The present invention discloses a suction head for a vacuum cleaner, including a casing having a suction port for sucking alien substances from the floor, an agitator rotatably installed inside the suction port, a plurality of brushes being arranged on the agitator in the length direction, and an agitator driving unit for driving the agitator to perform reciprocating rotation in a predetermined angle range. The suction head for the vacuum cleaner improves cleaning performance of the vacuum cleaner.