The Ministry of Public Works and Housing (Spanish: Ministerio del Poder Popular para las Obras Públicas y Vivienda, MOPVI) was a ministry of the Venezuelan government until June 2010.

The creation of the Ministry of Infrastructure was proposed in 1999. The ministry was formed from the merger of the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Ministry of Urban Development. It was established as per the Official Gazette of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela No. 36,775 of August 30, 1999, and amended by Gazette No. 36,850 of December 14, 1999. It was later amended by Decree No. 3,125 in the Gazette No. 38,024 of September 16, 2004. At that point, the Ministry of Housing and Habitat was created and the Infrastructure ministry lost responsibility for housing."Reseña." Ministry of Infrastructure. August 23, 2007. Retrieved on June 11, 2012. In June 2010 the Venezuelan government divided the agency into two new agencies, the Ministerio del Poder Popular para Transporte y Comunicaciones and the Ministerio del Poder Popular para Vivienda y Hábitat. "En Gaceta ministros que reemplazarán aspirantes a diputados." El Universal. Wednesday June 23, 2010. Retrieved on May 6, 2011.

The Ministry was known as the Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Infraestructura (Ministry of Popular Power for Infrastructure) from January 2007 to March 2009, and was previously the Ministerio para la Infraestructura (Ministry for Infrastructure, Minfra).Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Gabinete Cabinet, updated 2 February 2011, accessed 6 May 2011.

Ministers

Ministros de Obras Públicas y Vivienda de Venezuela#NamePeriodPresident 1Luis Reyes Reyes1999Hugo Chávez 2Julio Montes1999Hugo Chávez 3Alberto Esqueda1999 - 2001Hugo Chávez 4Liliana Verenzuela2001 - 2002Hugo Chávez 5Diosdado Cabello2002 - 2003Hugo Chávez 6Ramón Carrizales2003 - 2006Hugo Chávez 7José David Cabello2006 - 2008Hugo Chávez 8Isidro Rondón2008Hugo Chávez 9Diosdado Cabello2008 - 2010Hugo Chávez10Ricardo Molina2010-2013Hugo Chávez11Manuel Salvador Quevedo Fernández2013-2017Nicolás Maduro

Subordinate agencies Subordinate agencies included: Conviasa Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Civil"Executive Summary Venezuela." International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved on May 6, 2011. Junta de Investigación de Accidentes Aéreos"Comité de Peligro Aviario." National Institute of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on June 11, 2012.

References

External links

Ministry of Public Works and Housing (Archive)