词条 | Puerto Rico Department of Justice |
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| agency_name = Department of Justice of Puerto Rico | logo = department-of-justice-of-puerto-rico-emblem.jpg | logo_width = 238px | formed = {{Start date and years ago|1952|07|25}} | jurisdiction = Executive Branch | headquarters = San Juan, Puerto Rico | chief1_name = Wanda Vázquez Garced | chief1_position = Secretary of Justice | child1_agency = Special Investigations Bureau | keydocument1 = Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico | website = {{URL|http://www.justicia.gobierno.pr/}} }}{{Sidebar executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico}} The Department of Justice of Puerto Rico (DOJ) —{{lang-es|Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico}}— is the executive department of the government of Puerto Rico responsible for the enforcement of Puerto Rican law and the administration of justice. The Department is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The Department is headed by the Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico and {{citation needed span|text=has been in existence in one form or another since Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony.|date=November 2012}} The current agency was created by the Constitution of Puerto Rico in 1952. The Department, headquartered in a multi-story building in the Miramar sector of San Juan, includes a structure of District Attorneys to handle criminal caseload, as well as specialized divisions to handle antitrust cases, general civil cases, public integrity (corruption) and federal litigation, among others. Agencies{{multiple issues|section=yes|{{lacking overview|section|date=December 2012}}}}
Secretary of Justice{{main|Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico|List of Secretaries of Justice of Puerto Rico}}The Department's head, the Attorney General, is appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico, and serves at his pleasure, after receiving the consent of the Senate of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's Solicitor General, which handles appellate work, is also appointed by the Governor and subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. Formers secretaries include: {{col-list|colwidth=30em|
}} References1. ^[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/04/24/117986340.pdf VICTIM OF BALLINGER FEUD; Attorney General Hoyt of Puerto Rico Resigns] in NYT on April 24, 1910 External links
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