# Ministry of Health (Lithuania)

The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos sveikatos apsaugos ministerija) is a government department of the Republic of Lithuania. Its operations are authorized by the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, decrees issued by the President and Prime Minister, and laws passed by the Seimas (Parliament). Its mission is to seek national unity and continue to build a state of wellbeing for all, where everyone could lead a dignified, comfortable, safe and healthy life. The current head of the Ministry is Arūnas Dulkys.

## History

The predecessor of the ministry is considered to be the Health Department under Ministry of the Interior established on 11 November 1918. The ministry in its current form was established on 17 January 1990.

## Ministers

Christian Democratic Party  Democratic Labour Party  Farmers and Greens Union  Homeland Union  Labour Party  Liberal and Centre Union  New Union  Social Democratic Party  Independent
Ministry of Health :
| Term | Minister | Party | Cabinet | Office | Office | Office |
| Term | Minister | Party | Cabinet | Start date | End date | Time in office |
| 1 | Juozas Olekas (born 1955) | Social Democratic Party | Prunskienė | 17 January 1990 | 10 January 1991 | 358 days |
| 2 | Juozas Olekas (born 1955) | Social Democratic Party | Šimėnas | 10 January 1991 | 13 January 1991 | 3 days |
| 3 | Juozas Olekas (born 1955) | Social Democratic Party | Vagnorius | 13 January 1991 | 21 July 1992 | 1 year, 190 days |
| 4 | Juozas Olekas (born 1955) | Social Democratic Party | Abišala | 21 July 1992 | 17 December 1992 | 149 days |
| 5 | Vytautas Kriauza (born 1955) | Christian Democratic Party | Lubys | 17 December 1992 | 31 March 1993 | 104 days |
| 6 | Jurgis Brėdikis (born 1929) | Independent | Šleževičius | 31 March 1993 | 10 November 1994 | 1 year, 224 days |
| 7 | Antanas Vinkus (born 1942) | Social Democratic Party | Šleževičius | 10 November 1994 | 19 March 1996 | 2 years, 354 days |
| 8 | Antanas Vinkus (born 1942) | Social Democratic Party | Stankevičius | 19 March 1996 | 10 December 1996 | 266 days |
| 9 | Juozas Galdikas (born 1958) | Homeland Union | Vagnorius | 10 December 1996 | 25 March 1998 | 1 year, 105 days |
| 10 | Laurynas Stankevičius (1935–2017) | Democratic Labour Party | Vagnorius | 25 March 1998 | 10 June 1999 | 1 year, 77 days |
| 11 | Raimundas Alekna (born 1959) | Homeland Union | Paksas | 10 June 1999 | 11 November 1999 | 154 days |
| 12 | Raimundas Alekna (born 1959) | Homeland Union | Kubilius | 11 November 1999 | 9 November 2000 | 364 days |
| 13 | Vinsas Janušonis (born 1950) | Independent | Paksas | 9 November 2000 | 2 April 2001 | 144 days |
| 14 | Konstantinas Dobrovolskis (1939–2021) | New Union | Paksas | 15 May 2001 | 12 July 2001 | 58 days |
| 15 | Konstantinas Dobrovolskis (1939–2021) | New Union | Brazauskas | 12 July 2001 | 6 March 2003 | 1 year, 237 days |
| 16 | Juozas Olekas (born 1955) | Social Democratic Party | Brazauskas | 6 March 2003 | 14 December 2004 | 1 year, 283 days |
| 17 | Žilvinas Padaiga (born 1956) | Labour Party | Brazauskas | 14 December 2004 | 18 July 2006 | 1 year, 216 days |
| 18 | Rimvydas Turčinskas (born 1956) | Social Democratic Party | Kirkilas | 18 July 2006 | 14 July 2008 | 1 year, 362 days |
| 19 | Gediminas Černiauskas (born 1957) | Social Democratic Party | Kirkilas | 14 July 2008 | 9 December 2008 | 148 days |
| 20 | Algis Čaplikas (born 1962) | Liberal and Centre Union | Kubilius | 9 December 2008 | 22 February 2010 | 1 year, 75 days |
| 21 | Raimondas Šukys (born 1966) | Liberal and Centre Union | Kubilius | 22 February 2010 | 13 December 2012 | 2 years, 295 days |
| 22 | Vytenis Andriukaitis (born 1951) | Social Democratic Party | Butkevičius | 13 December 2012 | 10 July 2014 | 1 year, 209 days |
| 23 | Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė (born 1954) | Social Democratic Party | Butkevičius | 17 July 2014 | 17 February 2016 | 1 year, 215 days |
| 24 | Juras Požela (1982–2016) | Social Democratic Party | Butkevičius | 10 March 2016 | 16 October 2016 | 220 days |
| 25 | Aurelijus Veryga (born 1976) | Farmers and Greens Union | Skvernelis | 13 December 2016 | 11 December 2020 | 3 years, 364 days |
| 26 | Arūnas Dulkys (born 1972) | Independent | Šimonytė | 11 December 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 94 days |