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The Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform is the chief minister in charge of law and order in the Republic of Ireland. The ministerial position was created in 1997 when the portfoilio of the Minister for Justice amalgamated with the portfolio of the Minister for Equality & Law Reform. The Minister's and the Department's main areas of reponsibility include:

Implementing government policy on crime and protecting the security of the State.
Providing policy advice in relation to the criminal justice system (Garda S�och�na etc).
Continuing reform of the criminal law and updating areas of the civil law.
Implementation of core elements of the Good Friday Agreement.
Implementation of the government's asylum strategy and development of the national immigration policy.
Implementation of policy in relation to equal treatment, anti-racism, disability equality and human rights.

List of Ministers for Justice

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1.	Michael Collins	January 22, 1919	April 1, 1919	Sinn F�in
2.	Arthur Griffith	April 2, 1919	August 22, 1921	Sinn F�in
3.	Austin Stack	August 22, 1921	January 9, 1922	Sinn F�in
4.	Eamonn Duggan	January 10, 1922	September 9, 1922	Pro-Treaty Sinn F�in
5.	Kevin O'Higgins	August 30, 1922	July 10, 1927	Cumann na nGaedhael
6.	W.T. Cosgrave	July 10, 1927	October 12, 1927	Cumann na nGaedhael
7.	James FitzGerald-Kenney	October 12, 1927	March 9, 1932	Cumann na nGaedhael
8.	James Geoghegan	March 9, 1932	February 8, 1933	Fianna F�il
9.	P.J. Ruttledge	February 8, 1933	September 8, 1939	Fianna F�il
10.	Gerald Boland (1st time)	September 8, 1939	February 18, 1948	Fianna F�il
11.	Se�n MacEoin	February 18, 1948	March 7, 1951	Fine Gael
12.	Daniel Morrissey	March 7, 1951	June 13, 1951	Fine Gael
.	Gerald Boland (2nd time)	June 13, 1951	June 2, 1954	Fianna F�il
10.	James Everett	June 2, 1954	March 20, 1957	Labour
11.	Oscar Traynor	March 20, 1957	October 11, 1961	Fianna F�il
12.	Charles Haughey	October 11, 1961	October 8, 1964	Fianna F�il
13.	Sean Lemass (acting)	October 8, 1964	November 3, 1964	Fianna F�il
14.	Brian Lenihan	November 3, 1964	March 26, 1968	Fianna F�il
15.	Miche�l � Mor�in	March 27, 1968	May 5, 1970	Fianna F�il
16.	Desmond O'Malley	May , 1970	March 14, 1973	Fianna F�il
17.	Patrick Cooney	March 14, 1973	July 5, 1977	Fine Gael
18.	Gerard Collins (1st time)	July 5, 1977	June 30, 1981	Fianna F�il
19.	Jim Mitchell	June 30, 1981	March 9, 1982	Fine Gael
20.	Se�n Doherty	March 9, 1982	December 14, 1982	Fianna F�il
21.	Michael Noonan	December 14, 1982	February 14, 1986	Fine Gael
22.	Alan Dukes	February 14, 1986	March 10, 1987	Fine Gael
	Gerard Collins (2nd time)	March 10, 1987	July 12, 1989	Fianna F�il
23.	Ray Burke	July 12, 1989	February 11, 1992	Fianna F�il
24.	P�draig Flynn	February 11, 1992	January 4, 1993	Fianna F�il
25.	M�ire Geoghegan-Quinn'	January 4, 1993	December 15, 1994	Fianna F�il
26.	Nora Owen	December 15, 1994	June 26, 1997	Fine Gael
27.	John O'Donoghue	June 26, 1997	July 8, 1997	Fianna F�il

List of Ministers for Justice, Equality & Law Reform

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
	John O'Donoghue	July 8, 1997	June 6, 2002	Fianna F�il
28.	Michael McDowell	June 6, 2002	(still in office)	Progressive Democrats

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