Petras Leonas (1864–1938) was a Lithuanian attorney and politician, the first Minister of Justice of the newly independent Lithuania in 1918.
Leonas in Lithuania Album published in 1921
Fourth cabinet of ministers (Prime Minister Mykolas Sleževičius). Leonas sits third from left.
Ministry of Justice (Lithuania)
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania was established in 1918. Its departments include European Law, prisons, state-guaranteed legal aid services in several major Lithuania cities, a patent bureau, consumer rights protection, the Law Institute, the Metrology Inspectorate, state enterprise and legal information centers, and forensic science.
Image: Ministry of Justicia
Image: LR TM by Augustas Didzgalvis