Ministry of Health of the Republic of Crimea

The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Crimea is the Executive Body of State Power of the Republic of Crimea, carrying out state policy and implementing (as of August 2018) functions on regulatory and legal regulation in the field of health protection of citizens in the territory of the Republic of Crimea, control in the field of health protection, sectoral or intersectoral management in the most important industries and established areas of activity, the provision of public services in the field of health protection and state property management, as well as coordinating, in established cases, the activities of other executive bodies of state power of the Republic of Crimea in this area.

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2024

Appointment of Alexei Natarov as Minister of Health of Crimea

In July 2024, Alexei Natarov, who previously worked as the head physician of the Liskinskaya district hospital in the Voronezh region, was appointed the new Minister of Health of Crimea. Read more here.

Appointment of Olga Rastrigina as Minister of Health of Crimea

In early June 2024, the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, signed a decree appointing Olga Rastrigina as the new head of the Ministry of Health of the republic. Prior to that, she served as the first deputy minister of health of the region. Read more here.

Konstantin Skorupsky resigned as Minister of Health of Crimea

Crimean Health Minister Konstantin Skorupsky resigned due to unresolved problems with the supply of drugs in the region. The head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, announced the dismissal of the minister through his Telegram channel, stressing that the decision was made in connection with the violation of obligations to provide the population with medicines. Read more here.

2022: The head of the Republic of Crimea initiated an internal audit for disrupting the timing of the implementation of national projects

In April 2022, the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, initiated an internal audit against the Minister of Health Konstantin Skorupsky for disrupting the timing of national projects. Read more here.

2021

Konstantin Skorupsky - New Minister of the Ministry of Health of Crimea

On October 22, 2021, it was announced that Konstantin Skorupsky was appointed the new head of the Crimean Ministry of Health. The corresponding decree was signed by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic Yuri Gotsanyuk. Read more here.

The resignation of Alexander Ostapenko from the post of Minister of Health

On September 29, 2021, the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, announced the resignation of the Minister of Health of the region, Alexander Ostapenko, who held this post for a little less than a year. Since the peninsula became part of Russia, the dismissal of the head of the local Ministry of Health has become the sixth. Read more here.

2020

Appointment of Alexander Ostapenko to the post of head of the Ministry of Health of Crimea

On September 30, 2020, the resignation of Igor Chemodanov from the post of head of the Ministry of Health of Crimea was announced. His place was taken by Alexander Ostapenko, since October 2016 he has been the head of the Semashko Hospital in Simferopol. The head of Crimea Sergei Aksenov announced this on his page on the VKontakte social network. Read more here.

Ex-head of the Ministry of Health of Crimea went to prison for 10 years for treason

On July 13, 2020, the Dniprovsky District Court of Kyiv found Pyotr Mikhalchevsky guilty of treason and sentenced the former Minister of Health of Crimea to 10 years in prison. The lawyer of the accused Valentin Rybin wrote about this on his Facebook page. Read more here.

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