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In 1967, the Ministry of Aviation merged into the Ministry of Technology[1] which took on the supply of military aircraft, while regulatory responsibilities were switched to the Board of Trade.
Ministers of Aviation
- 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]
Parliamentary Secretaries
- 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]
Permanent Secretaries
- 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]
See also
References
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- ↑ Edgerton, David (1996). Science, technology, and the British industrial "decline", 1870-1970. Cambridge; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press, p. 40. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ a b c d e f g David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan 2000, p. 27.
- ↑ a b c d e f Butler and Butler, p. 58.
- ↑ a b c d e Butler and Butler, p. 30.
- ↑ a b c d e Butler and Butler, p. 301.
- ↑ Flight International, no. 2756, vol. 81, 4 January 1962, p. 2.
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