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Ministerio de Justicia España

The Ministry exists with this denomination since April 1931 when, with the arrival of the Second Republic, it replaces the Ministry of Justice and Worship of the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. The denomination has remained since then, except for two periods: between September 1935 and February 1936, it becomes the Ministry of Labor and Justice and the Ministry of Labor, Justice and Health; and between May 1994 and May 1996, it becomes the Ministry of Justice and Interior.

Prior to the republic, the ministry existed between 1808 and 1931 under the denomination of the Ministry of Grace and Justice, the same denomination that the Office of the Secretary had that existed before this, although its track can be traced to 1705, when the Secretariat of the Universal Office in two and the secretariat that assumes "everything else", mainly covered justice and ecclesiastical affairs. Officially, it was born in 1714 with the Secretary of State and the Office of Ecclesiastical Business, Justice and Jurisdiction.

The head of the Ministry of Justice, which is the Notary Major of the Kingdom, is the channel of communication of the Government with the Administration of Justice, with the General Council of the Judiciary and with the Fiscal Ministry, through the State Attorney General, as well as with the governing bodies of the autonomous communities in matters of their competence.4

Likewise, the minister is responsible for relations with the Spanish Agency for Data Protection and with the General Councils of the Bar Associations and Procurators of the Courts, as well as the presidency of the following collegiate bodies:

The General Coding Commission.
The Council of the autonomous body Center for Legal Studies.
The Governing Board of the Order of San Raimundo de Peñafort.
The Justice Administration Sector Conference.

Functions
The Ministry of Justice is responsible for: the preparation and execution of the Government's policy for the development of the legal system, especially in matters of criminal, civil, commercial and procedural law; guarantee the fundamental right to religious freedom and worship; the processing of the files relating to the rights of grace and noble titles and greatness of Spain whose resolution is nominally attributed to the King and is exercised by the Council of Ministers; the organization and support policy of the Administration of Justice; international legal cooperation, as well as with the autonomous communities in coordination with the other departments competent in the matter; and the legal assistance of the State.

Organic structure
The Ministry of Justice is structured in the higher body and the following governing bodies: 5

The Ministry of Justice, on which the following governing bodies depend:
The General Secretariat of the Administration of Justice, with the rank of Undersecretary.
The General Directorate of Relations with the Administration of Justice.
The General Directorate of Modernization of Justice, Technological Development and Recovery and Asset Management.
The General Directorate of International Legal Cooperation, Relations with Confessions and Human Rights.
The Undersecretariat of Justice, on which the following governing bodies depend:
The General Technical Secretariat.
The General Directorate of Registries and Notaries.
The General Directorate for Historical Memory.
The General Advocacy of the State-Directorate of the State Legal Service, with the rank of Undersecretary ».
As a body of immediate assistance to the minister there is a Cabinet. Depending on the Minister's Cabinet there is a Press Office.

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