘ
heads	Ministry of Justice of Finland ⓘ
jurisdiction	Finland ⓘ surface form: Republic of Finland
languageOfNativeLabel	Finnish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
legalBasis	Act on the Council of State of Finland ⓘ Constitution of Finland ⓘ
memberOf	Finnish government ⓘ surface form: Finnish Government
nativeLabel	Minister of Justice of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: justitieminister oikeusministeri ⓘ
nominatedBy	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of Finland
officeType	ministerial portfolio ⓘ
oversees	Finnish criminal law policy ⓘ administration of justice in Finland ⓘ bankruptcy and enforcement system in Finland ⓘ civil law policy in Finland ⓘ data protection legislation preparation in Finland ⓘ election administration in Finland ⓘ legal aid system in Finland ⓘ legislative drafting quality in Finland ⓘ penal system policy in Finland ⓘ
participatesIn	cabinet meetings of Finland ⓘ
partOf	Finnish government ⓘ surface form: Council of State of Finland Finnish government ⓘ surface form: Government of Finland justice sector of Finland ⓘ
policyArea	fundamental rights policy ⓘ justice policy ⓘ legislative policy ⓘ
reportsTo	Parliament of Finland ⓘ
responsibleFor	courts in Finland ⓘ legal system of Finland ⓘ legislation in Finland ⓘ oversight of the judiciary in Finland ⓘ protection of fundamental rights in Finland ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
seat	Helsinki ⓘ
worksWith	Chancellor of Justice of Finland ⓘ Parliament of Finland ⓘ Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Finnish government → includesOffice → Minister of Justice of Finland ⓘ

Minister of Justice of Finland → nativeLabel → Minister of Justice of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: justitieminister

Urho Kekkonen → positionHeld → Minister of Justice of Finland ⓘ