The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania is an executive government department responsible for administering the national legal system and justice sector. It oversees legislative drafting, judicial administration support, penal enforcement, public registers, and consumer rights protection. Originally established on November 11, 1918, following Lithuania's declaration of independence, the institution was dismantled during the Soviet occupation in 1940 and subsequently re-established in 1990 upon the restoration of the state.