Minister of Health (France) explained

Post:	Minister for Solidarity and Health
Incumbent:	Catherine Vautrin
Incumbentsince:	11 January 2024
Member Of:	Cabinet
Department:	Ministry of Solidarity and Health
Reports To:	President of the Republic Prime Minister
Seat:	14 Avenue Duquesne, Paris, France
Nominator:	Prime Minister
Appointer:	President of the Republic
Termlength:	No fixed term
Formation:	1921

Minister for Health and Prevention^[1] is a cabinet position in the Government of France. The health portfolio oversees the health care public services and the health insurance part of the French Social Security. As French ministerial departments are not fixed and depend on the Prime Minister's choice, the Minister sometimes also has one or some of other portfolios among Work, Pensions, Family, the Elderly, Handicapped people and Women's Rights. In that case, he is helped by one or some junior Minister focusing on one part of the portfolio. The current Minister is Catherine Vautrin.

Ministers of Health

• Georges Leredu 16 January 1921 – 15 January 1922
• Paul Strauss 15 January 1922 – 29 March 1924
• Désiré Ferry 2 March 1930 – 13 December 1930
• Henri Queuille 13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931
• Camille Blaisot 27 January 1931 – 3 June 1932
• Justin Godart 3 June 1932 – 18 December 1932
• Charles Daniélou 18 December 1932 – 26 October 1933
• Émile Lisbonne 26 October 1933 – 26 November 1933
• Alexandre Israël 26 November 1933 – 30 January 1934
• Émile Lisbonne 30 January 1934 – 9 February 1934
• Louis Marin 9 February 1934 – 8 November 1934
• Henri Queuille 8 November 1934 – 1 June 1935
• Louis Lafont 1 June 1935 – 24 January 1936
• Louis Nicolle 24 January 1936 – 4 June 1936
• Henri Sellier 4 June 1936 – 22 June 1937
• Marc Rucart 22 June 1937 – 13 March 1938
• Fernand Gentin 13 March 1938 – 10 April 1938
• Marc Rucart 10 April 1938 – 21 March 1940
• Marcel Héraud 21 March 1940 – 5 June 1940
• Georges Pernot 5 June 1940 – 16 June 1940
• Jean Ybarnegaray 16 June 1940 – 12 July 1940
• Jean Ybarnegaray 12 July 1940 – 6 September 1940
• Jacques Chevalier 25 February 1941 – 12 August 1941
• Serge Huard 12 August 1941 – 18 April 1942
• Raymond Grasset 18 April 1942 – 20 August 1944
• Jules Abadie(Commissaire) 7 June 1943 – 9 November 1943
• François Billoux10 September 1944 – 21 November 1945
• Robert Prigent 21 November 1945 – 26 January 1946
• Robert Prigent 26 January 1946 – 24 June 1946
• Robert Prigent 24 June 1946 – 16 December 1946
• René Arthaud 24 June 1946 – 16 December 1946
• Pierre Ségelle 16 December 1946 – 22 January 1947
• Georges Marrane 22 January 1947 – 4 May 1947
• Marcel Roclore 4 May 1947 – 9 May 1947
• Robert Prigent 9 May 1947 – 22 October 1947
• Germaine Poinso-Chapuis 24 November 1947 – 26 July 1948
• Pierre Schneiter 26 July 1948 – 11 August 1951
• Paul Ribeyre 11 August 1951 – 8 January 1953
• André Boutemy 8 January 1953 – 9 February 1953
• Paul Ribeyre 11 February 1953 – 28 June 1953
• Paul Coste-Floret 28 June 1953 – 19 June 1954
• Louis-Paul Aujoulat 19 June 1954 – 3 September 1954
• André Monteil 3 September 1954 – 23 February 1955
• Bernard Lafay 23 February 1955 – 1 February 1956
• Félix Houphouët-Boigny 6 November 1957 – 14 May 1958
• André Maroselli 14 May 1958 – 1 June 1958
• Bernard Chenot 7 July 1958 – 24 August 1961
• Joseph Fontanet 24 August 1961 – 15 May 1962
• Raymond Marcellin 15 May 1962 – 20 June 1969
• Robert Boulin 22 June 1969 – 6 July 1972
• Jean Foyer 6 July 1972 – 5 April 1973
• Michel Poniatowski 5 April 1973 – 27 May 1974
• Simone Veil 27 May 1974 – 4 July 1979
• Jacques Barrot 4 July 1979 – 21 May 1981
• Edmond Hervé 21 May 1981 – 22 June 1981
• Jack Ralite 22 June 1981 – 22 March 1983
• Michèle Barzach 1986 – 1988
• Claude Evin 23 June 1988 – 15 May 1991
• Bernard Kouchner 2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993
• Simone Veil 29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995 with Philippe Douste-Blazy as junior Minister
• Élisabeth Hubert 18 May 1995 – 7 November 1995
• Jacques Barrot 7 November 1995 – 4 June 1997 with Hervé Gaymard as junior Minister
• Under Lionel Jospin as Prime Minister
• As senior Minister :
• Martine Aubry 4 June 1997 – 18 October 2000
• Élisabeth Guigou 18 October 2000 – 7 May 2002
• As junior Minister
• Bernard Kouchner 4 June 1997 – 7 July 1999
• Dominique Gillot 28 July 1999 – 6 February 2001
• Bernard Kouchner 6 February 2001 – 7 May 2002
• Jean-François Mattéi 7 May 2002 – 31 March 2004
• Philippe Douste-Blazy 31 March 2004 – 2 June 2005
• Xavier Bertrand 2 June 2005 – 26 March 2007
• Philippe Bas 26 March 2007 – 18 May 2007
• Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin 18 May 2007 – August 2010
• Nora Berra and Xavier Bertrand August 2010 – May 2012
• Marisol Touraine 16 May 2012 – 10 May 2017
• Agnès Buzyn 17 May 2017 – 16 February 2020
• Olivier Véran 16 February 2020 – 20 May 2022
• Brigitte Bourguignon 20 May 2022 – 4 July 2022
• François Braun 4 July 2022 - 20 July 2023
• Aurelien Rousseau 20 July 2023 - 20 December 2023
• Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo 20 December 2023 - 11 January 2024
• Catherine Vautrin 11 January 2024 - Incumbent

Notes and References

1. Web site: Composition of the Government . Gouverment.fr . 5 November 2019.