The head of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China is the head of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is twenty-second in order of precedence. The head is responsible for leading the commission, presiding over its meetings, and signing important documents related to the commission. Officially, the head is nominated by the premier of the State Council, who is then approved by the National People's Congress or its Standing Committee and appointed by the president.[1] The current head is Lei Haichao, who concurrently serves as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the commission.
List of heads
Minister of National Health
| No.
|
Name
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
Ref.
|
| 1
|
Li Dequan
|
October 1949
|
January 1965
|
|
| 2
|
Qian Xinzhong
|
January 1965
|
June 1968
|
|
| 3
|
Qiu Guoguang
|
June 1968
|
June 1970
|
|
| 4
|
Chen Renhong
|
June 1970
|
July 1973
|
|
| 5
|
Liu Xiangping
|
July 1973
|
October 1976
|
|
| Vacant
|
| 6
|
Jiang Yizhen
|
November 1977
|
April 1979
|
|
| (2)
|
Qian Xinzhong
|
April 1979
|
May 1982
|
|
| 7
|
Cui Yueli
|
May 1982
|
March 1987
|
|
| 8
|
Chen Minzhang
|
March 1987
|
March 1998
|
|
| 9
|
Zhang Wenkang
|
March 1998
|
April 2003
|
|
| 10
|
Wu Yi
|
April 2003
|
April 2005
|
|
| 11
|
Gao Qiang
|
April 2005
|
June 2007
|
|
| 12
|
Chen Zhu
|
June 2007
|
16 March 2013
|
[2]
|
Head of the National Health and Family Planning Commission
| No.
|
Name
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
Ref.
|
| 1
|
Li Bin
|
16 March 2013
|
March 2018
|
[3]
|
Head of the National Health Commission
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