| Namn | Parti | Från | Till |
|---|
| 2:a departementet |
| Matthias Otto Leth Sommerhielm | | 1814 | 1815 |
| Christian Adolph Diriks | | 1815 | 1816 |
| Matthias Otto Leth Sommerhielm | | 1816 | 1817 |
| Christian Adolph Diriks | | 1817 | 1817 |
| Christian Krohg | | 1817 | 1818 |
| Christian Adolph Diriks | | 1818 | 1818 |
| Justiedepartementet (-1945) |
| Christian Adolph Diriks | | 1818 | 1825 |
| Poul Christian Holst | | 1825 | 1826 |
| Jørgen Herman Vogt | | 1826 | 1827 |
| Poul Christian Holst | | 1827 | 1832 |
| Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern | | 1832 | 1833 |
| Poul Christian Holst | | 1833 | 1836 |
| Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern | | 1836 | 1837 |
| Andreas Arntzen | | 1837 | 1837 |
| Poul Christian Holst | | 1837 | 1838 |
| Olaus M. Schmidt | | 1838 | 1838 |
| Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern | | 1838 | 1839 |
| Olaus M. Schmidt | | 1839 | 1842 |
| Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern | | 1842 | 1843 |
| Olaus M. Schmidt | | 1843 | 1845 |
| Hans Christian Petersen | | 1845 | 1846 |
| Valentin Christian Wilhelm Sibbern | | 1846 | 1846 |
| Hans Christian Petersen | | 1846 | 1847 |
| Olaus M. Schmidt | | 1847 | 1848 |
| Søren A.W. Sørenssen | | 1848 | 1850 |
| Hans Christian Petersen | | 1850 | 1851 |
| Søren A.W. Sørenssen | | 1851 | 1853 |
| Hans Christian Petersen | | 1853 | 1853 |
| Jørgen Herman Vogt | | 1853 | 1854 |
| Hans Christian Petersen | | 1854 | 1855 |
| Jørgen Herman Vogt | | 1855 | 1856 |
| August Christian Manthey | | 1856 | 1857 |
| Erik Røring Møinichen | | 1857 | 1858 |
| Hans Christian Petersen | | 1858 | 1859 |
| August Christian Manthey | | 1859 | 1860 |
| Christian Birch-Reichenwald | | 1860 | 1861 |
| Hans G.C. Meldahl | | 1861 | 1863 |
| August Christian Manthey | | 1863 | 1864 |
| Hans G.C. Meldahl | | 1864 | 1866 |
| Erik Røring Møinichen | | 1866 | 1867 |
| Hans G.C. Meldahl | | 1867 | 1869 |
| August Christian Manthey | | 1869 | 1869 |
| John Collett Falsen | | 1869 | 1870 |
| Hans G.C. Meldahl | | 1870 | 1871 |
| John Collett Falsen | | 1871 | 1872 |
| Hans G.C. Meldahl | | 1872 | 1874 |
| Jens Holmboe | | 1874 | 1874 |
| John Collett Falsen | | 1874 | 1877 |
| Christian August Selmer | | 1877 | 1878 |
| John Collett Falsen | | 1878 | 1879 |
| Niels Petersen Vogt | | 1879 | 1879 |
| Ole Andreas Bachke | | 1879 | 1880 |
| Jens Holmboe | | 1880 | 1880 |
| Christian Jensen | | 1880 | 1881 |
| Ole Andreas Bachke | | 1881 | 1882 |
| Christian Homann Schweigaard | | 1882 | 1882 |
| Jens Holmboe | | 1882 | 1883 |
| Christian Jensen | | 1883 | 1884 |
| Ludvig M.B. Aubert | | 1884 | 1884 |
| Aimar A. Sørenssen | | 1884 | 1887 |
| Birger Kildal | | 1887 | 1887 |
| H.G. Jacob Stang | | 1887 | 1888 |
| Walter S. Dahl | | 1888 | 1889 |
| Ferdinand Nicolai Roll | | 1889 | 1890 |
| Ulrik F. Chr. Arneberg | | 1890 | 1891 |
| Ole Anton Qvam | | 1891 | 1893 |
| Francis Hagerup | | 1893 | 1894 |
| Ernst Motzfeldt | | 1894 | 1895 |
| Francis Hagerup | | 1895 | 1898 |
| Einar Løchen | | 1898 | 1898 |
| Ole Anton Qvam | | 1898 | 1899 |
| Einar Løchen | | 1899 | 1900 |
| Ole Anton Qvam | | 1900 | 1902 |
| Søren T. Årstad | | 1902 | 1903 |
| Francis Hagerup | | 1903 | 1905 |
| Christian Michelsen | | 1905 | 1905 |
| Edvard Hagerup Bull | | 1905 | 1905 |
| Harald Bothner | | 1905 | 1907 |
| Johan O. Bredal | | 1907 | 1908 |
| Johan Castberg | | 1908 | 1910 |
| Herman C.J. Scheel | | 1910 | 1912 |
| Fredrik Stang | | 1912 | 1913 |
| Lars K. Abrahamsen | | 1913 | 1916 |
| Andreas T. Urbye | | 1916 | 1917 |
| Otto Blehr | | 1917 | 1920 |
| Otto Bahr Halvorsen | | 1920 | 1921 |
| Olaf Amundsen | | 1921 | 1922 |
| Arnold Holmboe | | 1922 | 1923 |
| Otto Bahr Halvorsen | | 1923 | 1923 |
| Christian L. Rolfsen | | 1923 | 1924 |
| Paal Olav Berg | | 1924 | 1926 |
| Ingolf E. Christensen | | 1926 | 1926 |
| Knud I. Øyen | | 1926 | 1928 |
| Cornelius Holmboe | | 1928 | 1928 |
| H.M. Evjenth | | 1928 | 1930 |
| Arne T. Sunde | | 1930 | 1931 |
| Asbjørn Lindboe | | 1931 | 1933 |
| Arne T. Sunde | | 1933 | 1935 |
| Trygve Lie | Ap | 1935 | 1939 |
| Terje Wold | Ap | 1939 | 1945[1] |
| Vidkun Quislings första regering |
| Jonas Lie | NS | 1940 | 1940 |
| Administrasjonsrådet |
| Josef Terbovens så kallade kommissariska statsråd |
| Sverre Riisnæs | NS | 1940 | 1942 |
| Vidkun Quislings andra regering |
| Sverre Riisnæs | NS | 1942 | 1945 |
| Justitiedepartementet (1945-) |
| Johan Cappelen | V | 1945 | 1945 |
| Oscar Chr. Gundersen | Ap | 1945 | 1952 |
| Kai Birger Knudsen | Ap | 1952 | 1954 |
| Gustav Adolf Sjaastad | Ap | 1954 | 1955 |
| Jens Chr. Hauge | Ap | 1955 | 1955 |
| Jens Haugland | Ap | 1955 | 1963 |
| Petter Mørch Koren | KrF | 1963 | 1963 |
| Oscar Chr. Gundersen | Ap | 1963 | 1965 |
| Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer | H | 1965 | 1970 |
| Egil Endresen | H | 1970 | 1971 |
| Oddvar Berrefjord | Ap | 1971 | 1972 |
| Petter Mørch Koren | KrF | 1972 | 1973 |
| Inger Louise Valle | Ap | 1973 | 1979 |
| Andreas Zeier Cappelen | Ap | 1979 | 1980 |
| Oddvar Berrefjord | Ap | 1980 | 1981 |
| Bjørn Skau | Ap | 1981 | 1981 |
| Mona Røkke | H | 1981 | 1985 |
| Wenche Frogn Sellæg | H | 1985 | 1986 |
| Helen Marie Bøsterud | Ap | 1986 | 1989 |
| Else Bugge Fougner | H | 1989 | 1990 |
| Kari Gjesteby | Ap | 1990 | 1992 |
| Grete Faremo | Ap | 1992 | 1996 |
| Anne Holt | Ap | 1996 | 1997 |
| Gerd-Liv Valla | Ap | 1997 | 1997 |
| Aud Inger Aure | KrF | 1997 | 1999 |
| Odd Einar Dørum | V | 1999 | 2000 |
| Hanne Harlem | Ap | 2000 | 2001 |
| Odd Einar Dørum | V | 2001 | 2005 |
| Knut Storberget | Ap | 2005 | 2011 |
| Grete Faremo | Ap | 2011 | 2013 |
| Anders Anundsen | Frp | 2013 | 2016 |
| Per-Willy Amundsen | Frp | 2016 | 2018 |
| Sylvi Listhaug | Frp | 2018 | 2018 |
| Tor Mikkel Wara | Frp | 2018 | 2019 |
| Jøran Kallmyr | Frp | 2019 | 2020 |
| Monica Mæland | H | 2020 | 2021 |
| Emilie Enger Mehl | Sp | 2021 | |
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