Minister of Health and Care Services
| Minister of Health and Care Services of Norway Helse- og omsorgsministeren |
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| Ministry of Health and Care Services | |
| Member of | Council of State |
| Seat | Oslo |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | Monarch with approval of Parliament |
| Term length | No fixed length |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Norway |
| Precursor | Minister of Social Affairs |
| Formation | 4 September 1992 |
| First holder | Werner Christie |
| Deputy | State secretaries at the Ministry of Health and Care Services |
| Website | Official website |
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The Minister of Health and Care Services (Norwegian: Helse- og omsorgsministeren) is a councilor of state and chief of the Norway's Ministry of Health and Care Services. Since 16 October 2013 the position has been held by Bent Høie of the Conservative Party.[1] The ministry is responsible for healthcare and care services, with the state's healthcare activities being carried out by four regional health authorities. Major institutions subordinate to the ministry include the Directorate for Health, the Board of Health Supervision, the Institute of Public Health, the Medicines Agency, the Radiation Protection Authority, the Labour and Welfare Service and the Food Safety Authority.
The position was created in 1992 and originally held the healthcare portfolio of the Ministry of Social Affairs. The remainder of the ministry's portfolio was taken care of by the Minister of Social Affairs. From 2002 the position has been chief of its own ministry. The position has been held by eleven people from three parties. Dagfinn Høybråten has held the position the longest, for three and a half years, and is also the only person to have held the position twice. No-one has held the seat for less than a year, with Ansgar Gabrielsen having the shortest tenure.
Key
The following lists the minister, their party, date of assuming and leaving office, their tenure in years and days, and the cabinet they served in.
Christian Democratic Party
Conservative Party
Labour Party
Ministers
| Photo | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet | Ref |
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Werner Christie | Labour | 4 September 1992 | 22 December 1995 | 3 years, 79 days | Brundtland III | [2] |
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Gudmund Hernes | Labour | 22 December 1995 | 17 October 1997 | 1 year, 300 days | Brundtland III Jagland |
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Dagfinn Høybråten | Christian Democratic | 17 October 1997 | 21 March 2000 | 2 year, 156 days | Bondevik I | [4] |
| — | Tore Tønne | Labour | 21 March 2000 | 19 October 2001 | 1 year, 213 days | Stoltenberg I | [5] |
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Dagfinn Høybråten | Christian Democratic | 19 October 2001 | 1 October 2004 | 2 years, 346 days | Bondevik II | [6] |
| — | Ansgar Gabrielsen | Conservative | 1 October 2004 | 17 October 2005 | 1 years, 18 days | Bondevik II | [6] |
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Sylvia Brustad | Labour | 17 October 2005 | 20 June 2008 | 2 years, 247 days | Stoltenberg II | [7] |
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Bjarne Håkon Hanssen | Labour | 20 June 2008 | 20 October 2009 | 1 year, 122 days | Stoltenberg II | [7] |
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Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen | Labour | 20 October 2009 | 21 September 2012 | 2 years, 335 days | Stoltenberg II | [7] |
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Jonas Gahr Støre | Labour | 21 September 2012 | 16 October 2013 | 1 year, 26 days | Stoltenberg II | [7] |
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Bent Høie | Conservative | 16 October 2013 | present | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Solberg | [1] |
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