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. El Universal, 23 June 2010, En Gaceta ministros que reemplazarán aspirantes a diputados Its headquarters were in the Torre MTC in Chacao, Caracas, Miranda."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" 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."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.
Responsibilities Among other responsibilities the ministry covered the air accident investigation body (Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Civil),"Noticias JIAAC." Ministry of Transport and Communications. Retrieved on May 6, 2011. 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."Organismos ." Ministry of Transport and Communications. Retrieved on May 6, 2011. 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)."Organigrama." (Archive) Ministry of Aquatic and Air Transport. Retrieved on April 17, 2012.
Ministers Ministros de Transporte y Comunicaciones de Venezuela#NamePeriodPresident 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 4Fernando Martínez Mottola1992 - 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
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External links
www.mtc.gob.ve