The Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico ( es, Secretario de Salud de Puerto Rico) leads the

Department of Health of Puerto Rico The Puerto Rico Department of Health (PRDOH) is one of the Cabinet-level agencies directly created by Article 4, Section 6 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico. It is headed by a Secretary of Health, appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico and req ...

and all efforts related to

health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

Secretaries

* 1977–1984: Jaime Rivera Dueño * 1985–1988: Luis Izquierdo Mora * 1989: Enrique Méndez Grau * 1990–1992: José Soler Zapata * 1993:

Enrique Vazquez Quintana Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Du ...

* 1993–2000:

Carmen Feliciano ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...

* 2001–2004:

Johny Rullán Johny may refer to: * Johny, a character in the nursery rhyme " Johny Johny Yes Papa" * Johny Hendricks (born 1983), American mixed martial artist * Johny Joseph (civil servant) (born 1952), Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai * Johny Lahure (1942� ...

* 2005–2007:

Rosa Pérez Perdomo Rosa or De Rosa may refer to: People *Rosa (given name) * Rosa (surname) *Santa Rosa (female given name from Latin-a latinized variant of Rose) Places * 223 Rosa, an asteroid *Rosa, Alabama, a town, United States * Rosa, Germany, in Thuringia, ...

* 2008:

Johnny Rullán Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Varian ...

* 2009: Jaime Rivera Dueño * 2009:

Iván González Cancel Iván F. González Cancel is a cardiovascular and heart transplant surgeon credited for having performed the first heart transplant surgery in Puerto Rico. Early life He was born in 1960 in municipality of Utuado, Puerto Rico. He lived in Utua ...

* 2009–2013:

Lorenzo González Feliciano Lorenzo González Feliciano is a Puerto Rican psychiatrist. He previously served as Secretary of Health of Puerto Ricofrom March 28, 2020 to January, 2021 He previously also served as Secretary of Health under Governor Luis Fortuño. Education ...

* 2013–2013:

Francisco Joglar Pesquera Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

* 2013–2016:

Ana Ríus Armendáriz Ana Ríus Armendáriz is a Puerto Rican politician who was Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico in the Cabinet of Puerto Rico. Education Ana went to the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, with a degree in anesthesiology. Soon afte ...

* 2017–2020:

Rafael Rodríguez Mercado Rafael Rodríguez Mercado is a Puerto Rican neurosurgeon and military officer. He was the Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico from 2017 until his resignation in 2020. Rodríguez Mercado previously served as chancellor of the University of Puerto ...

* 2020–2020:

Concepción Quiñones de Longo Concepción Quiñones de Longo is a Puerto Rican pediatrician and government official. She was the interim Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico in March 2020 and had previously served as the undersecretary of Rafael Rodríguez Mercado. Quiñones d ...

(interim) * 2020–2021:

* 2021 - Present: Carlos Mellado López

References

External links

* Department of Health of Puerto Rico Council of Secretaries of Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-stub