Minister of Health and Family Welfare (India)

Minister of Health and Family Welfare (स्वास्थ्य एवं परिवार कल्याण मंत्री)
Emblem of India
Incumbent J P Nadda since 26 May 2014
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Member of	Cabinet of India
Appointer	President on the advice of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Amrit Kaur
Formation	15 August 1947

The Minister of Health and Family Welfare is the head of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India. J P Nadda is the current Minister of Health and Family Welfare.^[1]

List of Ministers of Health and Family Welfare

Ministers Health and Family Welfare
Name	Term of office		Political Party	Prime Minister	Reference
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur	1947	1957	Indian National Congress	Jawaharlal Nehru	^[2]
Sushila Nayar	1962	1967	Indian National Congress	Indira Gandhi	^[3]
Kodardas Kalidas Shah	1967	1971			^[4]
Uma Shankar Dikshit	1971	1972			^[5]
Karan Singh	1973	1977	Indian National Congress	Indira Gandhi	^[4]
Raj Narain	24 March 1977	25 January 1979	Janata Party	Morarji Desai	^[6]
Rabi Ray	25 January 1979	14 July 1979	Janata Party	Morarji Desai	^[7]
Rabi Ray	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan Singh	^[8]
Mohsina Kidwai	31 December 1984	24 June 1986	Indian National Congress	Rajiv Gandhi	^[9]
P. V. Narasimha Rao	July 1986	February 1988	Indian National Congress	Rajiv Gandhi	^[10]
Rasheed Masood	21 April 1990	10 November 1990	Janata Dal National Front	V. P. Singh	^[11]
Sartaj Singh	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	^[12]
C. P. Thakur	27 May 2000	30 June 2002	Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	^[13]
Sushma Swaraj	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	^[14]
Anbumani Ramadoss	22 May 2004	April 2009	Pattali Makkal Katchi United Progressive Alliance	Manmohan Singh
Ghulam Nabi Azad	22 May 2009	26 May 2014	Indian National Congress United Progressive Alliance	Manmohan Singh
Harsh Vardhan	26 May 2014	9 November 2014	Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance	Narendra Modi	^[15]
Jagat Prakash Nadda	9 November 2014	Incumbent	Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance	Narendra Modi

References

^ Organisational Chart, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
^ "Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership - Republic of India". Retrieved September 27, 2014.
^ "Past Governors : Uma Shankar Dikshit". http://rajbhavan.kar.nic.in/.

^ a ^b [1] PDF (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: S)
^ "6th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : NAYAR, DR. SUSHILA". loksabha.nic.in.

^ "6th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : RAJ NARAIN SHRI". loksabha.nic.in.

^ "Tenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : RAY. SHRI RABI". loksabha.nic.in.

^ "Tenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : RAY. SHRI RABI". loksabha.nic.in.

^ "Detailed Profile: Smt. Mohsina Kidwai".

^ "Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, XI Lok Sabha : RAO, SHRI P.V. NARASIMHA". loksabha.nic.in.

^ "Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Masood,Shri Rasheed". loksabha.nic.in.

^ "Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Chhatwal,Shri Sartaj Singh". loksabha.nic.in.

^ "Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Thakur,Dr. Chandreshwar Prasad". loksabha.nic.in.

^ "Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Swaraj,Smt. Sushma". loksabha.nic.in.

^ "Meet Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers". NDTV.com. 27 May 2014.

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