Ministry of Education and Culture (Spain)

Ministry of Education

Headquarters (Madrid)
Agency overview
Formed	April 18, 1900 as Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts
Preceding agency	Ministry of Education, Social Policy and Sports
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Spanish government
Headquarters	36, Alcalá Street Madrid
Annual budget	4,042,330,390 €, 2009
Agency executive	Mr. Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Minister
Child agencies	Secretaría de Estado de Educación y Formación Profesional Secretaría General de Universidades
Website	Ministry of Education (in spanish)

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.

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

...
Wikipedia