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government established in 1959. Its responsibilities included the regulation of civil aviation and the supply of military aircraft, which it took on from the Ministry of Supply. In 1967, the Ministry of Aviation merged into the

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which took on the supply of military aircraft, while regulatory responsibilities were switched to the Board of Trade.

Ministers of Aviation

* 14 October 1959:

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David Butler and Gareth Butler, ''Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000'', Macmillan 2000, p. 27.Butler and Butler, p. 58. * 27 July 1960:

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* 16 July 1962:

Julian Amery Harold Julian Amery, Baron Amery of Lustleigh, (27 March 1919 – 3 September 1996) was a British Conservative Party politician, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 39 of the 42 years between 1950 and 1992. He was appointed to the Pr ...

* 18 October 1964: Roy JenkinsButler and Butler, p. 30. * 23 December 1965:

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* 7 January 1967 – 15 February 1967:

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Parliamentary Secretaries

* 22 October 1959:

Geoffrey Rippon Aubrey Geoffrey Frederick Rippon, Baron Rippon of Hexham, PC, QC (28 May 1924 – 28 January 1997) was a British Conservative Party politician. He is most known for drafting the European Communities Act 1972 which took the United Kingdom into ...

* 9 October 1961: Christopher Woodhouse * 16 July 1962:

Basil de Ferranti Basil Reginald Vincent Ziani de Ferranti (2 July 1930 – 24 September 1988) was a British businessman and a Conservative Party politician. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was the grandson of the electrical engineer a ...

* 3 December 1962:

Neil Marten Sir Harry Neil Marten PC (3 December 1916 – 22 December 1985) was a British Conservative Party politician. Born in Lambeth, Marten was educated at Rossall School. During World War II he was parachuted into France as part of Operation Jedburg ...

* 20 October 1964:

* 6 April 1966 – 7 January 1967: Julian Snow

Permanent Secretaries

* 1959: Sir William StrathButler and Butler, p. 301. * 1960: Henry Hardman (knighted in 1962)''

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'', no. 2756, vol. 81, 4 January 1962
p. 2
* 1963: Sir Richard Way * 1966: Sir Richard Clarke * 1966–7: Sir Ronald Melville

References

1959 establishments in the United Kingdom

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