Federal Public Service Justice

The FPS Justice, formerly the Ministry of Justice, is a federal public service of Belgium. It was created by royal order on 23 May 2001, as part of the plans of the Verhofstadt I Government to modernise the federal administration. The transformation from a ministry into a federal public service was completed on 15 July 2002.
The FPS Justice is responsible to the Minister of Justice.

Organisation

The FPS Justice is currently organised into three directorates-general:

Several independent organisations resort under the FPS Justice, such as the Gambling Commission. In addition, the FPS Justice is also responsible for the Belgian Official Journal. The Belgian [State Security Service] is responsible to the minister of justice as well.