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Spain Economic Ministries
Under the Felipe Gonzalez government, the minister of
economy, finance, and commerce served as "superminister"
and
chief government spokesman with the responsibility of
advising
the prime minister on economic and financial policies. The
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Commerce formulated
general
economic policies; prepared the budget; audited the
state's
accounts; supervised expenditures; managed the public
debt;
supervised the banks, insurance companies, and stock
exchanges;
and collected taxes. It therefore had a major role in the
conduct
of both fiscal and monetary policy. It was also
responsible for
all matters concerned with publicly owned properties
involved in
industrial, agricultural, and commercial ventures,
including
supervision of those under the day-to-day management of
other
ministries.
Other ministries having primarily economic functions
included
the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food; the
Ministry of
Transportation, Tourism, and Communications; the Ministry
of
Industry and Energy; the Ministry of Labor and Social
Security;
and the Ministry of Public Works and City Planning. There
was
also an interministerial Economic Affairs Committee
(Comision de
Asuntos Economicos), which consisted of the heads of
economically
important ministries and the undersecretary of state for
the
economy.
Data as of December 1988
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