Ministry of Labour (Spain)

Ministry of Labour and Social Economy
Ministerio de Trabajo y Economía Social

Main door of the Ministry in the Nuevos Ministerios complex
Agency overview
FormedMay 8, 1920; 104 years ago (1920-05-08)
(as Ministry of Labour)
January 13, 2020 (as Ministry of Labour and Social Economy)
TypeMinistry
JurisdictionSpanish government
HeadquartersNuevos Ministerios, Agustín de Bethencourt Street 4, (Madrid)
Employees38,559 (2019)[note 1][1]
Annual budget 29.5 billion, 2023[2]
Minister responsible
Websitewww.mites.gob.es

The Ministry of Labour and Social Economy (MITES) is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for planning and carrying out the government policy on labour relations and social economy.[3]

The MITES is headed by the Minister of Labour, a Cabinet member who is appointed by the Monarch at request of the Prime Minister. The Labour Minister is assisted by five high-ranking officials, the Secretary of State for Migration, the Secretary of State for Social Security, the Secretary of State for Employment, the Secretary General for Immigration and Emigration and the Under Secretary of Labour. The current minister is Yolanda Díaz.


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  1. ^ Ministry of Territorial Policy and Civil Service (2018). Statistical Bulletin of the personnel at the service of the Public Administrations (PDF). pp. 32 and 48. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "2023 State Budget" (PDF). www.boe.es. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Royal Decree 903/2018, of July 20, by which the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Labour, Migrations and Social Security is developed". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-04-19.