Hanna Khayat

Hanna Behnam Yosef Abdulahad Khayat (1884 – 30 April 1959) was an Iraqi physician and politician. He was known as the first minister of health in Iraq from September 12, 1921, to 19 August 1922. He became General manager of Public Health Administration in Iraq from 1922 to 1931 after the abolition of the Ministry of Health and its transformation into a Public Administration. In 1925 he became advisor to King Faisal.

He was elected twice as a deputy in the Senate for Mosul, first from 1943 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1953. His health projects contributed to the development of health staff in Iraq. He has written many books and pamphlets that have contributed to spreading health awareness in Iraqi health institutes.