Federal Minister of Justice

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cabinet position federal ministerial office

The Federal Minister of Justice is the German cabinet member responsible for overseeing the country’s justice system, legal affairs, and federal legislation in the field of law.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Federal Minister of Justice of Germany	7
Federal Minister of Justice canonical	3
Bundesminister der Justiz	1
Bundesministerin der Justiz	1
Federal Minister of Justice of Austria	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6428759 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federal Minister of Justice
Context triple: [Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany, headedBy, Federal Minister of Justice]

A. Cabinet Secretary for Justice
The Cabinet Secretary for Justice is the senior Scottish Government minister responsible for overseeing the justice system, including policing, courts, prisons, and criminal law policy in Scotland.
B. Minister of Justice and Public Security
The Minister of Justice and Public Security is the Brazilian federal government official responsible for overseeing the country’s justice system, law enforcement, and public security policies.
C. Minister of Justice and Public Security
The Minister of Justice and Public Security is the Norwegian government official responsible for overseeing the justice system, law enforcement, and national security policy.
D. Minister for Justice and Home Affairs
The Minister for Justice and Home Affairs is the Isle of Man Government cabinet member responsible for overseeing the island’s justice system, law enforcement, and internal security.
E. Secretary of State for Justice
The Secretary of State for Justice is a senior UK government minister responsible for overseeing the justice system, including courts, prisons, and legal policy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federal Minister of Justice
Target entity description: The Federal Minister of Justice is the German cabinet member responsible for overseeing the country’s justice system, legal affairs, and federal legislation in the field of law.

A. Cabinet Secretary for Justice
The Cabinet Secretary for Justice is the senior Scottish Government minister responsible for overseeing the justice system, including policing, courts, prisons, and criminal law policy in Scotland.
B. Minister of Justice and Public Security
The Minister of Justice and Public Security is the Brazilian federal government official responsible for overseeing the country’s justice system, law enforcement, and public security policies.
C. Minister of Justice and Public Security
The Minister of Justice and Public Security is the Norwegian government official responsible for overseeing the justice system, law enforcement, and national security policy.
D. Minister for Justice and Home Affairs
The Minister for Justice and Home Affairs is the Isle of Man Government cabinet member responsible for overseeing the island’s justice system, law enforcement, and internal security.
E. Secretary of State for Justice
The Secretary of State for Justice is a senior UK government minister responsible for overseeing the justice system, including courts, prisons, and legal policy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet position ⓘ federal ministerial office ⓘ
appointedBy	Federal President of Germany ⓘ linked to: President of Germany
belongsTo	executive branch of Germany ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Federal Minister of Finance (Germany) ⓘ linked to: Federal Minister of Finance of Germany Federal Minister of the Interior (Germany) ⓘ linked to: Federal Minister of the Interior and Community state ministers of justice (Länder) ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
formationYear	1949 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	policy direction of the Federal Ministry of Justice ⓘ
heads	Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany) ⓘ linked to: Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
jurisdiction	federal level of Germany ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
legalBasis	Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ federal ministerial laws and regulations ⓘ
locatedInGovernmentBody	Bundesministerium der Justiz ⓘ linked to: Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany
memberOf	German Federal Cabinet ⓘ
nativeLabel	Bundesminister der Justiz ⓘ linked to: Federal Minister of Justice Bundesministerin der Justiz ⓘ linked to: Federal Minister of Justice
nominatedBy	Federal Chancellor of Germany ⓘ linked to: Chancellor of Germany
oversees	drafting of federal laws in the field of civil law ⓘ drafting of federal laws in the field of commercial law ⓘ drafting of federal laws in the field of criminal law ⓘ federal courts’ legal framework ⓘ
participatesIn	legislative process of the Bundesrat ⓘ legislative process of the Bundestag ⓘ
partOf	Federal Government of Germany ⓘ
portfolioIncludes	civil law ⓘ commercial law ⓘ company law ⓘ copyright law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ data protection law (where legally assigned) ⓘ legal aid and access to justice ⓘ legal profession regulation at federal level ⓘ
reportsTo	Federal Chancellor of Germany ⓘ linked to: Chancellor of Germany
responsibleFor	federal legal affairs in Germany ⓘ federal legislation in the field of law ⓘ harmonisation of German law with European Union law in the justice field ⓘ justice system in Germany ⓘ preparation of government positions on legal issues before the Federal Constitutional Court ⓘ supervision of the Federal Court of Justice’s administrative matters ⓘ supervision of the Federal Prosecutor General’s administrative matters ⓘ
scope	federal justice policy in Germany ⓘ
seat	Berlin ⓘ Bonn ⓘ
style	Federal Minister ⓘ linked to: Bundesminister
typeOf	minister of justice ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany → headedBy → Federal Minister of Justice ⓘ

Federal Administrative Court of Germany → appointmentProposedBy → Federal Minister of Justice ⓘ

Federal ministers of Austria → hasPositionInCabinet → Federal Minister of Justice of Austria ⓘ