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Ministry of Education (Spain)

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Type
  
Ministry

Annual budget
  
4,042,330,390 €, 2009

Jurisdiction
  
Spanish government

Ministry of Education (Spain)

Formed
  
April 18, 1900 as Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts

Preceding agency
  
Ministry of Education, Social Policy and Sports

Headquarters
  
36, Alcalá Street Madrid

The Ministry of Education (Spanish: Ministerio de Educación) is the ministry of the government of Spain responsible for the administration and the preservation of the public universities, non-university education and professional training.

The predecessor of this ministry was established during the reign of Maria Christina of Austria with the creation of the Ministry of Public Instruction and the Arts (Ministerio de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes), formed by royal decree on the April 18, 1900. The ministry's first minister was Antonio García Alix.

The current minister is Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, from the People's Party.

Denomination of the Ministry

Since the reign of Alfonso XIII, the current Ministry of Education has successively been known by the following titles:

  • Ministry of Public Instruction and the Fine Arts (1900–1937) (1).
  • Ministry of Public Instruction and Health (1937–1939) (2).
  • Commission of Culture and Education of the Technical Board of the State (1936–1938) (3).
  • Ministry of Education (1938–1968, 1976–1978, 2009–2011) (4).
  • Ministry of Education and Science (1973–1976, 1978–1981, 1981–1996, 2004–2008) (5).
  • Ministry of Education and University (1968–1973, 1981) (6).
  • Ministry of Education and Culture (1996–2000) (7).
  • Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (MECD; 2000–2004, 2011–) (8).
  • Ministry of Education, Social policy and Sport (2008–2009) (9).

    • References

    Ministry of Education (Spain) Wikipedia
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