The Ministry of Aviation was a department of the United Kingdom 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 Ministry of Technology 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
27 July 1960: Peter Thorneycroft
16 July 1962: Julian Amery
18 October 1964: Roy Jenkins
23 December 1965: Frederick Mulley
7 January 1967 – 15 February 1967: John Stonehouse
Parliamentary Secretaries
22 October 1959: Geoffrey Rippon
9 October 1961: Christopher Woodhouse
16 July 1962: Basil de Ferranti
3 December 1962: Neil Marten
20 October 1964: John Stonehouse
6 April 1966 – 7 January 1967: Julian Snow
Permanent Secretaries
1959: Sir William Strath
1960: Henry Hardman (knighted in 1962) 1963: Sir Richard Way 1966: Sir Richard Clarke 1966–7: Sir Ronald Melville