Secretary of Health | |
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Kalihim ng Kalusugan | |
Style | The Honorable |
Appointer | The President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments |
Term length | No fixed term |
Inaugural holder | Dr. Juan G. Nolasco |
Formation | November 15, 1935 |
Website | www |
The secretary of health (Filipino: Kalihim ng Kalusugan) is the Cabinet of the Philippines member who is in charge of the Department of Health. The secretary of health is also the ex-officio chairperson of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). [1] [2]
# | Portrait | Name | Term Began | Term Ended | President |
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Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare | |||||
1 | Juan G. Nolasco | November 15, 1935 | December 24, 1941 | Manuel L. Quezon | |
2 | Sergio Osmeña [A] | December 24, 1941 | August 1, 1944 | ||
Secretary of Health and Public Welfare | |||||
3 | Basilio J. Valdes | February 27, 1945 | April 1945 | Sergio Osmeña | |
4 | Jose Locsin | June 29, 1945 | May 27, 1946 | ||
5 | Antonio Villarama | May 28, 1946 | October 3, 1947 | Manuel Roxas | |
Secretary of Health | |||||
(5) | Antonio Villarama | October 3, 1947 | April 15, 1948 | Manuel Roxas | |
April 17, 1948 | December 31, 1949 | Elpidio Quirino | |||
6 | Juan S. Salcedo | December 14, 1950 | December 30, 1953 | ||
December 30, 1953 | May 1954 | Ramon Magsaysay | |||
7 | Paulino Garcia | June 1954 | March 17, 1957 | ||
March 17, 1957 | June 1958 | Carlos P. Garcia | |||
8 | Elpidio Valencia | July 1958 | December 30, 1961 | ||
9 | Francisco Q. Duque Jr. | December 30, 1961 | July 1963 | Diosdado Macapagal | |
10 | Floro Dabu | July 1963 | December 1964 | ||
11 | Manuel Cuenco | December 1964 | December 30, 1965 | ||
12 | Paulino Garcia | December 30, 1965 | August 2, 1968 | Ferdinand Marcos | |
13 | Amadeo H. Cruz | August 2, 1968 | December 25, 1971 | ||
14 | Clemente S. Gatmaitan | December 25, 1971 | June 30, 1978 | ||
Minister of Health | |||||
(14) | Clemente S. Gatmaitan | June 30, 1978 | July 23, 1979 | Ferdinand Marcos | |
15 | Enrique Garcia | July 24, 1979 | June 30, 1981 | ||
16 | Jesus Azurin | July 25, 1981 | February 25, 1986 | ||
Secretary of Health | |||||
17 | Alfredo Bengzon | March 25, 1986 | February 7, 1992 | Corazon Aquino | |
18 | Antonio Periquet | February 10, 1992 | June 30, 1992 | ||
19 | Juan Flavier | July 1, 1992 | January 30, 1995 | Fidel V. Ramos | |
20 | Jaime Galvez-Tan | January 30, 1995 | July 5, 1995 | ||
21 | Hilarion Ramiro Jr. | July 10, 1995 | March 22, 1996 | ||
22 | Carmencita Reodica | April 8, 1996 | June 29, 1998 | ||
23 | Felipe Estrella | June 30, 1998 | September 13, 1998 | Joseph Ejercito Estrada | |
24 | Alberto Romualdez | September 14, 1998 | January 20, 2001 | ||
25 | Manuel Dayrit | January 20, 2001 | June 1, 2005 | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | |
26 | Francisco Duque III | June 1, 2005 | September 1, 2009 | ||
27 | Esperanza Cabral | September 1, 2009 | June 30, 2010 | ||
28 | Enrique Ona | June 30, 2010 | December 19, 2014 | Benigno Aquino III | |
29 | Janette Garin | February 17, 2015 | June 30, 2016 | ||
Act | Paulyn Ubial | June 30, 2016 | October 10, 2017 | Rodrigo Duterte | |
Act | Herminigildo Valle | October 12, 2017 | October 25, 2017 | ||
(26) | Francisco Duque III | October 26, 2017 | June 30, 2022 | ||
OIC | Maria Rosario Vergeire | July 14, 2022 | June 5, 2023 | Bongbong Marcos | |
30 | Teodoro “Ted” J. Herbosa | June 5, 2023 | present |
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