Minister of Health (France)
Encyclopedia
Minister of Health and Solidarity is currently a cabinet
position in the Government of France
. The health portfolio oversees the healthcare 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 Xavier Bertrand
, apart from Health, his portfolio includes sports and youth
.
French government ministers
The Cabinet of France is a body of top administration members of the Prime Minister's Cabinet. In French, the word gouvernement generally refers to the "Administration", but in a narrower sense to the Cabinet.The Council is responsible to the French National Assembly...
position in the Government of France
Government of France
The government of the French Republic is a semi-presidential system determined by the French Constitution of the fifth Republic. The nation declares itself to be an "indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic"...
. The health portfolio oversees the healthcare 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 Xavier Bertrand
Xavier Bertrand
Xavier Bertrand is a French politician and Minister of Labour, Employment and Health. He was Minister of Health for almost two years in Dominique de Villepin's government under President Jacques Chirac, then Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Solidarity in François Fillon's second government...
, apart from Health, his portfolio includes sports and youth
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (France)
The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports is, in the Government of France, the cabinet member in charge of national and public sport associations, youth affairs, public sports centers and national stadia...
.
Ministers of Health
- Georges LereduGeorges LereduGeorge Leredu , lawyer, was mayor of Franconville-la-Garenne from 1908 to 1919, deputy from 1914 to 1927 then senator until 1936. He was Minister for Health after having been a Secretary of State of the Liberated Regions during a few months from February 19, 1920.-External links: Georges Leredu...
16 January 1921 - 15 January 1922 - Paul StraussPaul StraussPaul Eric Strauss is a shadow senator from the District of Columbia.-Political career:As a non-voting representative to the United States Senate, Strauss lobbies the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives on behalf of the citizens of D.C...
15 January 1922 - 29 March 1924 - Désiré FerryDésiré FerryDésiré Ferry was a French politician of the Third Republic.Désiré Ferry was born in Metz. He studied law at the University of Nancy and worked as a writer and publisher. During the First World War he served with the French Army...
2 March 1930 - 13 December 1930 - Henri QueuilleHenri QueuilleHenri Queuille was a French Radical politician prominent in the Third and Fourth Republics. After World War II, he served three times as Prime Minister.He was the son of a noblewoman.-First ministry :...
13 December 1930 - 27 January 1931 - Camille BlaisotCamille BlaisotCamille Blaisot was a French politician and lawyer.Blaisot was born in Valognes and was elected in 1914 to represent Caen in the Chamber of Deputies. He served as Minister of Health in 1931 and 1932 under Pierre Laval and André Tardieu, and again in 1935 and 1936 under Laval...
27 January 1931 - 3 June 1932 - Justin GodartJustin GodartJustin Godart was a French politician who served as the Minister for Health from June 3, 1932 to December 18, 1932.- Biography :...
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 MarinLouis MarinLouis Marin was a French philosopher, historian, semiotician and art critic of the 20th century.He was born in La Tronche, He is usually referred to as a French Post-Structuralism thinker. He attended the University of Paris, Sorbonne and graduated with a Licence in Philosophy in 1952...
9 February 1934 - 8 November 1934 - Henri QueuilleHenri QueuilleHenri Queuille was a French Radical politician prominent in the Third and Fourth Republics. After World War II, he served three times as Prime Minister.He was the son of a noblewoman.-First ministry :...
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 YbarnegarayJean YbarnegarayMichel Albert Jean Joseph Ybarnegaray was a French politician and founder of the International Association for Basque Pelota....
16 June 1940 - 12 July 1940 - Jean YbarnegarayJean YbarnegarayMichel Albert Jean Joseph Ybarnegaray was a French politician and founder of the International Association for Basque Pelota....
12 July 1940 - 6 September 1940 - Jacques ChevalierJacques ChevalierJacques Chevalier was a French philosopher.Chevalier was born in Cérilly, Allier, and taught at the Faculty of Letters in Grenoble. He was the author of many books, mainly about the history of philosophy....
25 February 1941 - 12 August 1941 - Serge Huard 12 August 1941 - 18 April 1942
- Edmond 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 MarraneGeorges MarraneGeorges Marrane was a French politician. He was the candidate of the French Communist Party for the presidential election of 1958....
22 January 1947 - 4 May 1947 - Marcel Roclore 4 May 1947 - 9 May 1947
- Robert Prigent 9 May 1947 - 22 October 1947
- Germaine Poinso-ChapuisGermaine Poinso-ChapuisGermaine Poinso-Chapuis was a French politician. She was the first woman to hold a Cabinet-level post in the French government...
24 November 1947 - 26 July 1948 - Pierre SchneiterPierre SchneiterFrançois Charles Pierre Schneiter was a French politician.Pierre Schneiter was born in Reims, elder son of Charles Albert Schneiter, a vintner, and Jeanne Marie Alice Sart. Charles Schneiter's father was a watchmaker from Bern, whose ancestors had come from Bavaria. Pierre's only sibling François ...
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-FloretPaul Coste-FloretPaul Coste-Floret was a French politician. He was born and died in Montpellier, France.- Biography :Professor on the faculty of Algiers, he engaged in the French Resistance. He advised André Philip and director of the cabinet of François de Menthon...
28 June 1953 - 19 June 1954 - Louis-Paul AujoulatLouis-Paul AujoulatLouis-Paul Aujoulat was a Cameroonian politician and missionary doctor. Following his long and illustrious political career he served as France's representative to the World Health Organization.-Early life:...
19 June 1954 - 3 September 1954 - André Monteil 3 September 1954 - 23 February 1955
- Bernard Lafay 23 February 1955 - 1 February 1956
- Félix Houphouët-BoignyFélix Houphouët-BoignyFélix Houphouët-Boigny , affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux, was the first President of Côte d'Ivoire. Originally a village chief, he worked as a doctor, an administrator of a plantation, and a union leader, before being elected to the French Parliament and serving in a number of...
6 November 1957 - 14 May 1958 - André Maroselli 14 May 1958 - 1 June 1958
- Bernard ChenotBernard ChenotBernard Chenot was a French politician and senior official.-Life:Bernard Chenot was the son of a Parisian barrister. He became a member of the Conseil d'Etat during the Third Republic, and worked in several government departments. He remained in his position under the Vichy government after 1940...
7 July 1958 - 24 August 1961 - Joseph FontanetJoseph FontanetJoseph Fontanet was a French politician.He was first elected to Parliament in 1956 as MP for Savoie. In his 17 years in Parliament he held various cabinet positions including Health, Labour and Employment, and trade and industry. He succeeded Bernard Chenot, one of the first openly gay officials...
24 August 1961 - 15 May 1962 - Raymond MarcellinRaymond MarcellinRaymond Marcellin 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 years, before being called into the army in September 1939. He was captured by the Wehrmacht, but managed to...
15 May 1962 - 20 June 1969 - Robert BoulinRobert BoulinRobert Boulin 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...
22 June 1969 - 6 July 1972 - Jean FoyerJean FoyerJean Foyer was a French politician and minister. He studied law and became a law professor at the university...
6 July 1972 - 5 April 1973 - Michel PoniatowskiMichel PoniatowskiMichel Poniatowski was a Polish Prince and French politician. He was a founder of the Independent Republicans and a part of the administration for President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Poniatowski served as Minister of Health from 1973 to 1974 and Minister of the Interior in the d'Estaing government...
5 April 1973 - 27 May 1974 - Simone VeilSimone VeilSimone Veil, DBE is a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Health under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France....
27 May 1974 - 4 July 1979 - Jacques BarrotJacques BarrotJacques Barrot is a French politician, who has served as European Commissioner for Justice , after four years as Commissioner for Transport and Commissioner for Regional Policy for eight months . He is also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission...
4 July 1979 - 21 May 1981 - Edmond HervéEdmond HervéEdmond Hervé is a French politician, a member of the Socialist Party and French senator since 2008. He was the mayor of Rennes from 1977 to 2008, succeeding Henri Fréville...
21 May 1981 - 22 June 1981 - Jack RaliteJack RaliteJack Ralite is 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 . In 1984 he became Mayor of Aubervilliers, a post he retained until 2003.- References :...
22 June 1981 - 22 March 1983 - Michèle Barzach 1986-1988
- Claude EvinClaude ÉvinClaude Evin is a French politician and lawyer.He was first elected in 1978. Prior to becoming a Member of Parliament, Claude Evin was the deputy mayor of Saint-Nazaire, a post he held until 1989...
23 June 1988 - 15 May 1991 - Bernard KouchnerBernard KouchnerBernard Kouchner is a French politician, diplomat, and doctor. He is co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde...
2 April 1992 - 29 March 1993 - Simone VeilSimone VeilSimone Veil, DBE is a French lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Health under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the European Parliament and member of the Constitutional Council of France....
29 March 1993 - 18 May 1995 with Philippe Douste-BlazyPhilippe Douste-BlazyPhilippe Douste-Blazy is a French centre-right politician. He served as Minister for Health , Minister of Culture and Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Dominique de Villepin .Douste-Blazy is also a cardiologist and Christian Democrat politician from Lourdes...
as junior Minister - Elisabeth HubertElisabeth HubertElisabeth Hubert was a French politician and businesswoman.She was first elected to Parliament in 1986 to the 2nd District of Loire-Atlantique. In 1996 she became Minister for Health under the first government of Alain Juppe. She is currently CEO of Laboratoires Fournier.-References:*...
18 May 1995 - 7 November 1995 - Jacques BarrotJacques BarrotJacques Barrot is a French politician, who has served as European Commissioner for Justice , after four years as Commissioner for Transport and Commissioner for Regional Policy for eight months . He is also one of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission...
7 November 1995 - 4 June 1997 with Hervé GaymardHervé GaymardHervé Gaymard is a French politician and a member of UMP conservative party. He served as the country's Minister of Finances from 30 November 2004 until his resignation on 25 February 2005....
as junior Minister
- Under Lionel JospinLionel JospinLionel Jospin is a French politician, who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002.Jospin was the Socialist Party candidate for President of France in the elections of 1995 and 2002. He was narrowly defeated in the final runoff election by Jacques Chirac in 1995...
as Prime MinisterPrime ministerA prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime... - As senior Minister :
- Martine AubryMartine AubryMartine Aubry is a French politician. She has been the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party since November 2008 and Mayor of Lille since March 2001...
4 June 1997 - 18 October 2000 - Elisabeth GuigouÉlisabeth GuigouÉlisabeth Guigou is a French Socialist politician.-Biography:After attending ENA, France's elite graduate school of public affairs, she worked on Jacques Delors' staff in 1982 before being hired by Hubert Védrine in François Mitterrand's...
18 October 2000 - 7 May 2002 - As junior Minister
- Bernard KouchnerBernard KouchnerBernard Kouchner is a French politician, diplomat, and doctor. He is co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde...
4 June 1997 - 7 July 1999 - Dominique GillotDominique GillotDominique Gillot 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.-References:...
28 July 1999 - 6 February 2001 - Bernard KouchnerBernard KouchnerBernard Kouchner is a French politician, diplomat, and doctor. He is co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde...
6 February 2001 - 7 May 2002
- Jean-François MattéiJean-François MattéiJean-François Mattéi, born 9 March 1941 in Oran, Algeria, is a French philosopher.-External links:...
7 May 2002 - 31 March 2004 - Philippe Douste-BlazyPhilippe Douste-BlazyPhilippe Douste-Blazy is a French centre-right politician. He served as Minister for Health , Minister of Culture and Foreign Minister in the cabinet of Dominique de Villepin .Douste-Blazy is also a cardiologist and Christian Democrat politician from Lourdes...
31 March 2004 - 2 June 2005 - Xavier BertrandXavier BertrandXavier Bertrand is a French politician and Minister of Labour, Employment and Health. He was Minister of Health for almost two years in Dominique de Villepin's government under President Jacques Chirac, then Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Solidarity in François Fillon's second government...
2 June 2005 - 26 March 2007 - Philippe Bas 26 March 2007 - 18 May 2007
- Roselyne Bachelot-NarquinRoselyne Bachelot-NarquinRoselyne Bachelot-Narquin, generally known as Roselyne Bachelot , is a French politician, current Minister of Solidarities and Social Cohesion, and a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which is part of the European People's PartyShe was the French Minister for Health and Sports until 14...
18 May 2007 - August 2010 - Xavier BertrandXavier BertrandXavier Bertrand is a French politician and Minister of Labour, Employment and Health. He was Minister of Health for almost two years in Dominique de Villepin's government under President Jacques Chirac, then Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Solidarity in François Fillon's second government...
August 2010 -
See also
- :Category:French health organisations