The Ministry of Health () is a Portuguese government ministry. The minister is Ana Paula Martins, she is a pharmacist and a politician. Her deputies are Cristina Vaz Tomé and Ana Povo.

List of ministers Colour key #PortraitNameTook officeLeft officePartyPrime Minister1António Maldonado Gonelha(1935–2022)9 June 19836 November 1985PSMário Soares2Leonor Beleza(b. 1948)6 November 19855 January 1990PSDAníbal Cavaco Silva3Arlindo de Carvalho(b. 1945)5 January 19907 December 1993PSD4Paulo Mendo(1932–2025)7 December 199328 October 1995PSD5Maria de Belém Roseira(b. 1949)28 October 199525 October 1999PSAntónio Guterres6Manuela Arcanjo(b. 1954)25 October 19993 July 2001PS7António Correia de Campos(b. 1942)3 July 20016 April 2002PS8Luís Filipe Pereira(b. 1944)6 April 200212 March 2005PSDJosé Manuel Durão BarrosoPedro Santana Lopes9António Correia de Campos(b. 1942)12 March 200530 January 2008PSJosé Sócrates10Ana Jorge(b. 1949)30 January 200821 June 2011PS11Paulo Macedo(b. 1963)21 June 201130 October 2015Ind.Pedro Passos Coelho12Fernando Leal da Costa(b. 1959)30 October 201526 November 2015Ind.13Adalberto Campos Fernandes(b. 1958)26 November 201515 October 2018PSAntónio Costa14Marta Temido(b. 1974)15 October 201810 September 2022PS15Manuel Pizarro(b. 1964)10 September 20222 April 2024PS16Ana Paula Martins(b. 1965)2 April 2024IncumbentPSDLuís Montenegro

Controversy In June 2024, police raided the ministry (and the country's largest hospital) in an investigation into whether officials broke laws by giving preferential access to a costly medical treatment to baby twins whose family had sought help from the president.Patrícia Vicente Rua and Catarina Demony (6 June 2024), Portuguese police raid hospital, ministry in probe of costly treatment for twins Reuters. The parliamentary opposition, Chega, has criticized the health ministry over the issue and set up a parliamentary committee to look into the case.Patrícia Vicente Rua and Catarina Demony (6 June 2024), Portuguese police raid hospital, ministry in probe of costly treatment for twins Reuters.

See also Healthcare in Portugal

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