Ministry of Transport (Spain)
| Ministerio de Transportes | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | July 4, 1977 (as Ministry of Transport and Communications) March 6, 1981 (as Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Communications) |
Preceding agencies |
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| Dissolved | March 13, 1991 |
Superseding agencies |
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| Type | Ministry |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Spain |
The Ministry of Transport was a department of the Government of Spain which existed between 1977 and 1991. The department was originally named Ministry of Transport and Communications and it was endowed with powers over the postal, telegraphic, radiotelegraphic, telephone and radiotelephone services, the management of all kind of transports (land, air and maritime) and fishery.[1] The fishery powers were transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture in 1980[2] and the same year the Secretariat of State for Tourism was added to the Ministry.[3] For this reason, the department was renamed Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Communications the following year until its dissolution in 1991.
The Department of Transport was suppressed in March 1991 and most of its competences returned to the Ministry of Public Works. From 1977 to 1991, seven people served as Ministers of Transport.
Organization chart
[edit]First period (1977–1981)
[edit]During the first period, the Transport Ministry was integrated by the following bodies:[4]
- The Directorate-General for the Postal Service and Telecommunications.
- The Government Delegation in the National Telephone Company of Spain.
- The Directorate-General for Land Transportation.
- The Undersecretariat for Fisheries and Merchant Marine.
- The Undersecretariat for Civil Aviation.
- The Undersecretariat of Transport and Communications.[5]
- The Technical General Secretariat.[5]
Second period (1981–1991)
[edit]During its second period, the ministry maintained its structure but with some modifications:
- The General Secretariat for Tourism, which was added in 1980.
- The Undersecretariat of Transport and Telecommunications was renamed Undersecretariat of Transport, Tourism and Communications since 1981.
List of officeholders
[edit]Office name:
- Ministry of Transport and Communications (1977–1981)
- Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Communications (1981–1991)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Government | Ref. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||||
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José Lladó (1934–2024) |
4 July 1977 |
24 February 1978 |
235 days | Centrist | Adolfo Suárez.jpg) (1976–1981) |
 Juan Carlos I .jpg) (1975–2014) |
[6] | ||
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Salvador Sánchez-Terán (1934–2022) |
24 February 1978 |
2 May 1980 |
2 years and 68 days | Centrist | [7] | ||||
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José Luis Álvarez y Álvarez (1930–2023) |
2 May 1980 |
1 December 1981 |
1 year and 213 days | Centrist | [8] | ||||
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo.jpg) (1981–1982) | ||||||||||
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Luis Gámir (1942–2017) |
1 December 1981 |
2 December 1982 |
1 year and 1 day | Centrist | [9] | ||||
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Enrique Barón (born 1944) |
2 December 1982 |
4 July 1985 |
2 years and 214 days | Socialist | Felipe González.jpg) (1982–1996) |
[10] | |||
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Abel Caballero (born 1946) |
4 July 1985 |
11 July 1988 |
3 years and 7 days | Socialist | [11] | ||||
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José Barrionuevo (born 1942) |
11 July 1988 |
12 March 1991 |
2 years and 244 days | Socialist | [12] | ||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Real Decreto 1558/1977, de 4 de julio, por el que se reestructuran determinados Organos de la Administración Central del Estado". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
- ↑ "Royal Decree 1997/1980, of October 3, which reorders the competent administrative bodies in matters of fishing and merchant marine". www.boe.es. p. 22276. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
- ↑ "Royal Decree 1996/1980, of October 3, by which the Ministry of Economy and Trade is structured". www.boe.es. pp. 22274–22275. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
- ↑ "Royal Decree 615/1978, of March 30, on the organizational structure of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
- 1 2 "Royal Decree 1696/1977, of July 11, which created the Undersecretariat and the Technical General Secretariat of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications". boe.es. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
- ↑ Office of the Prime Minister (5 July 1977). "Royal Decree 1563/1977, of July 4, appointing government ministers" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ Office of the Prime Minister (25 February 1978). "Royal Decree 231/1978, of February 24, appointing government ministers" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ Office of the Prime Minister (3 May 1980). "Royal Decree 792/1980, of May 2, appointing government ministers" (PDF). Official State Gazette. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ Office of the Prime Minister (2 December 1981). "Royal Decree 2830/1981, of December 1, appointing government ministers" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ Office of the Prime Minister (3 December 1982). "Royal Decree 3295/1982, of December 2, appointing government ministers" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ Office of the Prime Minister (5 July 1985). "Royal Decree 1086/1985, of July 4, appointing government ministers" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). p. 21169. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ Office of the Prime Minister (12 July 1988). "Royal Decree 731/1988, of July 11, appointing government ministers" (PDF). Official State Gazette (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2026.