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| Incumbent Leona Aglukkaq PC, MP |
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| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointed by | Michaëlle Jean as Governor General of Canada |
| First | David Dingwall |
| Formation | 12 July 1996 |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
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| Website | www.hc-sc.gc.ca |
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The Minister of Health (French: Ministre de la Santé) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's health department (Health Canada) and the enforcing the Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada Health Act, the law governing Medicare. The current Minister of Health is Leona Aglukkaq, MP for Nunavut.
The Minister of Health is also the responsible Minister for the:
Prior to 1944, the responsibilities of the current Health portfolio were part of the now-defunct post of Minister of Pensions and National Health. From 1944 to 1996, the post was known as the Minister of National Health and Welfare.
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| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |
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| 1 | David Dingwall | July 12, 1996 | June 10, 1997 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) | |
| 2 | Allan Rock | June 11, 1997 | January 14, 2002 | Liberal | ||
| 3 | Anne McLellan | January 15, 2002 | December 11, 2003 | Liberal | ||
| 4 | Pierre Pettigrew | December 12, 2003 | July 19, 2004 | Liberal | 27 (Martin) | |
| 5 | Ujjal Dosanjh | July 20, 2004 | February 5, 2006 | Liberal | ||
| 6 | Tony Clement | February 6, 2006 | October 29, 2008 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) | |
| 7 | Leona Aglukkaq | October 30, 2008 | Incumbent | Conservative | ||