The Ministry of Justice and Public Order of the Republic of Cyprus (, ) is one of the 11 ministries of the Republic of Cyprus,Cyprus Government Web Portal and is responsible for the close review and consideration of the need to reform existing legislation in fields such as criminal law, the administration of justice, family law, equality, human rights, and the treatment of offenders.Cyprus Government Web PortalMinistry of Justice and Public Order Official Website Agencies such as the Cyprus Police and the Cyprus Prisons Department fall under the Ministry of Justice and Public Order.
The ministry was formed immediately after Cyprus gained independence (from the 1959 interim period to 1982) and was hosted in government buildings in Demosthenes Severis Avenue, known as Chief Colonial Secretary Office. In 1982, the ministry moved to Grivas Digenis Avenue in a building opposite the Kykkos monastery dependency at Engomi, where it remained up to 1993. After it was renamed to the Ministry of Justice and Public Order in 1993, it moved to Heliopouleos Street in the building known as the Ellinas Clinic, where it remained up to the year 2000. Since then, it has moved to 125 Athalassas Avenue in Strovolos.Ministry of Justice and Public Order Official Website
The current Minister is Costas Fitiris, appointed in December 2025.
List of ministers
Minister Began Ended Glafkos Clerides 1960 1960 Spyros Kyprianou 1960 1960 Stella Soulioti 1960 1970 Georgios Ioannidis 1970 1972 Christos Vakis 1972 1974 Lefkos Clerides 1974 1975 Georgios Ioannidis 1975 1978 Petros Michailidis 1978 1980 Andreas Dimitriadis 1980 1982 Phobos Clerides 1982 1985 Dimitris Liberas 1985 1988 Christodoulos Chrysanthou 1988 1990 Nikos Papaioannou 1990 1993 Alekos Evangelou 1993 1996 Georgios Stavrinakis 1996 1996 Alekos Evangelou 1996 1997 Nikos Kosis 1997 2002 Alekos Siabos 2002 2003 Doros Theodorou 2003 2006 Sofoklis Sofokleous 2006 2008 Kypros Chrysostomides 2008 2008 Antonis Paschalides 2008 2008 Luke Lucas 2008 2013 Ionas Nikolaou 2013 2019 George L. Savvides 2019 29 June 2020 Emily Yiolitis 29 June 2020 17 June 2021 Stefi Drakou 22 June 2021 1 March 2023 Anna Koukidi-Prokopiou 1 March 2023 10 January 2024 Marios Hartsiotis 10 January 2024 December 2025 Costas Fitiris December 2025
See also
Cyprus Police Cyprus Prisons Department Justice ministry Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης και Δημοσίας Τάξεως της Κύπρου (Ministry of Justice and Public Order of Cyprus) Politics of Cyprus
References
External links http://www.mjpo.gov.cy/mjpo/mjpo.nsf/dmlindex_gr/dmlindex_gr?OpenDocument