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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 François Braun.


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 * Henri Queuille 13 December 1930 – 27 January 1931 *
Camille Blaisot Camille Blaisot (19 January 1881 – 24 January 1945) was a French politician and lawyer. Blaisot was born in Valognes and was elected in 1914 to represent Caen in the Chamber of Deputies of France, Chamber of Deputies. He served as Minister of ...
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 Émile Lisbonne (20 June 1876 – 21 December 1947) was a French lawyer and Radical politician. He was briefly Minister of Health in 1933, and again for a few days in 1934. Early years Émile Lisbonne was born on 20 June 1876 in Nyons, Drôme. He ...
26 October 1933 – 26 November 1933 * Alexandre Israël 26 November 1933 – 30 January 1934 *
Émile Lisbonne Émile Lisbonne (20 June 1876 – 21 December 1947) was a French lawyer and Radical politician. He was briefly Minister of Health in 1933, and again for a few days in 1934. Early years Émile Lisbonne was born on 20 June 1876 in Nyons, Drôme. He ...
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 Louis Nicolle (16 June 1871 – 23 July 1942) was a French linen manufacturer and politician who was a deputy from 1924 to 1936, and was Minister of Health in 1936. Life Louis Nicolle was born on 16 June 1871 in Lille, Nord. Nicolle's father was ...
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 *
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 ...
10 April 1938 – 21 March 1940 * Marcel Héraud 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 (France), Minister ...
5 June 1940 – 16 June 1940 *
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16 June 1940 – 12 July 1940 *
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12 July 1940 – 6 September 1940 *
Jacques Chevalier Jacques Chevalier (13 March 1882 – 19 April 1962) was a French Catholic philosopher and a politician. Chevalier was born in Cérilly, Allier, educated at the École normale supérieure and the University of Oxford and taught at the Faculty of ...
25 February 1941 – 12 August 1941 * Serge Huard 12 August 1941 – 18 April 1942 *
Raymond Grasset Raymond Grasset (10 January 1892 - 8 February 1968) was a French politician. He began his career as a physician. He was the Secretary (or Minister) of Family and Health from 18 April 1942 to 20 August 1944. References 1892 births 1968 dea ...
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 ...
(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 * Pierre Ségelle 16 December 1946 – 22 January 1947 *
Georges Marrane Georges Marrane (20 January 1888, Louviers, Eure – 27 August 1976) was a French politician. He was the candidate of the French Communist Party for the presidential election of 1958. Life and career Marrane became the first Communist mayo ...
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 Fran̤ois Charles Pierre Schneiter (13 May 1905 Р19 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 wa ...
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 *
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 February 1953 – 28 June 1953 *
Paul Coste-Floret Paul Coste-Floret (9 April 1911 – 27 August 1979) was a French politician. He was born and died in Montpellier, France. Career Coste-Floret was originally an academic, becoming Doctor of Law in 1935 and teaching law at the University of ...
28 June 1953 – 19 June 1954 *
Louis-Paul Aujoulat Louis-Paul Aujoulat (28 August 1910 – 1 December 1973) was a French politician and missionary doctor. Following his long and illustrious political career he served as France's representative to the World Health Organization. Early life 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 Félix Houphouët-Boigny (; 18 October 1905 â€“ 7 December 1993), affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux ("The Old One"), was the first president of Ivory Coast, serving from 1960 until his death in 1993. A tribal chief, he wo ...
6 November 1957 – 14 May 1958 *
André Maroselli André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation o ...
14 May 1958 – 1 June 1958 * Bernard Chenot 7 July 1958 – 24 August 1961 *
Joseph Fontanet Joseph Fontanet (9 February 1921, Frontenex, Savoie – 2 February 1980, Paris) was a French politician. He was first elected to Parliament in 1956 as MP for Savoie Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè'' or ''Savouè-d'Avâl''; English: ''Savoy'' ...
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 ye ...
15 May 1962 – 20 June 1969 *
Robert Boulin Robert Boulin (20 July 1920 – 30 October 1979) was a French politician who served as Minister of Labour in the French Cabinet and was at the centre of a major real-estate scandal that ended only with his death in mysterious circumstances. At t ...
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 care ...
6 July 1972 – 5 April 1973 *
Michel Poniatowski Michel Poniatowski (16 May 1922 – 15 January 2002) was a French politician, member of a legitimized line of Poland's princely Poniatowski family. He was a founder of the Independent Republicans and a part of the administration for President ...
5 April 1973 – 27 May 1974 *
Simone Veil Simone Veil (; ; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French magistrate and politician who served as Health Minister in several governments and was President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman to hold that office. A ...
27 May 1974 – 4 July 1979 *
Jacques Barrot Jacques Barrot (3 February 1937 – 3 December 2014) was a French politician, who served as European Commissioner for Justice between 2008 and 2010, after having spent four years serving as Commissioner for Transport (2004–2008) and Commissi ...
4 July 1979 – 21 May 1981 *
Edmond Hervé Edmond Hervé (born 3 December 1942) is a French politician, a member of the Socialist Party and French senator from 2008 to 2014. He was the mayor of Rennes from 1977 to 2008, succeeding Henri Fréville. Biography Born in La Bouillie, Cô ...
21 May 1981 – 22 June 1981 *
Jack Ralite Jack Ralite (14 May 1928 – 12 November 2017) was a French politician. He was elected in 1973 to the Seine-Saint-Denis constituency for the French Communist Party. In 1981 he became Minister for Health and subsequently Minister for Employment ...
22 June 1981 – 22 March 1983 * Michèle Barzach 1986 – 1988 * Claude Evin 23 June 1988 – 15 May 1991 *
Bernard Kouchner Bernard Kouchner KBE (born 1 November 1939) is a French politician and doctor. He is the co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Médecins du Monde. From 2007 until 2010, he was the French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs ...
2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993 *
Simone Veil Simone Veil (; ; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French magistrate and politician who served as Health Minister in several governments and was President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman to hold that office. A ...
29 March 1993 – 18 May 1995 with
Philippe Douste-Blazy Philippe Douste-Blazy (; born 1 January 1953) is a French United Nations official and former centre-right politician. Over the course of his career, he served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Adviser on Innovative Financi ...
as junior Minister * Élisabeth Hubert 18 May 1995 – 7 November 1995 *
Jacques Barrot Jacques Barrot (3 February 1937 – 3 December 2014) was a French politician, who served as European Commissioner for Justice between 2008 and 2010, after having spent four years serving as Commissioner for Transport (2004–2008) and Commissi ...
7 November 1995 – 4 June 1997 with
Hervé Gaymard Hervé Gaymard (born 31 May 1960) is a French politician and a member of The Republicans conservative party. He served as the country's Minister of Finances from 30 November 2004 until his resignation on 25 February 2005. Gaymard attended Sc ...
as junior Minister *Under
Lionel Jospin Lionel Robert Jospin (; born 12 July 1937) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002. Jospin was First Secretary of the Socialist Party from 1995 to 1997 and the party's candidate for President of France in ...
as
Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
*As senior Minister : *
Martine Aubry Martine Louise Marie Aubry (; née Delors; born 8 August 1950) is a French politician. She was the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party (''Parti Socialiste'', or PS) from November 2008 to April 2012, and has been the Mayor of Lille (No ...
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 Bernard Kouchner KBE (born 1 November 1939) is a French politician and doctor. He is the co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Médecins du Monde. From 2007 until 2010, he was the French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs ...
4 June 1997 – 7 July 1999 * Dominique Gillot 28 July 1999 – 6 February 2001 *
Bernard Kouchner Bernard Kouchner KBE (born 1 November 1939) is a French politician and doctor. He is the co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Médecins du Monde. From 2007 until 2010, he was the French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs ...
6 February 2001 – 7 May 2002 *
Jean-François Mattéi Jean-François Mattéi (; 9 March 1941 – 24 March 2014) was a French philosopher and professor of Greek philosophy and political philosophy at the University of Nice A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and ...
7 May 2002 – 31 March 2004 *
Philippe Douste-Blazy Philippe Douste-Blazy (; born 1 January 1953) is a French United Nations official and former centre-right politician. Over the course of his career, he served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Adviser on Innovative Financi ...
31 March 2004 – 2 June 2005 *
Xavier Bertrand Xavier Bertrand (; born 21 March 1965) is a French politician who has been serving as president of the regional council of Hauts-de-France since the 2015 regional elections. Earlier in his career, Bertrand was Minister of Health from 2005 to ...
2 June 2005 – 26 March 2007 * Philippe Bas 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 Xavier Bertrand (; born 21 March 1965) is a French politician who has been serving as president of the regional council of Hauts-de-France since the 2015 regional elections. Earlier in his career, Bertrand was Minister of Health from 2005 to ...
August 2010 – May 2012 *
Marisol Touraine Marisol Touraine (; born 7 March 1959) is a French politician who served as Minister of Social Affairs and Health under Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault,Angelique ChrisafisWomen in the French cabinet ''The Guardian'', 18 May 2012Olivier Auguste ...
16 May 2012 – 10 May 2017 * Agnès Buzyn 17 May 2017 – 16 February 2020 *
Olivier Véran Dr. Olivier Véran (; born 22 April 1980) is a French neurologist and politician who has been serving as Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament and Citizen Participation in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2022. ...
16 February 2020 – 20 May 2022 *
Brigitte Bourguignon Brigitte Bourguignon (born 21 March 1959) is a French politician who briefly served as Minister of Solidarity and Health in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in 2022. A member of the Socialist Party (PS) before she joined La Rà ...
20 May 2022 – 4 July 2022 * François Braun 4 July 2022


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