A Health Minister is responsible for protecting and promoting public health. He ensures public welfare and provides social security services to the citizens. There are health ministers both at central level and at state levels. In this article ,a complete list for health ministers has been mentioned below.
1.Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar
She is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare of India from July 2021.She was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha in the 2019 general election as a BJP member .
She was born to Shri Kisanrao and Smt. Shantabai on13 September 1978 in Nashik, Maharashtra. She is married to Pravin Pawar.
2.Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
He is the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in Government of India. He is also a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat. He was born in a small village in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat state in a middle-class farmer family. He holds a Postgraduate degree in Political Science from Bhavnagar University. He was very active in politics since his youth. Mandaviya assumed the charge as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare Union Government of India on July 7, 2021.
Health Ministers of every state in India have been listed below.
- Andhra Pradesh: Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas
He is an Indian politician and is also known as Alla Nani. He is the Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education of Andhra Pradesh.. He was born in 1971 to Surya Chandra Rao. He has completed B.Com from Andhra University in 1991. He started his political journey with the Indian National Congress PartyHe also served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Eluru constituency of West Godavari Dist.
- Arunachal Pradesh: Shri Goruk Pordung
Goruk Pordung is 42 years old MLA who contested election from Bameng (East Kameng) in 2019 and won. He is a businessman and a politician. Currently, he is associated with the Bhartiya Janta Party.
- Assam: Keshab Mahanta
Keshab Mahanta is an Indian politician. He was born on 6 July 1959 He was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Kaliabor Constituency of Assam in 1996 . He was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly in 2006.
Currently he is the Cabinet Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology and Information Technology in the Government of Assam. He took the charge on 12 May 2021.
- Bihar: Mangal Pandey
He is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party and is currently serving as the Health Minister of Bihar .He was born on December 31, 1972 in a farmer family of Siwan district, in Bihar. He has also served as the President of the BJP, Bihar from 2013 to 2017.
- Chattisgarh: TS Singh Deo
Tribhuvaneshwar Saran Singh Deo was born on October 31, 1952 to a royal family .He is an Indian politician from Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh. He is the current Health Minister Of Chhattisgarh. He is a member of Indian National Congress.
- Goa: Vishwajit Rane
Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane is a politician and a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Goa. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister in 2017 in the government led by Manohar Parrikar and was allotted the Health portfolio. Rane was born in Mumbai to a veteran politician Pratapsingh Raoji on March 23, 1971.
- Gujarat: Shri Nitinbhai Patel
He is deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat State. Moreover, he holds the responsibility of other portfolios like the Finance, Road and Building, Health and Family Welfare and Medical Education. He was born on June 22, 1956 in Visnagar.
- Haryana: Shri Anil Vij
He was born on March 15, 1953).Anil Vij is an Indian politician and belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.He is a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Haryana. He hold important departments namely Home affairs, Ayush, Health Services, Medical Education, Science & Technology, and Sports & Youth Affairs.
- Himachal Pradesh: Rajiv Saijal
Dr. Rajiv Saizal was born on July 11, 1971 .He is an Indian politician .Currently he is designated with the portfolio of Health & Family Welfare and Ayurveda Minister of Government of Himachal Pradesh. Dr.Rajiv is a member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Jharkhand: Banna Gupta
Banna Gupta is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is a Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly and is the current Health Minister of Jharkhand.
- Karnataka: Dr. K Sudhakar
Keshava Reddy Sudhakar is an Indian politician. He currently holds the portfolio of Minister of Medical Education and Health of Karnataka .Earlier, he was a member of the Indian National Congress and later was Re-elected to the house in 2019 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the youngest cabinet minister to take charge as the Minister of Medical education from Health and Family Welfare Department.
- Kerala: Smt. Veena George
She is an Indian politician and is the current Minister for Health and Family Welfare in the Government of Kerala .She was born in Thiruvananthapuram on August 3, 1976 .She pursued graduation from Physics from the University of Kerala. She was also the executive editor of a Malayalam news channel.
- Madhya Pradesh: Dr. Prabhuram Chaudhary
He is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.He is currently serving as Public Health and Family Welfare minister of Madhya Pradesh in the cabinet of Shivraj Singh Chouhan. He was born on July 15, 1958 in Raisen district.
- Maharashtra: Rajesh Tope
He is an Indian politician and a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. He is currently serves as the Health Minister of Maharashtra in the cabinet of Uddhav Thackeray.
- Meghalaya: James P K Sangma
James Pangsang Kongkal Sangma was born in 1976 in West Garo Hills. He is an Indian politician from Meghalaya. He is the current Cabinet Minister of Home, District Council Affairs, Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Law, Power and Health and Welfare.
- Mizoram: Dr R. Lalthangliana
He is an Indian politician. He is currently a Cabinet Minister in the present Mizo National Front ministry and has assumed the departments of Health, Education and Commerce in Mizoram Government.
- Nagaland: Shri. S. Pangnyu Phom
He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party from Nagaland. He has been elected in Nagaland Legislative Assembly election in 2018 . He is currently the minister of Health and Family welfare in the Fourth Neiphiu Rio ministry.
- Odisha: Naba Kishore Das
He is an MLA elected from Jharsugda of Odisha as a member of Indian National Congress. Naba was born to Narasingh Chandra Das.
- Punjab: Om Prakash Soni
Soni is an Indian politician and the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab .He is a member of Indian National Congress.He was born on July 3, 1957 in Amritsar district of Punjab.
- Rajasthan:Shri Parsadi Lal Meena
He is currently serving as the Cabinet Minister of Health & State Excise in the ministry of Ashok Gehlot. He was born February 1, 1951 in Mandawari village of Rajasthan .He is a member of Indian National Congress.
- Sikkim: Dr. Mani Kumar Sharma
He is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Sikkim Legislative Assembly from Khamdong-Singtam. He is currently the Minister of Healthcare, Human Services & Family Welfare, Social Justice & Empowerment .
- Tamil Nadu: Ma Subramanian
He is a lawyer, a businessman and a politician. He serves as a Minister for Health and Family Welfare of Tamil Nadu state . He is a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party.
- Telangana: T. Harish Rao
Shri Thaneeru Harish Rao is an Indian politician serving as the current Minister for Finance, Health, Medical and Family Welfare of Telangana .He was born on June 3, 1972.
- Tripura: Biplab Kumar Deb
He is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Tripura. He holds important departments like Home, Health & Family Welfare, Industry & Commerce . Deb was born on November 25, 1971 in Gomati district of Tripura.
- Uttar Pradesh: Shri Ahmed Hassan
He is the current health and family welfare minister of the state.
- Uttarakhand: Trivendra Singh Rawat
Rawat is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand .He was born December 20, 1960 in Garhwal district of Uttarakhand. He holds important portfolios in the state cabinet. One of them being Health and Family Welfare.
- West Bengal: Mamta Bannerjee
She is the minister in charge of the Health and Family Welfare Department of the state government. She is an Indian politician who is serving as the current chief minister of West Bengal . She is popularly known as Didi.
