厚こう生せい大だい臣じん

noun

Minister of Health and Welfare

Historical title for the head of the former Ministry of Health and Welfare (厚生省), which existed until the 2001 central government reform. The modern equivalent is the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働大臣).

• 彼かれは1990年ねん代だいに厚こう生せい大だい臣じんを務つとめた。

  He served as Minister of Health and Welfare in the 1990s.

• 厚こう生せい大だい臣じんは年ねん金きん制せい度ど改かい革かくに取とり組くんだ。

  The Minister of Health and Welfare worked on pension system reform.