Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy, and Disabled people is a cabinet position in the Government of France. 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, they are helped by one or some junior Minister focusing on one part of the portfolio. The current Minister is Stéphanie Rist.
Ministers of Health Portrait Name Title Prime Minister Start End Notes Refs Georges Leredu Minister of Hygiene, Social Assistance and Welfare Briand 16 January 1921 15 January 1922 Paul Strauss Poincaré 15 January 1922 29 March 1924 Daniel Vincent Minister of Labour and Hygiene 29 March 1924 9 June 1924 Paul Jourdain François-Marsal 9 June 1924 14 June 1924 Justin Godart Minister of Labour, Hygiene, and Social Welfare Herriot 14 June 1924 17 April 1925 Antoine Durafour Painlevé (until November 1925)Briand (from November 1925) 17 April 1925 17 July 1926 Louis Pasquet Herriot 19 July 1926 23 July 1926 André Fallières Poincaré 23 July 1926 1 June 1928 Louis Loucheur Poincaré (until July 1929)Briand (July to October 1929) Tardieu (November 1929 to February 1930)Chautemps (from February 1930) 11 November 1928 2 March 1930 Désiré Ferry Minister of Public Health Tardieu 2 March 1930 13 December 1930 Henri Queuille Steeg 13 December 1930 27 January 1931 Camille Blaisot Laval (until February 1932)Tardieu (from February 1932) 27 January 1931 3 June 1932 Justin Godart Herriot 3 June 1932 18 December 1932 Charles Daniélou Paul-Boncour (until January 1933)Daladier (from January 1933) 18 December 1932 26 October 1933 Émile Lisbonne Sarraut 26 October 1933 26 November 1933 Alexandre Israël Chautemps 26 November 1933 30 January 1934 Émile Lisbonne Daladier 30 January 1934 9 February 1934 Louis Marin Minister of Public Health and Physical Education Doumergue 9 February 1934 8 November 1934 Henri Queuille Flandin 8 November 1934 1 June 1935 Louis Lafont Bouisson (to 7 June 1935)Laval (from 7 June 1935) 1 June 1935 24 January 1936 Louis Nicolle Sarraut 24 January 1936 4 June 1936 Henri Sellier Minister of Public Health Blum 4 June 1936 22 June 1937 Marc Rucart Chautemps 22 June 1937 13 March 1938 Fernand Gentin Blum 13 March 1938 10 April 1938 Marc Rucart Daladier 10 April 1938 21 March 1940 Marcel Héraud Reynaud 21 March 1940 5 June 1940 Georges Pernot French Minister for Family Affairs and Public Health 5 June 1940 16 June 1940 Jean Ybarnégaray French Minister for Veterans and Family Affairs Pétain 16 June 1940 12 July 1940 Serge Huard Secretary General for Health Laval 16 July 1940 13 December 1940 With Jean Ybarnégaray as Secretary of State for Family and Youth Secretary General for Family and Health Flandin 14 December 1940 9 February 1941 Jacques Chevalier Secretary of State for Family and Health Darlan 25 February 1941 12 August 1941 Louis Aublant Secretary General for Family and Health 12 August 1941 18 April 1942 With Serge Huard as Secretary of State for Family and Health Secretary-General for Health Laval 18 April 1942 17 December 1943 With Raymond Grasset as Minister of Family and Health Raymond Grasset Minister of Family and Health 17 December 1943 20 August 1944 Jules Abadie Commissioner for Justice, National Education and Public Health 7 June 1943 4 September 1943 Commissioner for National Education and Public Health 4 September 1943 9 November 1943 Adrien Tixier Commissioner for Social Affairs Laval (until June 1944)de Gaulle (after June 1944) 9 November 1943 26 August 1944 de Gaulle 26 August 1944 10 September 1944 With Louis Pasteur Vallery-Radot as Secretary General for Health François Billoux Minister of Public Health 10 September 1944 21 November 1945 Robert Prigent Minister of Population 21 November 1945 26 January 1946 Minister of Public Health and Population Gouin 26 January 1946 24 June 1946 Minister of Population Bidault (to November 1946)Auriol (from November 1946) 24 June 1946 16 December 1946 René Arthaud Minister of Public Health Pierre Ségelle Minister of Public Health and Population Blum 16 December 1946 22 January 1947 Georges Marrane Ramadier 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 Minister of Public Health and Population Schuman 24 November 1947 26 July 1948 Pierre Schneiter Marie (to 2 September 1948)Schuman (September 1948)Queuille (September 1948 to October 1949)Bidault (October 1949 to July 1950)Queuille (July 1950)Pleven (July 1950 to March 1951)Queuille (from March 1951) 26 July 1948 11 August 1951 Paul Ribeyre Pleven (to January 1952)Faure (January to March 1952)Pinay (from March 1952) 11 August 1951 8 January 1953 André Boutemy Mayer 8 January 1953 9 February 1953 Paul Ribeyre 11 February 1953 28 June 1953 Paul Coste-Floret Laniel 28 June 1953 19 June 1954 Louis-Paul Aujoulat Mendès France 19 June 1954 3 September 1954 André Monteil 3 September 1954 23 February 1955 Bernard Lafay Faure 23 February 1955 1 February 1956 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Minister of Public Health and Population Galliard 6 November 1957 14 May 1958 André Maroselli Pfimlin 14 May 1958 1 June 1958 Bernard Chenot de Gaulle (to January 1959)Debré (from January 1959) 7 July 1958 24 August 1961 Joseph Fontanet Debré 24 August 1961 15 May 1962 Raymond Marcellin Pompidou 15 May 1962 20 June 1966 Robert Boulin Minister of Public Health and Social Security Chaban-Delmas 22 June 1969 6 July 1972 Jean Foyer Minister of Public Health Messmer 6 July 1972 5 April 1973 Michel Poniatowski Minister of Public Health and Social Security 5 April 1973 27 May 1974 Simone Veil Minister of Health Chirac (until August 1976)Barre (from August 1976) 27 May 1974 30 March 1977 Minister of Health and Social Security Barre 30 March 1977 5 April 1978 Minister of Health and Family 5 April 1978 4 July 1979 Jacques Barrot Minister of Health and Social Security 4 July 1979 21 May 1981 Edmond Hervé Minister of Health Mauroy 21 May 1981 22 June 1981 Jack Ralite 22 June 1981 22 March 1983 Pierre Bérégovoy Minister of Social Affairs and National Solidarity 24 March 1983 23 July 1984 Edmond Hervé as Secretary of State for Health Georgina Dufoix Fabius 23 July 1984 20 March 1986 Philippe Séguin Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Chirac 25 March 1986 12 May 1988 Michèle Barzach as Minister Delegate for Health and Family Michel Delebarre Rocard 12 May 1988 28 June 1988 Claude Évin as Minister Delegate for Health and Social Protection Claude Évin Minister of Solidarity, Health and Social Protection 28 June 1988 8 July 1988 Léon Schwartzenberg as Minister Delegate in charge of Health 8 July 1988 2 October 1990 Minister of Social Affairs and Solidarity 2 October 1990 16 May 1991 Bruno Durieux as Minister Delegate in charge of Health Jean-Louis Bianco Minister of Social Affairs and Integration Cresson 16 May 1991 4 April 1992 Bernard Kouchner Minister of Health and Humanitarian Action Bérégovoy 2 April 1992 29 March 1993 Simone Veil Minister of State, Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Urban Development Balladur 29 March 1993 18 May 1995 Philippe Douste-Blazy as Minister Delegate for Health Élisabeth Hubert Minister of Public Health and Health Insurance Juppé 18 May 1995 7 November 1995 Jacques Barrot Minister of Labour and Social Affairs 7 November 1995 4 June 1997 Hervé Gaymard as Secretary of State for Health and Social Security Martine Aubry Minister of Employment and Solidarity Jospin 4 June 1997 18 October 2000 With Bernard Koucher as Secretary of State for Health 28 July 1999 27 March 2000 With Dominique Gillot as Secretary of State for Health and Social Action 27 March 2000 18 October 2000 With Dominique Gillot as Secretary of State for Health and Disability Élisabeth Guigou 18 October 2000 7 May 2002 6 February 2001 7 May 2002 With Bernard Kouchner as Minister Delegate in charge of Health Jean-François Mattéi Minister of Health, Family and Persons with Disabilities Raffarin 7 May 2002 31 March 2004 Philippe Douste-Blazy Minister of Health and Social Protection 31 March 2004 28 November 2004 Minister of Solidarity, Health and Family 29 November 2004 2 June 2005 Xavier Bertrand Minister of Health and Solidarity Villepin 2 June 2005 26 March 2007 Philippe Bas 26 March 2007 18 May 2007 Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin Minister of Health, Youth and Sports Fillon 18 May 2007 18 June 2007 Minister of Health, Youth, Sports and Community Life 18 March 2008 12 January 2009 Minister of Health and Sports 12 January 2009 13 November 2010 Xavier Bertrand Minister of Labour, Employment and Health 14 November 2010 10 May 2012 With Nora Berra as Secretary of State for Health Marisol Touraine Minister of Social Affairs and Health Ayrault 16 May 2012 31 March 2014 Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Women's Rights Valls 2 April 2014 25 August 2014 Minister of Social Affairs and Health Valls (to December 2016)Cazeneuve (from December 2016) 26 August 2014 10 May 2017 Agnès Buzyn Minister of Solidarity and Health Philippe 17 May 2017 16 February 2020 Olivier Véran Philippe (to July 2020)Castex (from July 2020) 16 February 2020 20 May 2022 Brigitte Bourguignon Minister of Health and Prevention Borne 20 May 2022 4 July 2022 François Braun 4 July 2022 20 July 2023 Aurelien Rousseau 20 July 2023 20 December 2023 Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo 20 December 2023 11 January 2024 Catherine Vautrin Minister of Labour, Health and Solidarity Attal 11 January 2024 21 September 2024 Geneviève Darrieussecq Minister of Health and Access to Care Barnier 21 September 2024 23 December 2024 Catherine Vautrin Minister of Labour, Health, Solidarity and Families Bayrou 23 December 2024 5 October 2025 Minister of Labour, Health, Solidarity, Families, Autonomy and Persons with Disabilities Lecornu 5 October 2025 12 October 2025 Stéphanie Rist Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and Persons with Disabilities 12 October 2025 Incumbent
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