Post: | Minister for Public Health |
Native Name: | Folkhälsominister |
Insignia: | Coat of arms of Sweden.svg |
Insigniacaption: | Lesser coat of arms of Sweden |
Incumbent: | Annika Strandhäll |
Incumbentsince: | 27 July 2017 |
Department: | Ministry of Health and Social Affairs |
Member Of: | The Government |
Seat: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Appointer: | The Prime Minister |
Termlength: | No fixed term |
Termlength Qualified: | serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister |
Formation: | 21 October 2002 |
First: | Morgan Johansson |
Website: | http://www.government.se/government-policy/public-health-and-sport/ |
The Minister for Public Health (Swedish: Folkhälsominister) is a cabinet minister within the Swedish Government. The cabinet minister is appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden.
No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) | Other portfolios | Tenure | Political party | Cabinet | |||||||||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||||||||||
1 | Morgan Johansson (born 1970) | – | 21 October 2002 | 6 October 2006 | Social Democrats | Persson | |||||||||
2 | Maria Larsson (born 1956) | Minister for the Elderly | 6 October 2006 | 5 October 2010 | Christian Democrats | Reinfeldt | |||||||||
3 | Göran Hägglund (born 1959) | Minister for Social Affairs | 6 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | Christian Democrats | ||||||||||
4 | Gabriel Wikström (born 1985) | Minister for Healthcare Minister for Sports | 3 October 2014 | 27 July 2017 | Social Democrats | Löfven I | |||||||||
– | bgcolor=#E6E6AA | bgcolor=#E6E6AA | Annika Strandhäll (acting) | bgcolor=#E6E6AA | Minister for Social Security | bgcolor=#E6E6AA | 5 May 2017 | bgcolor=#E6E6AA | 27 July 2017 | bgcolor=#E6E6AA | bgcolor=#E6E6AA | Social Democrats | |||
5 | Annika Strandhäll (born 1975) | Minister for Social Affairs | 27 July 2017 | 21 January 2019 | Social Democrats | ||||||||||
6 | Lena Hallengren (born 1973) | Minister for Health and Social Affairs | 21 January 2019 | Incumbent | Social Democrats | Löfven II | |||||||||