# Minister of Health and Care Services

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 19 April 2024 the position has been held by Jan Christian Vestre of the Labour Party. 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. Bent Høie has held the position the longest, for a total of eight years.

## 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

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Werner Christie | Labour | 4 September 1992 | 22 December 1995 | 3 years, 109 days | Brundtland III |
| Gudmund Hernes | Labour | 22 December 1995 | 17 October 1997 | 1 year, 299 days | Brundtland III Jagland |
| Dagfinn Høybråten | Christian Democratic | 17 October 1997 | 17 March 2000 | 2 years, 152 days | Bondevik I |
| Tore Tønne | Labour | 17 March 2000 | 19 October 2001 | 1 year, 216 days | Stoltenberg I |
| Dagfinn Høybråten | Christian Democratic | 19 October 2001 | 18 June 2004 | 2 years, 243 days | Bondevik II |
| Ansgar Gabrielsen | Conservative | 18 June 2004 | 17 October 2005 | 1 year, 121 days | Bondevik II |
| Sylvia Brustad | Labour | 17 October 2005 | 20 June 2008 | 2 years, 247 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Bjarne Håkon Hanssen | Labour | 20 June 2008 | 20 October 2009 | 1 year, 114 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen | Labour | 20 October 2009 | 21 September 2012 | 2 years, 337 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Jonas Gahr Støre | Labour | 21 September 2012 | 16 October 2013 | 1 year, 25 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Bent Høie | Conservative | 16 October 2013 | 14 October 2021 | 7 years, 363 days | Solberg |
| Ingvild Kjerkol | Labour | 14 October 2021 | 19 April 2024 | 2 years, 188 days | Støre |
| Jan Christian Vestre | Labour | 19 April 2024 | present | 299 days | Støre |

## Minister of the Elderly and Public Health

The Minister of the Elderly and Public Health was responsible for cases related to the elderly and public health. It was abolished on 24 January 2020.
Key  Progress Party

### Ministers

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Åse Michaelsen | Progress | 17 January 2018 | 3 May 2019 | 1 year, 106 days | Solberg |
| Sylvi Listhaug | Progress | 3 May 2019 | 18 December 2019 | 229 days | Solberg |
| Terje Søviknes | Progress | 18 December 2019 | 24 January 2020 | 37 days | Solberg |