Ministry of Health (Croatia)

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.

Ministry of Health

Ministarstvo zdravstva
Agency overview
Formed	31 May 1990
Jurisdiction	Government of Croatia
Headquarters	Ksaver 200a, Zagreb
Employees	428 (2015)[1]
Annual budget	HRK 7.395 billion (2015)[2]
Minister responsible	Irena Hrstić
Website	zdravlje.gov.hr

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

Minister	Party		Term start	Term end	Days in office
Andrija Hebrang		HDZ	30 May 1990	12 August 1992	805
Juraj Njavro		HDZ	12 August 1992	12 October 1993	426
Andrija Hebrang (2nd term)		HDZ	12 October 1993	14 May 1998	1,675
Željko Reiner		HDZ	14 May 1998	27 January 2000	623
Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina		HSS	27 January 2000	23 October 2001	635
Andro Vlahušić		HNS	22 November 2001	23 December 2003	761
Andrija Hebrang[nb 1] (3rd term)		HDZ	23 December 2003	15 February 2005	420
Neven Ljubičić[nb 1]		HDZ	15 February 2005	12 January 2008	1,061
Darko Milinović[nb 1]		HDZ	12 January 2008	23 December 2011	1,441
Rajko Ostojić		SDP	23 December 2011	11 June 2014	901
Siniša Varga		SDP	11 June 2014	22 January 2016	590
Dario Nakić		HDZ	22 January 2016	19 October 2016	271
Milan Kujundžić		HDZ	19 October 2016	28 January 2020	1,196
Vili Beroš		HDZ	31 January 2020	15 November 2024	1,750
Irena Hrstić		HDZ	6 December 2024	Incumbent	17

Notes

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

References

1. Blažević, Robert (2015): Upravna znanost, p. 284. ISBN 9789538034039
   "...(on day 19. February 2015)."
2. "Naslovna".

External links

• Official website (in Croatian)