Minister for Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)
The Minister of Health and Social Affairs or Social minister is the chief of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in the government of Sweden. Lena Hallengren, appointed on 21 January 2019, is the current Minister for Health and Social Affairs and the current head of the ministry.
All Ministers for Health and Social Affairs have been Head of the Ministry, except in 2014–2017 when the Minister for Social Security, Annika Strandhäll, was appointed to be the head of the ministry, as the office of Minister for Health and Social Affairs was temporarily abolished in the Löfven I Cabinet. In 2017, Strandhäll got promoted to the office of Minister for Health and Social Affairs.
