Luis de Guindos, current Minister of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness |
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Formed | 4 December 1714 as "Secretary of State and Office for the Treasury" |
Preceding agency |
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Type | Ministry |
Jurisdiction | Spanish government |
Headquarters | 9, Calle de Alcalá Madrid |
Annual budget | 6,633,081,780 €, 2008 |
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Website | Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness(in Spanish) |
The Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (Spanish: Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad) is the Ministry of Economic and Industrial affairs.
When Mariano Rajoy was elected as the Prime Minister, he divided the ministry into two and appointed Luis de Guindos as the Minister of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain and Cristóbal Montoro as the Minister of the Treasury and Public Function.
The Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness is a department of the General Administration responsible for suggesting and carrying out the Government policy in economic and reformative affairs in order to improve competitiveness, scientific research, technological development and innovation in all areas, commercial policy and support to companies.
The Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness is organised in the following superior bodies:
(1) Minister of Economic Affairs
(2) Minister of the Economy
(3) Minister of the Economy and Commerce
(4) Minister of the Economy and Finance
(5) Minister of Finance
(6) Minister of the National Economy
(7) Secretary of State and of the Universal Bureau of Finance
(8) Secretary of the Universal Bureau of Finance
(9) Secretary of Justice, Political Government and Finance