# Department of Health (Basque Country)

The Department of Health (Basque: Osasun Saila, Spanish: Departamento de Salud) is the department of the Basque Government responsible for the public health care system of the Basque Autonomous Community.

## List of officeholders

| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Party | Party | Government | Lehendakari (Tenure) | Lehendakari (Tenure) | Ref. |
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Duration | Party | Party | Government | Lehendakari (Tenure) | Lehendakari (Tenure) | Ref. |
| Department of Health (Provisional Government of the Basque Country) |||||||||||
| | Alfredo Espinosa [es] (1903–1937) | 9 October 1936 | 26 June 1937 | 260 days | | UR | Provisional | | José Antonio Aguirre (1936–1960) | [1] [2] |
| | Eliodoro de la Torre [es] (1889–1946) | 1937 | 28 January 1946 | | | EAJ/PNV | Provisional | | José Antonio Aguirre (1936–1960) | |
| | Manuel Campomanes (?–?) | 1946 | 1960 | | | UR | Provisional | | José Antonio Aguirre (1936–1960) | |
| Department of Health (Basque General Council) |||||||||||
| | Andoni Monforte (born 1946) | 24 February 1978 | 9 April 1980 | 2 years, 45 days | | PSE-EE | Rubial | | Ramón Rubial (1978–1979) | |
| | Andoni Monforte (born 1946) | 24 February 1978 | 9 April 1980 | 2 years, 45 days | | PSE-EE | Garaikoetxea I | | Carlos Garaikoetxea (1979–1985) | |
| Department of Health | Department of Health | Department of Health | Department of Health | Department of Health | Department of Health | Department of Health | Department of Health | | Carlos Garaikoetxea (1979–1985) | |
| | Jesús Javier Aguirre (1934–2022) | 30 April 1980 | 18 April 1984 | 3 years, 354 days | | EAJ/PNV | Garaikoetxea II | | Carlos Garaikoetxea (1979–1985) | |
| | Ángel Larrañaga (born 1946) | 18 April 1984 | 28 January 1985 | 285 days | | EAJ/PNV | Garaikoetxea III | | Carlos Garaikoetxea (1979–1985) | [5] [6] |
| Department of Labor, Health and Social Security |||||||||||
| | Jon Imanol Azúa [es] (born 1953) | 28 January 1985 | 12 March 1987 | 2 years, 43 days | | EAJ/PNV | Ardanza I | | José Antonio Ardanza (1985–1999) | [7] [8] |
| Department of Health and Consumer Affairs | Department of Health and Consumer Affairs | Department of Health and Consumer Affairs | Department of Health and Consumer Affairs | Department of Health and Consumer Affairs | Department of Health and Consumer Affairs | Department of Health and Consumer Affairs | Department of Health and Consumer Affairs | | José Antonio Ardanza (1985–1999) | |
| | José Manuel Freire [es] (born 1949) | 12 March 1987 | 7 February 1991 | 3 years, 332 days | | PSE-EE | Ardanza II | | José Antonio Ardanza (1985–1999) | [9] [10] |
| Department of Health | Department of Health | Department of Health | Department of Health | Department of Health | Department of Health | Department of Health | Department of Health | | José Antonio Ardanza (1985–1999) | |
| | Iñaki Azkuna (1943–2014) | 7 February 1991 | 4 January 1995 | 8 years, 72 days | | EAJ/PNV | Ardanza III | | José Antonio Ardanza (1985–1999) | [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] |
| | Iñaki Azkuna (1943–2014) | 4 January 1995 | 7 January 1999 | 8 years, 72 days | | EAJ/PNV | Ardanza IV [eu] | | José Antonio Ardanza (1985–1999) | [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] |
| | Iñaki Azkuna (1943–2014) | 7 January 1999 | 20 April 1999 | 8 years, 72 days | | EAJ/PNV | Ibarretxe I [eu] | | Juan José Ibarretxe (1999–2009) | [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] |
| | Gabriel María Inclán [eu] (born 1959) | 20 April 1999 | 17 July 2001 | 10 years, 19 days | | EAJ/PNV | Ibarretxe I [eu] | | Juan José Ibarretxe (1999–2009) | [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] |
| | Gabriel María Inclán [eu] (born 1959) | 17 July 2001 | 28 June 2005 | 10 years, 19 days | | EAJ/PNV | Ibarretxe II [eu] | | Juan José Ibarretxe (1999–2009) | [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] |
| | Gabriel María Inclán [eu] (born 1959) | 28 June 2005 | 9 May 2009 | 10 years, 19 days | | EAJ/PNV | Ibarretxe III [eu] | | Juan José Ibarretxe (1999–2009) | [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] |
| Department of Health and Consumer Affairs |||||||||||
| | Rafael Bengoa [es] (born 1952) | 9 May 2009 | 17 December 2012 | 3 years, 222 days | | PSE-EE | López [eu] | | Patxi López (2009–2012) | [23] [24] |
| Department of Health |||||||||||
| | Jon Darpón [es] (born 1959) | 17 December 2012 | 28 November 2016 | 6 years, 87 days | | EAJ/PNV | Urkullu I | | Iñigo Urkullu (2012–2024) | [25] [26] [27] |
| | Jon Darpón [es] (born 1959) | 28 November 2016 | 14 March 2019 | 6 years, 87 days | | EAJ/PNV | Urkullu II | | Iñigo Urkullu (2012–2024) | [25] [26] [27] |
| | Nekane Murga [es] (born 1963) | 14 March 2019 | 8 September 2020 | 1 year, 178 days | | EAJ/PNV | Urkullu II | | Iñigo Urkullu (2012–2024) | [28] [29] |
| | Gotzone Sagardui (born 1981) | 8 September 2020 | 25 June 2024 | 3 years, 291 days | | EAJ/PNV | Urkullu III | | Iñigo Urkullu (2012–2024) | [30] [31] |
| | Alberto Martínez (born ?) | 25 June 2024 | Incumbent | 189 days | | EAJ/PNV | Pradales | | Imanol Pradales (2024–present) | |