Ministry of Transport and Communications (Venezuela)

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 Ministerio del Poder Popular para Vivienda y Hábitat.[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
1José Cecilio Castro1887 - 1888Hermógenes López
1Víctor Rodríguez1899Cipriano Castro
2Juan Otáñez Maucó1899 - 1902Cipriano Castro
3Rafael María Carabaño1902 - 1903Cipriano Castro
4Ricardo Castillo Chapellín1903Cipriano Castro
5Alejandro Rivas Vásquez1903 - 1904Cipriano Castro
6Ricardo Castillo Chapellín1904 - 1906Cipriano Castro
7Luis Mata Illas1906Cipriano Castro
8Juan Casanova1906 - 1908Cipriano Castro
1Antonio Díaz1935 - 1936Eleazar López Contreras
2Tomás Pacaninis1936 - 1938Eleazar López Contreras
3Enrique Jorge Aguerrevere1938 - 1941Eleazar López Contreras
1Manuel Silveira1941 - 1945Isaías Medina Angarita
1Luis Lander1945 - 1946Rómulo Betancourt
2Eduardo Mier y Terán1946 - 1947Rómulo Betancourt
3Edgar Pardo Stolk1947 - 1948Rómulo Betancourt
1Edgar Pardo Stolk1948Rómulo Gallegos
1Luis Eduardo Chataing1952 - 1953Marcos Pérez Jiménez
2Julio Bacalao Lara1953 - 1956Marcos Pérez Jiménez
3Oscar Rodríguez Gragirena1956 - 1958Marcos Pérez Jiménez
4Oscar Mazzei1958Marcos Pérez Jiménez
1Santiago Hernández Ron1959 - 1960Rómulo Betancourt
2Rafael De León Álvarez1960 - 1962Rómulo Betancourt
3Leopoldo Sucre Figarella1962 - 1964Rómulo Betancourt
1Leopoldo Sucre Figarella1964 - 1969Raúl Leoni
1José Curiel1969 - 1974Rafael Caldera
1Jesús Vivas Casanova1977 - 1979Carlos Andrés Pérez
2José Ignacio Álvarez Maldonado1979Carlos Andrés Pérez
1Orlando Orozco1979 - 1982Luis Herrera Campins
2María Cristina Maldonado1982 - 1984Luis Herrera Campins
1Juan Pedro del Moral1984 - 1988Jaime Lusinchi
2Vicente Pérez Cayena1988 - 1989Jaime Lusinchi
1Gustavo José Rada1989Carlos Andrés Pérez
2Augusto Faría Viso1989 - 1990Carlos Andrés Pérez
3Roberto Smith Perera1990 - 1992Carlos Andrés Pérez
4Fernández Martínez Mótola1992 - 1993Carlos Andrés Pérez
1José Domingo Santander1993 - 1994Ramón José Velásquez
1César Quintín Rosales1994Rafael Caldera
2Ciro Zaa Álvarez1994 - 1996Rafael Caldera
3Moisés Orozco Graterol1996 - 1998Rafael Caldera
4Julio César Martí Espina1998 - 1999Rafael Caldera
1Francisco Garcés2010 - 2011Hugo 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." 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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