Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan
| Қазақстан Республикасының Денсаулық сақтау министрлігі | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1961 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Kazakhstan |
| Headquarters | 8 Orynbor Street, House of Ministries, Entrance 5 010000 Astana |
| Employees | 243 |
| Minister responsible | Salidat Kairbekova, Minister of Health |
| Agency executives |
Bolat Tokezhanov, Vice-Minister of Health Erik Baizhunusov, Vice-Minister of Health Serikbol Mussinov, State Secretary |
| Website | http://www.mzsr.gov.kz/en |
The Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасының Денсаулық сақтау министрлігі) is a cabinet-level ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is the highest government department responsible for health.
History
The Ministry of Health was founded in 1961.
Ministers
Political Party: Nur Otan CommunistParty
| Name (Born-Died) |
Party | Term of Office | Prime-Minister (Cabinet) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Health | |||||
| Toregeldy Sharmanov (1901–) |
Communist Party | 14 November 1961 | 30 November 1966 | Adenauer (IV • V) Erhard (I • II) | |
| Horst Seehofer (b. 1949) |
CSU | 6 May 1992 | 26 October 1998 | Kohl (IV • V) | |
| Minister of Health | |||||
| Zhaksylyk Doskaliev (b. 1955) |
Nur Otan | 28 October 2009 | 7 October 2010 | Akhmetov (I) | |
| Salidat Kairbekova (b. 1961) |
Nur Otan | 7 October 2010 | Incumbent | ||
Responsibilities of the Ministry of Health
See also: Health in Kazakhstan
The Ministry of Health is responsible for:
- maintaining the effectiveness and efficiency of the statutory health insurance and long-term care insurance systems