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
1 José Cecilio Castro 1887 - 1888 Hermógenes López
1 Víctor Rodríguez 1899 Cipriano Castro
2 Juan Otáñez Maucó 1899 - 1902 Cipriano Castro
3 Rafael María Carabaño 1902 - 1903 Cipriano Castro
4 Ricardo Castillo Chapellín 1903 Cipriano Castro
5 Alejandro Rivas Vásquez 1903 - 1904 Cipriano Castro
6 Ricardo Castillo Chapellín 1904 - 1906 Cipriano Castro
7 Luis Mata Illas 1906 Cipriano Castro
8 Juan Casanova 1906 - 1908 Cipriano Castro
1 Antonio Díaz 1935 - 1936 Eleazar López Contreras
2 Tomás Pacaninis 1936 - 1938 Eleazar López Contreras
3 Enrique Jorge Aguerrevere 1938 - 1941 Eleazar López Contreras
1 Manuel Silveira 1941 - 1945 Isaías Medina Angarita
1 Luis Lander 1945 - 1946 Rómulo Betancourt
2 Eduardo Mier y Terán 1946 - 1947 Rómulo Betancourt
3 Edgar Pardo Stolk 1947 - 1948 Rómulo Betancourt
1 Edgar Pardo Stolk 1948 Rómulo Gallegos
1 Luis Eduardo Chataing 1952 - 1953 Marcos Pérez Jiménez
2 Julio Bacalao Lara 1953 - 1956 Marcos Pérez Jiménez
3 Oscar Rodríguez Gragirena 1956 - 1958 Marcos Pérez Jiménez
4 Oscar Mazzei 1958 Marcos Pérez Jiménez
1 Santiago Hernández Ron 1959 - 1960 Rómulo Betancourt
2 Rafael De León Álvarez 1960 - 1962 Rómulo Betancourt
3 Leopoldo Sucre Figarella 1962 - 1964 Rómulo Betancourt
1 Leopoldo Sucre Figarella 1964 - 1969 Raúl Leoni
1 José Curiel 1969 - 1974 Rafael Caldera
1 Jesús Vivas Casanova 1977 - 1979 Carlos Andrés Pérez
2 José Ignacio Álvarez Maldonado 1979 Carlos Andrés Pérez
1 Orlando Orozco 1979 - 1982 Luis Herrera Campins
2 María Cristina Maldonado 1982 - 1984 Luis Herrera Campins
1 Juan Pedro del Moral 1984 - 1988 Jaime Lusinchi
2 Vicente Pérez Cayena 1988 - 1989 Jaime Lusinchi
1 Gustavo José Rada 1989 Carlos Andrés Pérez
2 Augusto Faría Viso 1989 - 1990 Carlos Andrés Pérez
3 Roberto Smith Perera 1990 - 1992 Carlos Andrés Pérez
4 Fernando Martínez Mottola 1992 - 1993 Carlos Andrés Pérez
1 José Domingo Santander 1993 - 1994 Ramón José Velásquez
1 César Quintín Rosales 1994 Rafael Caldera
2 Ciro Zaa Álvarez 1994 - 1996 Rafael Caldera
3 Moisés Orozco Graterol 1996 - 1998 Rafael Caldera
4 Julio César Martí Espina 1998 - 1999 Rafael Caldera
1 Francisco Garcés 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 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine." 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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