Osagie Emmanuel Ehanire CON (born 4 November 1945) is a Nigerian medical doctor and politician who served as the minister of Health from 2019 to 2023.
Ehanire went on to study Medicine at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany, qualifying as a Surgeon.
He also served as Clinical Instructor, Fracture Internal Fixation Course at BG Accident Hospital in Duisburg, Germany.
[7][8] Following the beginning of a new administration in May 2019 and the submission of the ministerial nominees to the Senate by the Presidency in July 2019[9] and subsequent screening, Ehanire was appointed the Minister of Health in August 2019.
In October 2022, a Nigerian national honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) was conferred on him by President Muhammadu Buhari.