Ministry of Culture (Spain)
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| Type | Ministerio |
| Jurisdiction | Spanish government |
| Headquarters | Casa de las Sietes Chimeneas, 1 Plaza del Rey, Madrid |
| Annual budget | 1.505.838.910 €, 2009[1] |
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| Website | www.mcu.es |
The Ministry of Culture of Spain was the department of Spanish government responsible for culture until 2011, when it was absorbed into the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.[4]
There is a junior minister for culture, José María Lassalle, while José Ignacio Wert is the minister for education, culture and sport.
Organization
- Ministry of Culture
- Subsecretary of Culture
- General Technic Secretary
- General Direction for Policy and Cultural Industries
- General Direction of Fine Arts and Cultural Property
- General Direction of Books, Archives and Libraries
- General Subdirection of Libraries Coordination
Public organisms under direction of Ministry of Culture:
- Museo Reina Sofía
- Biblioteca Nacional de España
- Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música
- Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
- Museo Nacional del Prado
Duties
Is duty of Ministry of Culture (Spain) digitize, preserve and make them available and accessible public domain works for every citizen. Spain has millions of public domain works (books, pictures, music and films) that belongs to the public domain and since there is not restrictions or copyright on them and all these works can be accessed, copied and enjoyed by its citizen in order to accomplish human right of access to science and culture make more egalitarian access to culture in every country no matter the social status of the cirizens.[5][6]
List of Ministers 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
See also
- Right to science and culture
- Right to education
- Welfare rights
- Economic, social and cultural rights
- Culture minister
- Cultural genocide
References
- ↑ http://www.sgpg.pap.meh.es/Presup/PGE2009Ley/MaestroDocumentos/PGE-ROM/doc/1/3/21/2/N_09_E_R_31_124_1_1_7.PDF Budget of Ministry of Culture (2009) (in spanish)
- ↑ http://www.mcu.es/organizacion/Organigrama/Organigrama.html Ministry of Culture offices (in spanish)
- ↑ http://www.mcu.es/organizacion/Organigrama/Organigrama.html Ministry of Culture offices (in spanish)
- ↑ (Spanish) Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: "Real Decreto 1823/2011, de 21 de diciembre, por el que se reestructuran los departamentos ministeriales." Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Official website. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ↑ http://dl.psnc.pl/2010/07/30/european-libraries-and-google-cooperate-in-digitization/
- ↑ http://www.communia-association.org/2015/12/05/public-domain-on-trial-in-mannheims-reiss-engelhorn-museum-vs-wikimedia-et-al/
External links
- Official site of the Spanish Ministry of Culture (in Spanish)