TheMinistry of Aviation was a department of theUnited Kingdom government established in 1959. Its responsibilities included the regulation of civil aviation and the supply of military aircraft, which it took on from theMinistry of Supply.

In 1967, the Ministry of Aviation merged into theMinistry of Technology^[1] which took on the supply of military aircraft, while regulatory responsibilities were switched to theBoard of Trade.

• 14 October 1959:Duncan Sandys^[2][3]
• 27 July 1960:Peter Thorneycroft^[2][3]
• 16 July 1962:Julian Amery^[2][3]
• 18 October 1964:Roy Jenkins^[3][4]
• 23 December 1965:Frederick Mulley^[3][4]
• 7 January 1967 – 15 February 1967:John Stonehouse^[3][4]

• 22 October 1959:Geoffrey Rippon^[2]
• 9 October 1961:Montague Woodhouse^[2]
• 16 July 1962:Basil de Ferranti^[2]
• 3 December 1962:Neil Marten^[2]
• 20 October 1964:John Stonehouse^[4]
• 6 April 1966 – 7 January 1967:Julian Snow^[4]

• 1959:Sir William Strath^[5]
• 1960:Henry Hardman^[5] (knighted in 1962)^[6]
• 1963:Sir Richard Way^[5]
• 1966:Sir Richard Clarke^[5]
• 1966–7:Sir Ronald Melville^[5]

• Aviation in the United Kingdom

• 1959 establishments in the United Kingdom
• Defunct departments of the Government of the United Kingdom
• Aviation history of the United Kingdom
• Government ministries established in 1959
• 1967 disestablishments in the United Kingdom

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