The head of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China is the head of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is twenty-second in order of precedence. The head is responsible for leading the commission, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the commission. Officially, the head is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president. The current head is Lei Haichao, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the commission.
List of heads
Minister of National Health +No.NameTook officeLeft office1Li DequanOctober 1949January 19652Qian XinzhongJanuary 1965June 19683Qiu GuoguangJune 1968June 19704Chen RenhongJune 1970July 19735Liu XiangpingJuly 1973October 1976Vacant6Jiang YizhenNovember 1977April 1979Qian XinzhongApril 1979May 19827Cui YueliMay 1982March 19878Chen MinzhangMarch 1987March 19989Zhang WenkangMarch 1998April 200310Wu YiApril 2003April 200511Gao QiangApril 2005June 200712Chen ZhuJune 200716 March 2013
Head of the National Health and Family Planning Commission +No.NameTook officeLeft office1Li Bin16 March 2013March 2018
Head of the National Health Commission +No.NameTook officeLeft office1Ma Xiaowei19 March 20186 May 20242Lei Haichao28 June 2024incumbent
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