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The Minister for Health of the Australian Capital Territory is the head of the ACT Health Directorate and appointed by the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory.
The current Minister for Health is Rachel Stephen-Smith.
| # | Name | Title | Party | Term start | Term end | Timespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Berry | Minister for Community Services and Health | Labor | 16 May 1989 | 5 December 1989 | 203 days |
| 2 | Trevor Kaine | Minister for Community Services and Health | Liberal | 5 December 1989 | 13 December 1989 | 8 days |
| 3 | Gary Humphries | Minister for Health, Education and the Arts | Liberal | 13 December 1989 | 6 June 1991 | 1 year, 175 days |
| (1) | Wayne Berry | Minister for Health | Labor | 6 June 1991 | 13 April 1994 | 2 years, 311 days |
| 4 | Terry Connolly | Minister for Health | Labor | 13 April 1994 | 15 March 1995 | 336 days |
| 5 | Kate Carnell | Minister for Health and Community Care | Liberal | 15 March 1995 | 31 March 1998 | 3 years, 16 days |
| (3) | Gary Humphries | Minister for Health and Community Care | Liberal | 31 March 1998 | 27 April 1998 | 27 days |
| 6 | Michael Moore | Minister for Health and Community Care1 | Independent 2 | 27 April 1998 | 13 November 2001 | 3 years, 200 days |
| 7 | Jon Stanhope | Minister for Health | Labor | 13 November 2001 | 23 December 2002 | 1 year, 40 days |
| 8 | Simon Corbell | Minister for Health | Labor | 23 December 2002 | 20 April 2006 | 3 years, 118 days |
| 9 | Katy Gallagher | Minister for Health | Labor | 20 April 2006 | 11 September 2014 | 8 years, 144 days |
| (8) | Simon Corbell | Minister for Health | Labor | 11 September 2014 | 1 November 2016 | 2 years, 51 days |
| 10 | Meegan Fitzharris | Minister for Health | Labor | 1 November 2016 | 1 July 2017 | 2 years, 242 days |
| Minister for Health and Wellbeing | 1 July 2017 | 1 July 2019 | ||||
| 11 | Rachel Stephen-Smith | Minister for Health | Labor | 1 July 2019 | Incumbent | 4 years, 87 days |
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The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a federal territory of Australia. Canberra, the capital city of Australia, is located in this territory. It is located in southeastern Australian mainland as an enclave completely within the state of New South Wales. Founded after Federation as the seat of government for the new nation, the territory hosts the headquarters of all important institutions of the Australian Government.
Anne Katherine Carnell is an Australian businesswoman and former Liberal Party politician, who served as the third Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) from 1995 to 2000.
Gary John Joseph Humphries is a Deputy President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. He was a member of the Australian Senate representing the Australian Capital Territory for the Liberal Party of Australia from 2003 to 2013. He was the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2000 to 2001; and was elected to the first parliament of the Australian Capital Territory, in 1989, later representing the Molonglo electorate until 2003.
Katherine Ruth Gallagher is an Australian politician who has been serving as the Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, Minister for the Public Service and Vice-President of the Executive Council in the Albanese Government since 2022, and formerly served as the 6th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2011 to 2014. She has been a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory since the 2019 federal election, as a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She previously served in the Senate from 2015 to 2018.
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Andrew James Barr is an Australian politician who has been serving as the 7th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory since 2014. He has been an Australian Labor Party member in the ACT Legislative Assembly since 2006, after being elected on a countback to replace former Treasurer Ted Quinlan, who resigned mid-term. Barr was immediately promoted to Cabinet upon his election. On 11 December 2014 he was elected as Chief Minister after his predecessor, Katy Gallagher, resigned and announced her intention to run for the Senate. In addition to being Chief Minister, he holds the portfolios of Treasurer, Social Inclusion and Equality, Tourism and Special Events, and Trade, Industry and Investment.
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The Government of the Australian Capital Territory, also referred to as the Australian Capital Territory Government or ACT Government, is the executive authority of the Australian Capital Territory, one of the territories of Australia. The leader of the party or coalition with the confidence of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly forms Government. Unlike the Australian States and the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly directly elects one of their number to be the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory as the head of the Government, rather than being appointed by a Governor or Administrator.
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Michael John Moore is an Australian public health leader, academic and former politician. He was an independent member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for four terms, from 1989 to 2001. He served as Australia's first independent minister as Minister for Health and Community Care from 1998 to 2001 in the Liberal minority government led by Chief Minister, Kate Carnell and later, Gary Humphries.
Marion Reilly is an Australian politician and was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the multi-member single electorate of Molonglo for the Labor Party. Reilly was elected following a recount of ballot papers to fill a casual vacancy resulting from the resignation of Terry Connolly in the third ACT Legislative Assembly. Reilly was sworn into the Assembly on 26 March 1996. Reilly contested the 1998 ACT general election, however, was unsuccessful in retaining her seat. She contested the results of the 2001 ACT general election, and was once again unsuccessful in being elected to the Assembly.
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Rachel Stephen-Smith is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2016, representing the electorate of Kurrajong. Stephen-Smith grew up in O'Connor in Canberra's inner-north and attended local schools such as Lyneham High. Following school, Stephen-Smith attended the Australian National University and studied economics. Stephen-Smith previously worked as a senior public servant in the Australian Capital Territory public service, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and as a Chief of Staff to Senator Kim Carr. Stephen-Smith has also worked in Washington DC at the Australian Embassy.
The Second Barr Ministry was the 14th ministry of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory, led by Labor Chief Minister Andrew Barr and his deputy Yvette Berry. It was appointed on 1 November 2016, following the 2016 general election held two weeks earlier. The Greens signed a new formal Parliamentary Agreement with Labor which continued to maintain Green's leader Shane Rattenbury's position in the Ministry, whilst mandating that the Greens not move or support any motion of no confidence in the Labor Government, except in instances of gross misconduct or corruption.
The First Barr Ministry was the 13th ministry of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory, and was led by Labor Chief Minister Andrew Barr and his deputy Yvette Berry. It was appointed on 15 December 2014 following the resignation of Katy Gallagher as Chief Minister and the subsequent election of Andrew Barr as her replacement by the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. Green's Shane Rattenbury continued to serve as a minister for the remainder of the parliamentary term, as part of the Labor-Greens parliamentary agreement signed in 2012 at the start of the term.
Rebecca Vassarotti is a member of parliament in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the ACT Greens.
The Third Barr Ministry is the 15th ministry of the Government of the Australian Capital Territory, led by Labor Chief Minister Andrew Barr and his deputy Yvette Berry. It was appointed on 4 November 2020 to replace the Second Barr Ministry, following the 2020 general election held two weeks earlier.