Ministry of Industry (Spain)

Ministry of Industry and Tourism
Ministerio de Industria y Turismo
	; The current headquarters in the Nuevos Ministerios complex.
Agency overview
Formed	4 November 1928 (as Ministry of National Economy)
Preceding agency	Ministry of Development (1847–1928);
Type	Ministry
Jurisdiction	Government of Spain
Headquarters	160 Paseo de la Castellana; Madrid, Spain
Employees	3,133 (2019)
Annual budget	€ 10.1 billion, 2023
Minister responsible	Jordi Hereu, Minister;
Agency executives	Jordi García Brustenga, Secretary of State for Industry; Rosario Sánchez Grau, Secretary of State for Tourism; Pablo Garde Lobo, Under-Secretary;
Child agencies	ICEX; Turespaña; Spanish Patent and Trademark Office; Spanish Metrology Center; SEGITTUR;
Website	Ministry of Industry and Tourism(in Spanish)

The Ministry of Industry and Tourism (MINCOTUR) is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for designing and implementing the government policy on industry and tourism. This includes designing the industrial strategy and development, as well as fostering entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized enterprises and defending industrial property. At the international level, these powers are exercised in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Industry Ministry, along with the Defence Ministry, has an important presence in the military industry and it regularly grants loans to state-owned enterprises for the promotion of this industry and the realization of military projects. In the past, when it had commercial powers, it also oversaw the import and export of military and defense equipment.

The MINCOTUR was established in 1928 to unify the economic responsibilities of the various government departments. Originally, it was named as Ministry of National Economy and, except for a brief period when it was called Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Trade (1931–1936), it has since been known as the Ministry of Industry.