Ministry of Culture (Spain)

Ministry of Culture


Headquarters (Madrid)
Agency overview
Preceding agency	Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
Jurisdiction	Spanish government
Headquarters	Casa de las Sietes Chimeneas, 1 Plaza del Rey, Madrid
Annual budget	1.505.838.910 €, 2009^[1]
Agency executive	Mr. José Ignacio Wert Ortega, Minister
Child agencies	Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Bienes Culturales^[2] Dirección General del Libro, Archivos y Bibliotecas^[3]
Website
www.mcu.es

The Ministry of Culture of Spain is the departament of Spanish government responsible for culture. The current minister is José Ignacio Wert, who succeeded Ángeles González-Sinde in 2011.

Organization

Public organisms under direction of Ministry of Culture:

(1977 - 1979) Pío Cabanillas
(1979 - 1980) Manuel Clavero
(1980) Ricardo de la Cierva
(1980 - 1981) Íñigo Cavero
(1981 - 1982) Soledad Becerril
(1982 - 1986) Javier Solana (1982-1986)
(1986 - 1988) Javier Solana
(1988 - 1989) Jorge Semprún Maura
(1989 - 1991) Jorge Semprún Maura
(1991 - 1993) Jordi Solé Tura
(1993 - 1996) Carmen Alborch
(1996 - 1999) Esperanza Aguirre, as Minister of Education and Culture
(1999 - 2000) Mariano Rajoy, as Minister of Education and Culture
(2000 - 2004) Pilar del Castillo, as Minister of Education, Culture and Sport
(2004 - 2007) Carmen Calvo
(2007 - 2009) César Antonio Molina
(2009 - 2011) Ángeles González Sinde
(2011 - ) José Ignacio Wert, as Minister of Education, Culture and Sport

Departments and agencies of the Government of Spain

Cabinet	President of the Government of Spain Vicepresident of the Government of Spain Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation · Ministry of Justice · Ministry of Defence · Ministry of Economy and Finance · Ministry of the Interior · Ministry of Public Works · Ministry of Education · Ministry of Labor and Immigration · Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism · Ministry of Natural Environment, Rural and Marine Environment · Ministry for the Presidency · Ministry of Territorial Policy · Ministry of Culture · Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality · Ministry of Science and Innovation

Agencies	Bank of Spain · Centro Nacional de Inteligencia · Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · Instituto Nacional de Estadística · National Securities Market Commission · Meteorological Office · Agencia Española de Protección de Datos · Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo · Agencia Tributaria · Agencia de Evaluación y Calidad