Ministry of Transport

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A Ministry of Transport is a ministry or other government agency charged with transport. It may be headed by a Minister for Transport.

Specific duties may be overseeing transportation safety, developing government transportation policy, organizing public transport, and the maintenance and construction of infrastructural projects. Some ministries have additional responsibilities in related policy areas such as infrastructure, public works, waterworks, construction, communication, housing and economic activities, such as industry and trade

A common term used in North America is Department of Transportation.

Country-related articles and lists

Country		Position	Office	Incumbent
Angola		Minister of Transport		André Luís Brandão
Australia		Minister for Infrastructure and Transport	Department of Infrastructure and Transport	Anthony Albanese
	New South Wales	Minister for Transport	Transport New South Wales	Gladys Berejiklian
	Queensland	Minister for Transport, Trade, Employment and Industrial Relations		John Mickel
Bahamas		Ministry of Public Works and Transport	Minister of Public Works and Transport	Neko Grant
Belgium		Secretary of State for mobility		Etienne Schouppe
Canada		Minister of Transport	Transport Canada	Denis Lebel
	British Columbia	Minister of Transportation	Ministry of Transportation	Blair Lekstrom
	Alberta	Minister of Transportation	Ministry of Transportation	Luke Ouellette
	Saskatchewan	Minister of Highways and Infrastructure	Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure	Wayne Elhard
	Manitoba	Minister of Transportation	Manitoba Department of Transportation	Ron Lemieux
	Ontario	Minister of Transportation	Ministry of Transportation	Kathleen Wynne
	Quebec	Minister of Transportation	Transports Québec	Sam Hamad
	New Brunswick	Minister of Transportation	Department of Transportation	Claude Williams
	Nova Scotia	Minister of Transportation	Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal	Bill Estabrooks
	Prince Edward Island	Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal	Prince Edward Island Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal	Ron MacKinley
	Newfoundland and Labrador	Minister of Transportation and Works	Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Transportation and Works	Tom Hedderson
	Northwest Territories	Northwest Territories Minister of Transportation	Department of Transportation of the Government of the Northwest Territories	Norman Yakeleya
	Yukon Territory	Yukon Territory Minister of Highways and Public Works	Department of Highways and Public Works of the Government of the Yukon Territory	Archie Lang
	Nunavut	Nunavut Minister of Economic Development and Transportation	Nunavut Department of Economic Development and Transportation	Peter Taptuna
Colombia		Minister of Transport	Ministry of Transport	Andres Uriel Gallego Henao
Côte d'Ivoire		Minister of Transport	Ministry of Transport
Croatia		Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure	Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure	Božidar Kalmeta
Denmark		Minister of Transport	Ministry of Transport	Lars Barfoed
Egypt		Minister of Transport		Mohamed Mansour
Ethiopia			Ministry of Transport and Communication	Diriba Kuma
European Union		European Commissioner for Transport	Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (European Commission)	Siim Kallas
Fiji		Minister for Transport		Manu Korovulavula
Finland		Minister of Transport
France		Minister of Transport		Dominique Bussereau
Germany		Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development	Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs	Wolfgang Tiefensee
Greece		Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks	Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks	Dimitris Reppas
Hong Kong		Secretary for Transport and Housing	Transport and Housing Bureau	Eva Cheng
India		Railway Minister	Ministry of Railways	Mamta Banerjee
		Union Cabinet Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways	Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways	C.P. Joshi
Indonesia		Minister of Transportation	Ministry of Transportation	Jusman Syafii Jamal
Iran		Minister of Roads and Transportation	Ministry of Roads and Transportation
Iraq		Minister for Transport
Ireland		Minister for Transport	Department of Transport	Noel Dempsey
Israel		Transportation Minister	Ministry of Transport and Road Safety	Shaul Mofaz
Italy		Minister of Transports		Alessandro Bianchi
Japan		Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism	Akihiro Ohata
Jordan		Transport Minister		Alaa Batayneh
Kazakhstan		Minister of Transportation		Serik Akhmetov
Luxembourg		Minister for Transport
Macau		Secretary for Transportation and Public Works	Secretariat for Transport and Public Works	Lau Si Io
Morocco			Ministry of Equipment and Transport
Malaysia		Minister for Transport		Datuk Ong Tee Keat
Maldives		Minister of Transport
Mexico		Secretary of Communications and Transport	Secretariat of Communications and Transport	Juan Molinar Horcasitas
Netherlands		Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment	Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment	Melanie Schultz van Haegen
New Zealand		Minister of Transport	Ministry of Transport	Steven Joyce
Nigeria		Minister of Transportation	Ministry of Transportation of Nigeria	Diezani Alison-Madueke
Norway		Minister of Transport and Communications	Ministry of Transport and Communications	Liv Signe Navarsete
People's Republic of China		Minister of Transport	Ministry of Transport	Li Shenglin
Peru		Minister of Transportation and Communications
Philippines		Secretary of Transportation and Communications or DOTC Secretary	Department of Transportation and Communication	Mar Roxas
Republic of China		Minister of Transportation and Communications	Ministry of Transportation and Communications	Mao Chi-kuo
Republic of Korea			Ministry of Land, Transportation and Maritime Affairs
Kosovo		Minister of Transport and Communications	Ministry of Transport and Communications	Fatmir Limaj
Romania			Ministry of Transport	Radu Berceanu
Russia		Minister of Transport	Ministry of Transport	Igor Levitin
Rwanda		Minister for Transport
Sierra Leone		Minister of Transport
Singapore		Minister for Transport	Ministry of Transport	Raymond Lim
South Africa		Minister of Transport	Department of Transport	S'bu Ndebele
Sweden		Minister of Infrastructure	Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications	Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd
Switzerland		Minister for Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications	Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications	Moritz Leuenberger
Tajikistan		Minister of Transport and Roads
Thailand		Minister of Transport	Ministry of Transport	Sophon Saram
Turkey		Minister of Transport	Ministry of Transport and Communication	Binali Yıldırım
Trinidad and Tobago		Minister of Transport	Ministry of Transport of Trinidad & Tobago	Devant Maharaj
United Kingdom		Secretary of State for Transport	Department for Transport	Justine Greening
	Scotland	Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change	Department for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change	Stewart Stevenson
United States		Secretary of Transportation	Department of Transportation	Ray LaHood
	Oklahoma	Director of the Transportation Department	Department of Transportation	Gary Ridley
	Texas		Department of Transportation
	Wisconsin	Secretary of Transportation	Department of Transportation	Frank Busalacchi
Vietnam		Ministry of Transport (Vietnam)	Minister of Transport (Vietnam)