Ministry of Health (Croatia)

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Ministry of Health
Ministarstvo zdravstva
Agency overview
Formed31 May 1990
Jurisdiction Government of Croatia
HeadquartersKsaver 200a, Zagreb
Employees428 (2015) [1]
Annual budget HRK 7.395 billion (2015) [2]
Minister responsible
Website zdravlje.gov.hr

The ministry of Health of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian : Ministarstvo zdravstva) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of health care and welfare.

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The current Minister of Health, serving in the Cabinet of Andrej Plenković, is Irena Hrstić.

The longest serving Minister of Health (and the only one to serve multiple terms) was Andrija Hebrang, who held the position for a total of 7 years and 343 days, during the administrations of six Croatian Prime Ministers.

List of ministers

MinisterPartyTerm startTerm endDays
in office
Andrija Hebrang HDZ 30 May 199012 August 1992805
Juraj Njavro HDZ 12 August 199212 October 1993426
Andrija Hebrang (2nd term) HDZ 12 October 199314 May 19981,675
Željko Reiner HDZ 14 May 199827 January 2000623
Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina HSS 27 January 200023 October 2001635
Andro Vlahušić HNS 22 November 200123 December 2003761
Andrija Hebrang [nb 1] (3rd term) HDZ 23 December 200315 February 2005420
Neven Ljubičić [nb 1] HDZ 15 February 200512 January 20081,061
Darko Milinović [nb 1] HDZ 12 January 200823 December 20111,441
Rajko Ostojić SDP 23 December 201111 June 2014901
Siniša Varga SDP 11 June 201422 January 2016590
Dario Nakić HDZ 22 January 201619 October 2016271
Milan Kujundžić HDZ 19 October 201628 January 20201,196
Vili Beroš HDZ 31 January 202015 November 20241,750
Irena Hrstić HDZ 6 December 2024Incumbent1

Notes

nb 1.  ^ Served as Minister of Health and Social Welfare

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    "...(on day 19. February 2015)."
  2. "Naslovna".