Ministry of Health (Portugal)

The Ministry of Health (Ministério da Saúde) is a Portuguese government ministry. The minister is Ana Paula Martins, she is a pharmacist and a politician. Her deputies are Cristina Vaz Tomé and Ana Povo.

List of ministers

 * 1983–1985: António Maldonado Gonelha
 * 1985–1990: Leonor Beleza
 * 1990–1993: Arlindo de Carvalho
 * 1993–1995: Paulo Mendo
 * 1995–1999: Maria de Belém Roseira
 * 1999–2001: Manuela Arcanjo
 * 2001–2002: António Correia de Campos
 * 2002–2005: Luís Filipe Pereira
 * 2005–2008: António Correia de Campos
 * 2008–2011: Ana Jorge
 * 2011–2015: Paulo Macedo
 * 2015–2018: Adalberto Campos Fernandes
 * 2018–2022: Marta Temido
 * 2022–2024: Manuel Pizarro
 * 2024–present: Ana Paula Martins

Controversy
In June 2024, police raided the ministry (and the country's largest hospital) in an investigation into whether officials broke laws by giving preferential access to a costly medical treatment to baby twins whose family had sought help from the president. The parliamentary opposition, Chega, has criticized the health ministry over the issue and set up a parliamentary committee to look into the case.