Department of Health (Basque Country)
Government ministry of the Basque Country, Spain
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The Department of Health (Basque: Osasun Saila, Spanish: Departamento de Salud) is the department of the Basque Government responsible for the public health care system of the Basque Autonomous Community.
Formed4 November 1936
Preceding agency
- Department of Health and Consumer Affairs
JurisdictionBasque Government
Minister responsible
- Alberto Martínez
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| Formed | 4 November 1936 |
| Preceding agency |
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| Jurisdiction | Basque Government |
| Minister responsible |
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| Website | Departamento de Salud (in Spanish) |
List of officeholders
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Government | Lehendakari (Tenure) |
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| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||||
| Department of Health (Provisional Government of the Basque Country) | ||||||||||
| Alfredo Espinosa (1903–1937) |
9 October 1936 |
26 June 1937 |
260 days | UR | Provisional | José Antonio Aguirre.jpg) (1936–1960) |
[1] [2] | |||
| Eliodoro de la Torre (1889–1946) |
1937 | 28 January 1946 |
EAJ/PNV | [2] | ||||||
| Manuel Campomanes (?–?) |
1946 | 1960 | UR | [2] | ||||||
| Department of Health (Basque General Council) | ||||||||||
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Andoni Monforte (born 1946) |
24 February 1978 |
9 April 1980 |
2 years, 45 days | PSE-EE | Rubial | Ramón Rubial.jpg) (1978–1979) |
[3] | ||
| Garaikoetxea I | Carlos Garaikoetxea.jpg) (1979–1985) | |||||||||
| Department of Health | ||||||||||
| Jesús Javier Aguirre (1934–2022) |
30 April 1980 |
18 April 1984 |
3 years, 354 days | EAJ/PNV | Garaikoetxea II | [4] | ||||
| Ángel Larrañaga (born 1946) |
18 April 1984 |
28 January 1985 |
285 days | EAJ/PNV | Garaikoetxea III | [5] [6] | ||||
| Department of Labor, Health and Social Security | ||||||||||
| Jon Imanol Azúa (born 1953) |
28 January 1985 |
12 March 1987 |
2 years, 43 days | EAJ/PNV | Ardanza I | José Antonio Ardanza.jpg) (1985–1999) |
[7] [8] | |||
| Department of Health and Consumer Affairs | ||||||||||
| José Manuel Freire (born 1949) |
12 March 1987 |
7 February 1991 |
3 years, 332 days | PSE-EE | Ardanza II | [9] [10] | ||||
| Department of Health | ||||||||||
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Iñaki Azkuna (1943–2014) |
7 February 1991 |
4 January 1995 |
8 years, 72 days | EAJ/PNV | Ardanza III | [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] | |||
| 4 January 1995 |
7 January 1999 |
Ardanza IV | ||||||||
| 7 January 1999 |
20 April 1999 |
Ibarretxe I | Juan José Ibarretxe.jpg) (1999–2009) | |||||||
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Gabriel María Inclán (born 1959) |
20 April 1999 |
17 July 2001 |
10 years, 19 days | EAJ/PNV | [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] | ||||
| 17 July 2001 |
28 June 2005 |
Ibarretxe II | ||||||||
| 28 June 2005 |
9 May 2009 |
Ibarretxe III | ||||||||
| Department of Health and Consumer Affairs | ||||||||||
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Rafael Bengoa (born 1952) |
9 May 2009 |
17 December 2012 |
3 years, 222 days | PSE-EE | López | Patxi López (2009–2012) |
[23] [24] | ||
| Department of Health | ||||||||||
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Jon Darpón (born 1959) |
17 December 2012 |
28 November 2016 |
6 years, 87 days | EAJ/PNV | Urkullu I | Iñigo Urkullu.jpg) (2012–2024) |
[25] [26] [27] | ||
| 28 November 2016 |
14 March 2019 |
Urkullu II | ||||||||
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Nekane Murga (born 1963) |
14 March 2019 |
8 September 2020 |
1 year, 178 days | EAJ/PNV | [28] [29] | ||||
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Gotzone Sagardui (born 1981) |
8 September 2020 |
25 June 2024 |
3 years, 291 days | EAJ/PNV | Urkullu III | [30] [31] | |||
| Alberto Martínez (born ?) |
25 June 2024 |
Incumbent | 1 year, 276 days | EAJ/PNV | Pradales | Imanol Pradales_(cropped).jpg) (2024–present) |
[32] | |||