Ministry of the Air (Spain)

Ministry of the Air

Spanish: Ministerio del Aire
The General Headquarters of the Air and Space Force building, formerly the site of the air ministry
Agency overview
Formed	9 August 1939; 85 years ago (1939-08-09)
Preceding agency	Ministry of National Defense
Dissolved	4 July 1977; 47 years ago (1977-07-04)
Superseding agency	Ministry of Defence
Jurisdiction	Spanish Air Force and civil aviation
Headquarters	The Ministry of the Air building
Ministers responsible	LTG Juan Yagüe, first Minister LTG Carlos Franco Iribarnegaray, last Minister
Agency executive	Fernando Barron, first Undersecretary

The Ministry of the Air (Spanish: Ministerio del Aire) was a government department of Spain that was tasked with oversight of both the Spanish Air Force (Ejército del Aire) and civil aviation during the Francoist regime.

The ministry was created on 8 August 1939, after the end of the Spanish Civil War. It was dissolved on 4 July 1977 by the Royal Decree 1558/1977, being merged with the Ministry of Defence as part of the transition to democracy.