Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)
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History
The Federal Ministry of Health was founded in 1961; in 1969 it was merged with the Federal Ministry for Family and Youth to create the new Federal Ministry for Youth, Family and Health.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 1991, the Federal Ministry of Health was restored. In 2002, it was expanded to include social affairs and renamed "Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security" (Script error: No such module "Lang".). It was headed by the Federal Minister for Health and Social Security. Its portfolio included one part of the former Federal Ministry of Labour and the Social Order. The other part of the latter was added to the portfolio of the newly created Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour. Under the grand coalition headed by Angela Merkel in 2005, the portfolio reshuffle was reversed and responsibility for social affairs was moved back to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social affairs (Script error: No such module "Lang".).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Ministers
Political Party:
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| Name (Born–Died) |
Portrait | Party | Term of Office | Chancellor (Cabinet) | ||
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| Federal Minister for Health Affairs (1961–1969)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health (1969–1986)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Federal Minister for Youth, Family, Women and Health (1986–1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 1 | Dr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt (1901–1986) |
File:Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt (1901-1986) (12484331724).jpg | CDU | 14 November 1961 | 30 November 1966 | Script error: No such module "Lang". (IV • V) Script error: No such module "Lang". (I • II) |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 2 | Käte Strobel (1907–1996) |
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 3 | Dr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Katharina Focke (1922–2016) |
File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F045084-0002, Katharina Focke.jpg | SPD | 15 December 1972 | 14 December 1976 | Script error: No such module "Lang". (II) Script error: No such module "Lang". (I) |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 4 | Antje Huber (1924–2015) |
File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F044290-0002, Antje Huber (cropped).jpg | SPD | 16 December 1976 | 28 April 1982 | Script error: No such module "Lang". (II • III) |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 5 | Anke Fuchs (1937–2019) |
File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F062775-0027, Anke Fuchs (portrait crop).jpg | SPD | 28 April 1982 | 1 October 1982 | Script error: No such module "Lang". (III) |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 6 | Dr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Heiner Geißler (1930–2017) |
File:Heiner Geißler (1986).jpg | CDU | 4 October 1982 | 26 September 1985 | Script error: No such module "Lang". (I • II) |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 7 | Prof. Dr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Rita Süssmuth (b. 1937) |
File:KAS-Sozialpolitik-Bild-5840-1 (cropped).jpg | CDU | 26 September 1985 | 9 December 1988 | Script error: No such module "Lang". (II • III) |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 8 | Prof. Dr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Ursula Lehr (1930–2022) |
File:Prof. Dr. Ursula Lehr (cropped).jpeg | CDU | 9 December 1988 | 18 January 1991 | Script error: No such module "Lang". (III) |
| Federal Minister for Health (1991–2002, 2005–present)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Federal Minister for Health and Social Security (2002–2005)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 9 | Gerda Hasselfeldt (b. 1950) |
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" |10 | Horst Seehofer (b. 1949) |
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 11 | Andrea Fischer (b. 1960) |
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 12 | Ulla Schmidt (b. 1949) |
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:blue;" | 13 | Dr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Philipp Rösler (b. 1973) |
File:Philipp Roesler 2012.jpg | FDP | 28 October 2009 | 12 May 2011 | Script error: No such module "Lang". (II) |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:blue;" | 14 | Daniel Bahr (b. 1976) |
File:FDP-Wahlkampfkundgebung in der Wolkenburg Köln-2117 (portrait crop).jpg | FDP | 12 May 2011 | 17 December 2013 | |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 15 | Hermann Gröhe (b. 1961) |
File:Hermann Gröhe 2010.jpg | CDU | 17 December 2013 | 14 March 2018 | Script error: No such module "Lang". (III) |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 16 | Jens Spahn (b. 1980) |
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 17 | Prof. Dr.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Karl Lauterbach (b. 1963) |
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;" | 18 | Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Nina Warken (b. 1979) |
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Responsibilities of the Federal Ministry of Health
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The Federal Ministry of Health is responsible for:
- maintaining the effectiveness and efficiency of the statutory health insurance and long-term care insurance systems
- maintaining and enhancing the quality of the health care system
- strengthening the interests of patients
- maintaining economic viability and stabilization of contribution levels
- preventive and prophylactic healthcare
- the Protection against Infection Act (Script error: No such module "Lang"., or IfSG)
- establishing guidelines for the manufacture, clinical trial, approval, distribution channels and monitoring of medicines and medical devices. The objectives are:
- quality, medical efficacy and safety
- safety of biological medical products such as blood products
- narcotics and addiction risk prevention
- prevention, rehabilitation and disability policy
- medical and occupational rehabilitation
- disability law
- providing assistance to the disabled and promoting their interests
- European and international health policy, including the work of the Federal Government Narcotics Officer and the patients' ombudsman.
Supervisory role
The Federal Ministry of Health is responsible for the comprehensive[2] (disciplinary) supervision of the following governmental institutions:
- Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (Template:Langx, abbreviated BfArM) in Bonn
- Federal Centre for Health Education (Template:Langx, abbreviated BZgA) in Cologne
- German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information (Template:Langx, abbreviated DIMDI) in Cologne
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- Robert Koch Institute (RKI) in Berlin
- Federal Institute for Prevention and Education in Medicine in Berlin and Cologne
The Federal Ministry of Health is also responsible for the non-disciplinary supervision[3] of
- the German Federal (Social) Insurance Authority (Script error: No such module "Lang".).
and the legal supervision[4] of the umbrella organizations of the statutory health insurance schemes.
See also
- European Commission's Directorate General for Health and Consumer Protection (SANCO)
- Federal Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (2002–2005)
References
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- ↑ Federal Ministry of Health Official website Template:In lang retrieved 1 June 2012
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "Lang"., includes review of decisions of staff of those institutions (not merely their legality)
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External links
- Federal Ministry of Health official web site Template:In lang
- Federal Ministry of Health official web site Template:In lang
- European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies > Country information Germany