Ministry of Transport and Communications (Venezuela)

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The Ministry of Transport and Communications (Spanish: Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Transporte y Comunicaciones "Ministry of Popular Power for Transportation and Communications", MTC) of Venezuela was created in June 2010, to cover transport and communications in Venezuela. Its creation saw the disappearance of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (Ministerio del Poder Popular para las Obras Públicas y Vivienda), split into this ministry and the .[1] Its headquarters were in the Torre MTC in Chacao, Caracas, Miranda.[2] In November 2011 Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela, announced that the MTC would be divided into two ministries, the Ministry of Aquatic and Air Transport and the Ministry of Ground Transport.[3]

Responsibilities[]

Among other responsibilities the ministry covered the air accident investigation body (Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Civil),[4] Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela) and the airline Conviasa; and the railways agency Instituto de Ferrocarriles del Estado and various metro systems including the Caracas Metro.[5] Conviasa, the airport, and the new air accident investigation body are now under the Ministry of Aquatic and Air Transport (Ministerio del Poder Popular para Transporte Acuático y Aéreo).[6]

Ministers[]

Ministros de Transporte y Comunicaciones de Venezuela
# Name Period President
1 1887 - 1888 Hermógenes López
1 1899 Cipriano Castro
2 1899 - 1902 Cipriano Castro
3 1902 - 1903 Cipriano Castro
4 1903 Cipriano Castro
5 1903 - 1904 Cipriano Castro
6 1904 - 1906 Cipriano Castro
7 1906 Cipriano Castro
8 1906 - 1908 Cipriano Castro
1 1935 - 1936 Eleazar López Contreras
2 1936 - 1938 Eleazar López Contreras
3 1938 - 1941 Eleazar López Contreras
1 1941 - 1945 Isaías Medina Angarita
1 1945 - 1946 Rómulo Betancourt
2 1946 - 1947 Rómulo Betancourt
3 1947 - 1948 Rómulo Betancourt
1 Edgar Pardo Stolk 1948 Rómulo Gallegos
1 1952 - 1953 Marcos Pérez Jiménez
2 1953 - 1956 Marcos Pérez Jiménez
3 1956 - 1958 Marcos Pérez Jiménez
4 1958 Marcos Pérez Jiménez
1 1959 - 1960 Rómulo Betancourt
2 1960 - 1962 Rómulo Betancourt
3 Leopoldo Sucre Figarella 1962 - 1964 Rómulo Betancourt
1 Leopoldo Sucre Figarella 1964 - 1969 Raúl Leoni
1 1969 - 1974 Rafael Caldera
1 1977 - 1979 Carlos Andrés Pérez
2 1979 Carlos Andrés Pérez
1 1979 - 1982 Luis Herrera Campins
2 1982 - 1984 Luis Herrera Campins
1 1984 - 1988 Jaime Lusinchi
2 1988 - 1989 Jaime Lusinchi
1 1989 Carlos Andrés Pérez
2 1989 - 1990 Carlos Andrés Pérez
3 Roberto Smith Perera 1990 - 1992 Carlos Andrés Pérez
4 1992 - 1993 Carlos Andrés Pérez
1 1993 - 1994 Ramón José Velásquez
1 1994 Rafael Caldera
2 1994 - 1996 Rafael Caldera
3 1996 - 1998 Rafael Caldera
4 1998 - 1999 Rafael Caldera
1 2010 - 2011 Hugo Chávez

References[]

  1. ^ (in Spanish) El Universal, 23 June 2010, En Gaceta ministros que reemplazarán aspirantes a diputados
  2. ^ "Inicio." Ministry of Transport and Communications. Retrieved on May 6, 2011. "Torre MTC, Municipio Chacao. Distrito Capital. Tlf: (0212) 201 50 42 RIF: G-20009480-0"
  3. ^ "Chávez cesa a Garcés y divide el MTC en dos ministerios: uno, Transporte Terreste y otro, Aéreo y Acuático." Noticias 24 Venezuela. November 3, 2011. Retrieved on April 17, 2012.
  4. ^ "Noticias JIAAC[permanent dead link]." Ministry of Transport and Communications. Retrieved on May 6, 2011.
  5. ^ "Organismos Archived 2012-04-18 at WebCite." Ministry of Transport and Communications. Retrieved on May 6, 2011.
  6. ^ "Organigrama." (Archive) Ministry of Aquatic and Air Transport. Retrieved on April 17, 2012.

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