The Ministry of Health and Social Protection (Spanish: Ministerio de Salud y de Protección Social, MinSalud) is one of the nineteen national executive ministries of the Government of Colombia, and is responsible for coordinating and implementing the national policy and social services relating to health and social security.

[4] Upon assuming the Presidency of the Republic in his first term (2002–2006), President Álvaro Uribe Vélez decided to merge the Ministries of Health and Labor into the Ministry of Social Protection.

[citation needed] Previously, when the Ministry of Social Protection had not been separated, it was located at Carrera 13 No.

Below is a table of all past ministers, the time in which they served and the presidents who appointed them into office.

Noted that the head of Ministry of Social Protection prior to 2011 is also listed: