The Minister of Justice is Head of the Finnish Ministry of Justice. The Permanent Secretary assists the Minister in leading and developing the activities of the Ministry, the strategic planning and the management by performance of the administrative sector of the Ministry and the management by results of the Ministry.

The Ministry of Justice has a Law Drafting Department, a Department of Judicial Administration and a Criminal Policy Department.

Separate units not forming part of any department of the Ministry are the Democracy and Language Affairs Unit, the International Unit, the Media and Communications Unit, the Administrative Unit, the Economy Unit, the Information Management Unit, the Internal Audit Unit and the Management Support.

Organigram of Ministry of Justice (PDF-file, 24,6 kB)

Updated on November 4, 2011