The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Croatia ( or MZSS) is the ministry in the Government of Croatia

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 which is in charge of health care

Health care

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 and welfare

Welfare

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List of ministers

The ministry in its current form came into existence in 2003 in the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader I, resulting from the merger of the earlier Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare. Both ministries had been originally formed in 1990, although they had changed forms and names several times during the 1990s. Below are lists of ministers of who headed both portfolios before the 2003 merger.

Ministers of Social Welfare (1990–2003)

• From May 1990 to March 1991 the ministry in charge of social welfare was called Ministry of Labour, Veteran and Disability Issues (Ministarstvo rada, boračkih i invalidskih pitanja) and was headed by Marin Črnja.
• In March 1991 the ministry was renamed Ministry of Labour, Social Welfare and Family (Ministarstvo rada, socijalne skrbi i obitelji) and Bernardo Jurlina was appointed head of the renamed ministry.
• In the Cabinet of Nikica Valentić which was inaugurated in April 1993 the ministry's name was shortened to Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare.

Minister	|Term start	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	31 May 1990	4 March 1991
Bernardo Jurlina	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	4 March 1991	15 April 1992
Josip Juras	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	15 April 1992	12 October 1993
Ivan Parać	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	12 October 1993	27 January 1995
Joso Škara	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	27 January 1995	27 January 2000
Davorko Vidović	Social Democratic Party (SDP) Social Democratic Party of Croatia Social Democratic Party of Croatia , commonly referred to in Croatia as simply Social Democratic Party , is the largest centre-left political party in Croatia...	27 January 2000	23 December 2003

Ministers of Health (1990–2003)

Minister	|Term start	Andrija Hebrang Andrija Hebrang (son) Andrija Hebrang is a Croatian physician and politician. A member of the Croatian Democratic Union , he is currently member of the Croatian Parliament...	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	30 May 1990	12 August 1992
Juraj Njavro Juraj Njavro Juraj Njavro was a Croatian medical doctor and politician.Njavro was born in Cerovica, near Neum in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia...	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	12 August 1992	12 October 1993
Andrija Hebrang Andrija Hebrang (son) Andrija Hebrang is a Croatian physician and politician. A member of the Croatian Democratic Union , he is currently member of the Croatian Parliament...	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	12 October 1993	14 May 1998
Željko Reiner	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	14 May 1998	27 January 2000
Ana Stavljenić-Rukavina	Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) Croatian Peasant Party The Croatian Peasant Party is a center and socially conservative political party in Croatia.-Austria-Hungary:The Croatian People's Peasant Party was formed on December 22, 1904 by Antun Radić along with his brother Stjepan Radić. The party contested elections for the first time in the Kingdom of...	27 January 2000	23 October 2001
Andro Vlahušić Andro Vlahušić Andro Vlahušić is a Croatian politician. A physician by vocation and member of the Croatian People's Party , Vlahušić was member of the Croatian Parliament and Health Minister in the Cabinet of Ivica Račan II ....	Croatian People's Party (HNS)	22 November 2001	23 December 2003

Ministers of Health and Social Welfare (2003–present)

In the Cabinet of Ivo Sanader I in December 2003 the ministry was broken up and merged with two other ministries:

• The social welfare portfolio was merged into the present-day Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
• The labour portfolio was merged with Ministry of Economy into the present-day Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship
  Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship (Croatia)
  The Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship of the Republic of Croatia is the ministry in the Government of Croatia which is in charge of the development of the economy, investments and labour regulation.-List of ministers:-Origins:...
  
  

Minister	|Term start	Andrija Hebrang Andrija Hebrang (son) Andrija Hebrang is a Croatian physician and politician. A member of the Croatian Democratic Union , he is currently member of the Croatian Parliament...	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	23 December 2003	15 February 2005
Neven Ljubičić	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	16 February 2005	12 January 2008
Darko Milinović Darko Milinović Darko Milinović is a Croatian politician currently serving as Minister of Health and Social Welfare in the Government of Croatia...	Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union is the main center-right political party in Croatia. It is the biggest and strongest individual Croatian party since independence of Croatia. The Christian democratic HDZ governed Croatia from 1990 to 2000 and, in partial coalition, from 2003...	12 January 2008	Incumbent Incumbent The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W...

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