Ministry of Transport and Communications (Venezuela)

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 are in the Torre ITC in Chacao, Caracas, Miranda.[2]

Among other responsibilities the ministry covers the air accident investigation body (Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Civil),[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. ^ (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. ^ "Noticias JIAAC." Ministry of Transport and Communications. Retrieved on May 6, 2011.
  4. ^ "Organismos." Ministry of Transport and Communications. Retrieved on May 6, 2011.

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