Secretary of Health (Philippines)

Secretary of Health ; Kalihim ng Kalusugan
	Official seal of the ; Department of Health
	Incumbent; Francisco Duque; since October 26, 2017
Style	The Honorable
Appointer	The President with the consent of the Commission on Appointments
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	Sergio Osmeña
Formation	December 24, 1941
Website	www.doh.gov.ph

The secretary of health (Filipino: Kalihim ng Kalusugan) is the Cabinet of the Philippines member who is in charge of the Department of Health. The secretary of health is also the ex-officio chairperson of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).[1]

The current secretary of health, Francisco Duque, was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on October 26, 2017.

List of secretaries of health

#	Name	Term Began	Term Ended	President
Secretary of Public Instruction, Health, and Public Welfare
1	Sergio Osmeña	December 24, 1941	August 1, 1944	Manuel Quezon
Secretary of Health and Public Welfare
2	Basilio J. Valdes	February 27, 1945	July 12, 1945	Sergio Osmeña
3	Jose Locsin	July 12, 1945	May 27, 1946	Sergio Osmeña
4	Antonio Villarama	May 28, 1946	October 3, 1947	Manuel Roxas
Secretary of Health
	Antonio Villarama	October 3, 1947	April 15, 1948	Manuel Roxas
	Antonio Villarama	April 17, 1948	December 31, 1949	Elpidio Quirino
5	Juan S. Salcedo	December 14, 1950	December 30, 1953	Elpidio Quirino
5	Juan S. Salcedo	December 30, 1953	May 1954	Ramon Magsaysay
6	Paulino Garcia	June 1954	March 17, 1957	Ramon Magsaysay
6	Paulino Garcia	March 17, 1957	June 1958	Carlos P. Garcia
7	Elpidio Valencia	July 1958	December 30, 1961	Carlos P. Garcia
8	Francisco Q. Duque, Jr.	December 30, 1961	July 1963	Diosdado Macapagal
9	Floro Dabu	July 1963	December 1964
10	Manuel Cuenco	December 1964	December 30, 1965
11	Paulino Garcia	December 30, 1965	August 1968	Ferdinand Marcos
12	Amadeo H. Cruz	August 1968	December 1971
13	Clemente S. Gatmaitan	December 1971	June 30, 1978
Minister of Health
	Clemente S. Gatmaitan	June 30, 1978	1979	Ferdinand Marcos
14	Enrique Garcia	1979	1981
15	Jesus Azurin	1981	February 25, 1986
Secretary of Health
16	Alfredo Bengzon	March 25, 1986	February 7, 1992	Corazon Aquino
17	Antonio Periquet	February 10, 1992	June 30, 1992	Corazon Aquino
18	Juan Flavier	July 1, 1992	January 30, 1995	Fidel Ramos
19	Jaime Galvez-Tan	January 30, 1995	July 5, 1995
20	Hilarion Ramiro, Jr.	July 10, 1995	March 22, 1996
21	Carmencita Reodica	April 8, 1996	June 29, 1998
22	Dr. Felipe Estrella	June 30, 1998	September 13, 1998	Joseph Estrada
23	Dr. Alberto G. Romualdez	September 14, 1998	January 20, 2001	Joseph Estrada
24	Manuel Dayrit	January 20, 2001	2005	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
25	Francisco Duque	June 1, 2005	September 1, 2009
26	Esperanza Cabral	September 1, 2009	June 30, 2010
27	Enrique Ona	June 30, 2010	December 19, 2014	Benigno Aquino III
28	Janette Garin	February 17, 2015	June 30, 2016	Benigno Aquino III
**	Paulyn Ubial	June 30, 2016	October 10, 2017	Rodrigo Duterte
*	Herminigildo Valle	October 12, 2017	October 25, 2017
(25)	Francisco Duque	October 26, 2017	Incumbent

References

Gotinga, JC (August 13, 2020). "Where's Duque? Senators ask amid PhilHealth corruption mess". Rappler. Archived from the original on August 17, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2020.

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[1] Gotinga, JC (August 13, 2020). "Where's Duque? Senators ask amid PhilHealth corruption mess". Rappler. Archived from the original on August 17, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2020.