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Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy, and Disabled people
Ministre de la Santé, des Familles, de l’Autonomie et des Personnes handicapées
since 12 October 2025
Ministry of Solidarity and Health
Member ofCabinet
Reports toPresident of the Republic
Prime Minister
Seat14 Avenue Duquesne, Paris, France
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerPresident of the Republic
Term lengthNo fixed term
Formation1921

Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy, and Disabled people[1] 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

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PortraitNameTitlePrime MinisterStartEndNotesRefs
Georges LereduMinister of Hygiene, Social Assistance and WelfareBriand16 January 192115 January 1922
Paul StraussPoincaré15 January 192229 March 1924
Daniel VincentMinister of Labour and Hygiene29 March 19249 June 1924
Paul JourdainFrançois-Marsal9 June 192414 June 1924
Justin GodartMinister of Labour, Hygiene, and Social WelfareHerriot14 June 192417 April 1925
Antoine DurafourPainlevé (until November 1925)
Briand (from November 1925)		17 April 192517 July 1926
Louis PasquetHerriot19 July 192623 July 1926
André FallièresPoincaré23 July 19261 June 1928
Louis LoucheurPoincaré (until July 1929)
Briand (July to October 1929)
Tardieu (November 1929 to February 1930)
Chautemps (from February 1930)		11 November 19282 March 1930
Désiré FerryMinister of Public HealthTardieu2 March 193013 December 1930
Henri QueuilleSteeg13 December 193027 January 1931
Camille BlaisotLaval (until February 1932)
Tardieu (from February 1932)		27 January 19313 June 1932
Justin GodartHerriot3 June 193218 December 1932
Charles DaniélouPaul-Boncour (until January 1933)
Daladier (from January 1933)		18 December 193226 October 1933
Émile LisbonneSarraut26 October 193326 November 1933
Alexandre IsraëlChautemps26 November 193330 January 1934
Émile LisbonneDaladier30 January 19349 February 1934
Louis MarinMinister of Public Health and Physical EducationDoumergue9 February 19348 November 1934
Henri QueuilleFlandin8 November 19341 June 1935
Louis LafontBouisson (to 7 June 1935)
Laval (from 7 June 1935)		1 June 193524 January 1936
Louis NicolleSarraut24 January 19364 June 1936
Henri SellierMinister of Public HealthBlum4 June 193622 June 1937
Marc RucartChautemps22 June 193713 March 1938
Fernand GentinBlum13 March 193810 April 1938
Marc RucartDaladier10 April 193821 March 1940
Marcel HéraudReynaud21 March 19405 June 1940
Georges PernotFrench Minister for Family Affairs and Public Health5 June 194016 June 1940
Jean YbarnégarayFrench Minister for Veterans and Family AffairsPétain16 June 194012 July 1940
Serge HuardSecretary General for HealthLaval16 July 194013 December 1940With Jean Ybarnégaray as Secretary of State for Family and Youth
Secretary General for Family and HealthFlandin14 December 19409 February 1941
Jacques ChevalierSecretary of State for Family and HealthDarlan25 February 194112 August 1941
Louis AublantSecretary General for Family and Health12 August 194118 April 1942With Serge Huard as Secretary of State for Family and Health
Secretary-General for HealthLaval18 April 194217 December 1943With Raymond Grasset as Minister of Family and Health
Raymond GrassetMinister of Family and Health17 December 194320 August 1944
Jules AbadieCommissioner for Justice, National Education and Public Health7 June 19434 September 1943
Commissioner for National Education and Public Health4 September 19439 November 1943
Adrien TixierCommissioner for Social AffairsLaval (until June 1944)
de Gaulle (after June 1944)		9 November 194326 August 1944
de Gaulle26 August 194410 September 1944With Louis Pasteur Vallery-Radot as Secretary General for Health
François BillouxMinister of Public Health10 September 194421 November 1945
Robert PrigentMinister of Population21 November 194526 January 1946
Minister of Public Health and PopulationGouin26 January 194624 June 1946
Minister of PopulationBidault (to November 1946)
Auriol (from November 1946)		24 June 194616 December 1946
René ArthaudMinister of Public Health
Pierre SégelleMinister of Public Health and PopulationBlum16 December 194622 January 1947
Georges MarraneRamadier22 January 19474 May 1947
Marcel Roclore4 May 19479 May 1947
Robert Prigent9 May 194722 October 1947
None
Germaine Poinso-ChapuisMinister of Public Health and PopulationSchuman24 November 194726 July 1948
Pierre SchneiterMarie (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 194811 August 1951
Paul RibeyrePleven (to January 1952)
Faure (January to March 1952)
Pinay (from March 1952)		11 August 19518 January 1953
André BoutemyMayer8 January 19539 February 1953
Paul Ribeyre11 February 195328 June 1953
Paul Coste-FloretLaniel28 June 195319 June 1954
Louis-Paul AujoulatMendès France19 June 19543 September 1954
André Monteil3 September 195423 February 1955
Bernard LafayFaure23 February 19551 February 1956
None (under the supervision of the Ministry of Social Affairs)
Félix Houphouët-BoignyMinister of Public Health and PopulationGalliard6 November 195714 May 1958
André MaroselliPfimlin14 May 19581 June 1958
Bernard Chenotde Gaulle (to January 1959)
Debré (from January 1959)		7 July 195824 August 1961
Joseph FontanetDebré24 August 196115 May 1962
Raymond MarcellinPompidou15 May 196220 June 1966
None (under the supervision of the Ministry of Social Affairs)
Robert BoulinMinister of Public Health and Social SecurityChaban-Delmas22 June 19696 July 1972
Jean FoyerMinister of Public HealthMessmer6 July 19725 April 1973
Michel PoniatowskiMinister of Public Health and Social Security5 April 197327 May 1974
Simone VeilMinister of HealthChirac (until August 1976)
Barre (from August 1976)		27 May 197430 March 1977
Minister of Health and Social SecurityBarre30 March 19775 April 1978
Minister of Health and Family5 April 19784 July 1979
Jacques BarrotMinister of Health and Social Security4 July 197921 May 1981
Edmond HervéMinister of HealthMauroy21 May 198122 June 1981
Jack Ralite22 June 198122 March 1983
Pierre BérégovoyMinister of Social Affairs and National Solidarity24 March 198323 July 1984Edmond Hervé as Secretary of State for Health
Georgina DufoixFabius23 July 198420 March 1986
Philippe SéguinMinister of Social Affairs and EmploymentChirac25 March 198612 May 1988Michèle Barzach as Minister Delegate for Health and Family
Michel DelebarreRocard12 May 198828 June 1988Claude Évin as Minister Delegate for Health and Social Protection
Claude ÉvinMinister of Solidarity, Health and Social Protection28 June 19888 July 1988Léon Schwartzenberg as Minister Delegate in charge of Health
8 July 19882 October 1990
Minister of Social Affairs and Solidarity2 October 199016 May 1991Bruno Durieux as Minister Delegate in charge of Health
Jean-Louis BiancoMinister of Social Affairs and IntegrationCresson16 May 19914 April 1992
Bernard KouchnerMinister of Health and Humanitarian ActionBérégovoy2 April 199229 March 1993
Simone VeilMinister of State, Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Urban DevelopmentBalladur29 March 199318 May 1995Philippe Douste-Blazy as Minister Delegate for Health
Élisabeth HubertMinister of Public Health and Health InsuranceJuppé18 May 19957 November 1995
Jacques BarrotMinister of Labour and Social Affairs7 November 19954 June 1997Hervé Gaymard as Secretary of State for Health and Social Security
Martine AubryMinister of Employment and SolidarityJospin4 June 199718 October 2000With Bernard Koucher as Secretary of State for Health
28 July 199927 March 2000With Dominique Gillot as Secretary of State for Health and Social Action
27 March 200018 October 2000With Dominique Gillot as Secretary of State for Health and Disability
Élisabeth Guigou18 October 20007 May 2002
6 February 20017 May 2002With Bernard Kouchner as Minister Delegate in charge of Health
Jean-François MattéiMinister of Health, Family and Persons with DisabilitiesRaffarin7 May 200231 March 2004
Philippe Douste-BlazyMinister of Health and Social Protection31 March 200428 November 2004
Minister of Solidarity, Health and Family29 November 20042 June 2005
Xavier BertrandMinister of Health and SolidarityVillepin2 June 200526 March 2007
Philippe Bas26 March 200718 May 2007
Roselyne Bachelot-NarquinMinister of Health, Youth and SportsFillon18 May 200718 June 2007
Minister of Health, Youth, Sports and Community Life18 March 200812 January 2009
Minister of Health and Sports12 January 200913 November 2010
Xavier BertrandMinister of Labour, Employment and Health14 November 201010 May 2012With Nora Berra as Secretary of State for Health
Marisol TouraineMinister of Social Affairs and HealthAyrault16 May 201231 March 2014
Minister of Social Affairs, Health and Women's RightsValls2 April 201425 August 2014
Minister of Social Affairs and HealthValls (to December 2016)
Cazeneuve (from December 2016)		26 August 201410 May 2017
Agnès BuzynMinister of Solidarity and HealthPhilippe17 May 201716 February 2020
Olivier VéranPhilippe (to July 2020)
Castex (from July 2020)		16 February 202020 May 2022
Brigitte BourguignonMinister of Health and PreventionBorne20 May 20224 July 2022
François Braun4 July 202220 July 2023
Aurelien Rousseau20 July 202320 December 2023
Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo20 December 202311 January 2024
Catherine VautrinMinister of Labour, Health and SolidarityAttal11 January 202421 September 2024
Geneviève DarrieussecqMinister of Health and Access to CareBarnier21 September 202423 December 2024
Catherine VautrinMinister of Labour, Health, Solidarity and FamiliesBayrou23 December 20245 October 2025
Minister of Labour, Health, Solidarity, Families, Autonomy and Persons with DisabilitiesLecornu5 October 202512 October 2025
Stéphanie RistMinister of Health, Families, Autonomy and Persons with Disabilities12 October 2025Incumbent

References

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  1. ↑ "Composition of the Government". Gouvernement.fr. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
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