List of Ministers of Health of Turkey

Minister of Health of Turkey
Sağlık Bakanı
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Incumbent Fahrettin Koca since 10 July 2018
Ministry of Health
Member of	Cabinet of Turkey
Reports to	President of Turkey
Seat	Ankara
Appointer	President of Turkey
Inaugural holder	Adnan Adıvar
Formation	3 May 1920
Website	Ministry of Health, Turkey

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The Minister of Health (Turkish: Sağlık Bakanı) is the head of the Ministry of Health and a member of the Cabinet of Turkey. The current Minister of Health is Fahrettin Koca (independent), who has been in office since 10 July 2018.^[1][2]

#	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party
1		Dr. Adnan Adıvar	3 May 1920	10 March 1921		Independent
2		Dr. Refik Saydam	10 March 1921	20 December 1921
3		Dr. Rıza Nur	24 December 1921	27 October 1923
(2)		Dr. Refik Saydam	30 October 1923	21 November 1924		Republican People's Party
4		Dr. Mazhar Germen	22 November 1924	3 March 1925
(2)		Dr. Refik Saydam	4 March 1925	25 October 1937
5		Dr.	25 October 1937	18 January 1945
6		Dr.	18 January 1945	5 August 1946
7		Dr. Behçet Uz	7 August 1946	10 June 1948
8		Dr.	10 June 1948	22 May 1950
9		Prof. Dr.	22 May 1950	19 September 1950		Democrat Party
10		Dr.	20 September 1950	17 May 1954
(7)		Dr. Behçet Uz	18 May 1954	9 December 1955
11			9 December 1955	25 November 1957
12		Dr. Lütfi Kırdar	26 November 1957	27 May 1960
13		Prof. Dr.	27 May 1960	25 August 1960		Military
-		Prof. Dr. (acting)	25 August 1960	5 September 1960
14		Prof. Dr.	5 September 1960	20 November 1961
15		Dr.	20 November 1961	26 June 1962		Justice Party
16		Dr.	26 June 1962	26 October 1963		New Turkey Party
17		Prof. Dr. Fahrettin Kerim Gökay	5 November 1963	26 December 1963
18		Dr.	26 December 1963	20 February 1965		Republican People's Party
19		Dr. Faruk Sükan	22 February 1965	27 October 1965		Justice Party
20		Dr.	27 October 1965	1 April 1967
21		Dr.	1 April 1967	12 March 1971
22		Prof. Dr. Türkan Akyol	26 March 1971	13 December 1971		Independent
23		Dr.	13 December 1971	23 May 1972		Republican People's Party
(18)		Dr.	23 May 1972	16 April 1973
24		Dr.	16 April 1973	26 January 1974		Justice Party
25		Dr.	26 January 1974	18 November 1974		Republican People's Party
(18)		Dr.	18 November 1974	18 April 1977
(24)		Dr.	18 April 1977	21 June 1977		Justice Party
26		Prof. Dr.	21 June 1977	21 July 1977		Republican People's Party
27			21 July 1977	5 January 1978		Nationalist Movement Party
28		Dr.	5 January 1978	12 November 1979		Republican People's Party
29		Dr.	12 November 1979	12 September 1980		Justice Party
30		Prof. Dr.	22 September 1980	23 December 1981		Military
31		Prof. Dr.	23 December 1981	23 December 1983
32			23 December 1983	17 October 1986		Motherland Party
33		Dr. Mustafa Kalemli	17 October 1986	21 December 1987
34			21 December 1987	26 June 1988
35		Cemil Çiçek	26 June 1988	26 July 1988
36			6 July 1988	31 March 1989
37			31 March 1989	23 June 1991
38		Dr.	23 June 1991	20 November 1991
39		Dr. Yıldırım Aktuna	20 November 1991	25 June 1993		True Path Party
40			25 June 1993	28 November 1993
41			28 November 1993	15 August 1994
42		Dr.	15 August 1994	17 March 1996
(39)		Dr. Yıldırım Aktuna	7 March 1996	26 April 1997
43			30 April 1997	13 May 1997
44		Dr.	13 May 1997	30 June 1997
45		Dr. Halil İbrahim Özsoy	30 June 1997	11 January 1999		Motherland Party
46		Dr. Mustafa Güven Karahan	11 January 1999	29 May 1999		Democratic Left Party
47		Dr. Osman Durmuş	29 May 1999	19 November 2002		Nationalist Movement Party
48		Prof. Dr. Recep Akdağ	20 November 2002	24 January 2013		Justice and Development Party
49		Dr. Mehmet Müezzinoğlu	24 January 2013	24 May 2016
(48)		Prof. Dr. Recep Akdağ	24 May 2016	19 July 2017
50		Dr. Ahmet Demircan	19 July 2017	10 July 2018
51		Dr. Fahrettin Koca	10 July 2018	Görevde		Independent

See also[]

• Ministry of Health (Turkey)

External links[]

• "Bakanlarımız". T.C. Sağlık Bakanlığı. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

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