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. 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

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Ministers of Health

* Georges Leredu 16 January 1921 – 15 January 1922 *

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15 January 1922 – 29 March 1924 * Désiré Ferry 2 March 1930 – 13 December 1930 *

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13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931 * Camille Blaisot 27 January 1931 – 3 June 1932 *

Justin Godart Justin Godart (26 November 1871 – 12 December 1956) was a French lawyer and politician who served as the Minister for Health from 3 June 1932 to 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 *

8 November 1934 – 1 June 1935 *

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1 June 1935 – 24 January 1936 *

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24 January 1936 – 4 June 1936 *

Henri Sellier Henri Charles Sellier (22 December 1883 – 24 November 1943) was a French administrator, urban planner and Socialist politician. He did much to develop garden cities in the Paris region. He was Minister of Health in 1936–37. Life Early years ...

4 June 1936 – 22 June 1937 *

Marc Rucart Marc Émile Rucart (24 July 1893 – 23 January 1964) was a French journalist and Radical politician who was a deputy from 1928 to 1942. He alternated between the posts of Minister of Justice and Minister of Health from 1936 to 1940. Although he ...

22 June 1937 – 13 March 1938 *

Fernand Gentin Fernand Gentin (27 September 1876 – 24 April 1946) was a French printer and Radical politician who was a deputy from 1932 to 1942. He was Minister of PTT and then Minister of Health in 1938, and Minister of Commerce from 1938 to 1940. In the per ...

13 March 1938 – 10 April 1938 *

10 April 1938 – 21 March 1940 *

Marcel Héraud Marcel Héraud (5 May 1883 – 17 September 1960) was a French lawyer and politician who was briefly Minister of Health in 1940. Early years (1883–1924) Marcel Héraud was born on 5 May 1883 in Cérilly, Allier. His parents were Adrien Hérau ...

21 March 1940 – 5 June 1940 *

Georges Pernot Auguste Alain Georges Pernot (6 November 1879 – 14 September 1962) was a conservative French lawyer and politician. He was a deputy and then a senator before and during World War II (1939–45). He was Minister of Public Works in 1929–30, Min ...

5 June 1940 – 16 June 1940 *

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16 June 1940 – 12 July 1940 *

12 July 1940 – 6 September 1940 * Jacques Chevalier 25 February 1941 – 12 August 1941 *

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12 August 1941 – 18 April 1942 * Raymond Grasset 18 April 1942 – 20 August 1944 *

Jules Abadie Jules Abadie (12 August 1876 – 10 August 1953) was a French politician and surgeon in Oran, French Algeria, acting as a member of the Comité Français de Libération Nationale (CFLN). Biography Jean Baptiste Marie Jules Abadie was born 12 ...

(Commissaire) 7 June 1943 – 9 November 1943 *

François Billoux François Billoux (21 May 1903 – 14 January 1978) was a French communist politician. Biography Billoux was born in Saint-Romain-la-Motte. He was a member of the Central Committee of the French Communist Party (PCF) from 1926, and a member ...

10 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 *

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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 Germaine Poinso-Chapuis (6 March 1901, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône – 20 February 1981) was a French politician. She was the first woman to hold a Cabinet-level post in the French government. Her political convictions have been characterized ...

24 November 1947 – 26 July 1948 *

Pierre Schneiter François Charles Pierre Schneiter (13 May 1905 – 19 March 1979) was a French politician. Pierre Schneiter was born in Reims, elder son of Charles Albert Schneiter, a wine broker, and Jeanne Marie Alice Sart. Charles Schneiter's father was ...

26 July 1948 – 11 August 1951 *

Paul Ribeyre Paul François Ribeyre (11 December 1906 – 14 January 1988) was a French mineral water bottler and liberal conservative politician who was a deputy in the Constituent Assembly and then the National Assembly from 1945 to 1958, then a senator from ...

11 August 1951 – 8 January 1953 * André Boutemy 8 January 1953 – 9 February 1953 *

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 *

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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 Raymond Marcellin (19 August 1914 in Sézanne, Marne – 8 September 2004) was a French politician. Biography The son of a banker, he studied law at the University of Strasbourg and the University of Paris. He worked as a lawyer for three yea ...

15 May 1962 – 20 June 1969 * Robert Boulin 22 June 1969 – 6 July 1972 *

Jean Foyer Jean Foyer (21 April 1921, Contigné, Maine-et-Loire – 3 October 2008, Paris) was a French politician and minister. He studied law and became a law professor at the university. He wrote several books about French Civil law. Political caree ...

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 *

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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

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*As senior Minister : *

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4 June 1997 – 18 October 2000 *

Élisabeth Guigou Élisabeth Guigou (; born Élisabeth Vallier; 6 August 1946) is a French politician of the Socialist Party who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2002 until 2017, representing Seine-Saint-Denis' 9th constituency. Early life and ...

18 October 2000 – 7 May 2002 *As junior Minister * Bernard Kouchner 4 June 1997 – 7 July 1999 *

Dominique Gillot Dominique Gillot (born 11 July 1949, in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France) is a French politician. She is a member of the Socialist Party and was the French Minister of Health from 1999 to 2001, as well as a member of the 11th National Assembly ...

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 Philippe Bas (born 20 July 1958) is a French politician, member of the French Senate representing the department of Manche. He was appointed general secretary of the Élysée Palace from 2002 to 2005. Since 2014, he is the president of the C ...

26 March 2007 – 18 May 2007 *

Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, generally known as Roselyne Bachelot (née Narquin; born 24 December 1946) is a French politician who served as Minister of Culture in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022) and as Minister of Solida ...

18 May 2007 – August 2010 *

Nora Berra Nora Berra (born 21 January 1963, in Lyon) is a French physician and politician who served as Secretary of State for Seniors (2009-2010) and as Secretary of State for Health (2010-2012) in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from 14 ...

and Xavier Bertrand August 2010 – May 2012 * Marisol Touraine 16 May 2012 – 10 May 2017 *

Agnès Buzyn Agnès Buzyn (born 1 November 1962) is a French hematologist, university professor, medical practitioner and politician who served as Minister of Solidarity and Health in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from May 2017 to Februa ...

17 May 2017 – 16 February 2020 * Olivier Véran 16 February 2020 – 20 May 2022 *

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20 May 2022 – 4 July 2022 *

4 July 2022

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