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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 4 November 1936 |
Preceding agency |
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| Jurisdiction | Basque Government |
Minister responsible | |
| Website | Departamento de Salud (in Spanish) |
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.
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Government | Lehendakari (Tenure) |
Ref. | ||||
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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 (1936–1960) |
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| Eliodoro de la Torre (1889–1946) |
1937 | 28 January 1946 |
EAJ/PNV | |||||||
| Manuel Campomanes (?–?) |
1946 | 1960 | UR | |||||||
| Department of Health (Basque General Council) | ||||||||||
| Andoni Monforte (born 1946) |
24 February 1978 |
9 April 1980 |
2 years, 45 days | PSE-EE | Rubial | Ramón Rubial (1978–1979) |
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| Garaikoetxea I | Carlos Garaikoetxea (1979–1985) | |||||||||
| Department of Health | ||||||||||
| Jesús Javier Aguirre (1934–2022) |
30 April 1980 |
18 April 1984 |
3 years, 354 days | EAJ/PNV | Garaikoetxea II | |||||
| Ángel Larrañaga (born 1946) |
18 April 1984 |
28 January 1985 |
285 days | EAJ/PNV | Garaikoetxea III | |||||
| 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 (1985–1999) |
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| 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 | |||||
| Department of Health | ||||||||||
| Iñaki Azkuna (1943–2014) |
7 February 1991 |
4 January 1995 |
8 years, 72 days | EAJ/PNV | Ardanza III | |||||
| 4 January 1995 |
7 January 1999 |
Ardanza IV | ||||||||
| 7 January 1999 |
20 April 1999 |
Ibarretxe I | Juan José Ibarretxe (1999–2009) | |||||||
| Gabriel María Inclán (born 1959) |
20 April 1999 |
17 July 2001 |
10 years, 19 days | EAJ/PNV | ||||||
| 17 July 2001 |
28 June 2005 |
Ibarretxe II | ||||||||
| 28 June 2005 |
9 May 2009 |
Ibarretxe III | ||||||||
| Department of Health and Consumer Affairs | ||||||||||
| Rafael Bengoa (born 1952) |
9 May 2009 |
17 December 2012 |
3 years, 222 days | PSE-EE | López | Patxi López (2009–2012) |
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| Department of Health | ||||||||||
| Jon Darpón (born 1959) |
17 December 2012 |
28 November 2016 |
6 years, 87 days | EAJ/PNV | Urkullu I | Iñigo Urkullu (2012–2024) |
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| 28 November 2016 |
14 March 2019 |
Urkullu II | ||||||||
| Nekane Murga (born 1963) |
14 March 2019 |
8 September 2020 |
1 year, 178 days | EAJ/PNV | ||||||
| Gotzone Sagardui (born 1981) |
8 September 2020 |
25 June 2024 |
3 years, 291 days | EAJ/PNV | Urkullu III | |||||
| Alberto Martínez (born ?) |
25 June 2024 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 139 days | EAJ/PNV | Pradales | Imanol Pradales (2024–present) |
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