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Ministry of Public Works and Transport (Spain)

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Type
  
Ministry

Annual budget
  
2009 €10,595,590,030

Jurisdiction
  
Government of Spain

Ministry of Public Works and Transport (Spain)

Formed
  
9 November 1832 as "Secretary of State and Office for the General Development of the Realm"

Preceding agency
  
Ministry of Public Works, Transports and Environment

Headquarters
  
67, Paseo de la Castellana, Madrid

The Ministry of Public Works (Spanish: Ministerio de Fomento) is the government ministry in Spain responsible for preparation and implementation of government policy on land transport infrastructure, air and maritime jurisdiction of state and control, management and regulation of administrative services transport, management and direction of all postal and telegraph services, the momentum and direction of state services related to astronomy, geodesy, geophysics and mapping and planning and programming of investments related to the services mentioned above.

Contents

The current Minister of Public Works is íñigo de la Serna.

Responsibilities

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport is a department of the General Administration responsible for:

  • Preparing and carrying out the Government policy in terrestrial, air and maritime state infrastuctures affairs.
  • Controling, arranging and regulating administrative affairs of transport services.
  • Arranging and managing state services of astronomy, geodesy, geophysics and cartography.
  • Planning and programming the investments related to the named services.

    • Organization

    Ministry of Public Works the following dependent and Deputy Secretaries of State:

  • Secretary of State for Infrastructure and Planning. It depends the following management bodies:
  • Secretary General of Infrastructure. Holds the rank of subsecretary. Directs and coordinates the following governing bodies, dependent on it:
  • General Direction of Highways.
  • General Direction of Railways.
  • General Direction of Spatial Planning and Territorial Coordination. Program and promotes the actions of the Secretary of State of which depends on all matters relating to infrastructure planning.
  • Subsecretary. It depends the following management bodies:
  • General Secretary.
  • General Direction of the National Geographical Institute.
  • General Direction of Economic Planning.
  • Secretary of State of Transports. Holds the rank of subsecretary. Directs and coordinates the following governing bodies, dependent on it:
  • General Direction of Road Transport.
  • General Direction of Merchant Marine.
  • General Direction of Civil Aviation.

    • List of Ministers of Public Works

    (1) Minister of Communications
    (2) Minister of Public Works
    (3) Minister of Public Works and Communications
    (4) Minister of Communications and the Merchant Navy
    (5) Minister of Communications, Transport and Public Works
    (6) Minister of Communications and Transport
    (7) Minister of Public Works and Urban Ofvelopment
    (8) Minister of Public Works, Transport and the Environment
    (9) Minister of Development
    (10) Minister of Agriculture, Industry, Commerce and Public Works
    (11) Minister of General Improvement of the Kingdom
    (12) Minister of Commerce, Education and Public Works
    (13) Minister of Inner Affairs
    (14) Royal Secretary of General Improvement of the Kingdom
    (15) Minister of Communications and Transports
    (16) Minister of Transports, Tourism and Communications

    References

    Ministry of Public Works and Transport (Spain) Wikipedia
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