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Type of ministry responsible for transport
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A Ministry of Transport or Transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country . It usually is administered by the Minister for Transport . The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government agencies administering transport in nations who do not employ ministers.
Specific responsibilities may include overseeing road safety , civil aviation , maritime transport , rail transport , 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 .
In many jurisdictions, transportation policy is often assumed by an Infrastructure Ministry .
Country-related articles and lists
Country
Position
Office
Incumbent
Algeria
Transport Ministry
Angola
Minister of Transport
André Luís Brandão
Australia
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development
Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities
Michael McCormack
New South Wales
Minister for Transport
Transport for New South Wales
Andrew Constance
Queensland
Minister for Transport and the Commonwealth Games
Stirling Hinchliffe
Victoria
Department of Transport
Jacinta Allan
Western Australia
Minister for Transport
Department of Transport
Dean Nalder
Austria
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport
Leonore Gewessler
Azerbaijan
Minister of Communications & Information Technologies
Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies
Ramin Guluzade
Bahamas
Minister of Public Works and Transport
Ministry of Public Works and Transport
Neko Grant
Bangladesh
Minister of Railways
Ministry of Railways
Mazibul Hoque
Minister of Road Transport and Bridge
Ministry of Road Transport and Bridge
Obaidul Quader
Minister of Shipping
Ministry of Shipping
Shajahan Khan
Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism
Rashed Khan Menon
Bahrain
Minister of Transportation
Ministry of Transportation
Belgium
federal
Secretary of State for Mobility
Jacqueline Galant
Brussels
Brussels Minister of Transport
Brigitte Grouwels
Flanders
Flemish Minister for Mobility
Hilde Crevits
Wallonia
Walloon Minister of Mobility
Philippe Henry
Brazil
Minister of Infraestructure
Ministry of Infraestructure
Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas
Canada
Minister of Transport
Transport Canada
Marc Garneau
Alberta
Minister of Transportation
Ministry of Transportation
Ric McIver
British Columbia
Minister of Transportation
Ministry of Transportation
Claire Trevena
Manitoba
Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation
Department of Infrastructure and Transportation
New Brunswick
Minister of Transportation
Department of Transportation
Claude Williams
Newfoundland and Labrador
Minister of Transportation and Works
Department of Transportation and Works
Nick McGrath
Northwest Territories
Minister of Transportation
Department of Transportation
Tom Beaulieu
Nova Scotia
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Geoff MacLellan
Nunavut
Minister of Economic Development and Transportation
Department of Economic Development and Transportation
George Kuksuk
Ontario
Minister of Transportation
Ministry of Transportation
John Yakabuski
Prince Edward Island
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
Paula Biggar
Quebec
Minister of Transportation
Transports Québec
François Bonnardel
Saskatchewan
Minister of Highways and Infrastructure
Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure
Greg Ottenbreit
Yukon
Minister of Highways and Public Works
Department of Highways and Public Works
Richard Mostyn
Colombia
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport
Ángela María Orozco
Croatia
Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure
Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure
Siniša Hajdaš Dončić
Cuba
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport
Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila
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)
Adina-Ioana Vălean
Fiji
Minister for Transport
Manu Korovulavula
Finland
Minister of Transport
France
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy
Ségolène Royal
Germany
Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Andreas Scheuer
Ghana
Minister of Transport
Greece
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks
Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks
Dimitris Reppas
Iceland
Minister of the Interior
Ministry of the Interior
Ögmundur Jónasson
India
Union Cabinet Minister of Railways
Ministry of Railways
Piyush Goyal
Union Cabinet Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Nitin Gadkari
Union Cabinet Minister of Shipping
Ministry of Shipping
Nitin Gadkari
Union Cabinet Minister of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju
Indonesia
Minister of Transportation
Ministry of Transportation
Budi Karya Sumadi
Iran
Minister of Roads and Transportation
Ministry of Roads and Transportation
Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi
Iraq
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport
Kadhim Finjan
Ireland
Minister for Transport
Department of Transport
Eamon Ryan
Isle of Man
Minister for Infrastructure
Department of Infrastructure
Phil Gawne
Israel
Transportation Minister
Ministry of Transport and Road Safety
Shaul Mofaz
Italy
Minister of Transports
Graziano Delrio
Ivory Coast
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport
Jamaica
Minister of Housing, Transport and Works
Ministry of Housing, Transport and Works
Dr. Omar Davies
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
Kosovo
Minister of Transport and Communications
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Fatmir Limaj
Latvia
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport
Aivis Ronis
Lithuania
Minister of Transport and Communications
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Rimantas Sinkevičius
Luxembourg
Minister for Transport
François Bausch
Morocco
Ministry of Equipment and Transport
Aziz Rabbah
Malaysia
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport
Wee Ka Siong
Maldives
Minister of Transport
Mexico
Secretary of Communications and Transport
Secretariat of Communications and Transport
Juan Molinar Horcasitas
Myanmar
Ministry of Transport
Nyan Tun Aung
Netherlands
Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management
Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen
New Zealand
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport
Phil Twyford
Nicaragua
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure
Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure
Pablo Fernando Martínez Espinoza
Nigeria
Minister of Transportation
Ministry of Transportation of Nigeria
Rotimi Amaechi
North Macedonia
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Vlado Misajlovski
Norway
Minister of Transport and Communications
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Ketil Solvik-Olsen
People's Republic of China
Mainland
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport
Yang Chuantang
Hong Kong
Secretary for Transport and Housing
Transport and Housing Bureau
Anthony Cheung
Macau
Secretary for Transportation and Public Works
Secretariat for Transport and Public Works
Lau Si Io
Peru
Minister of Transportation and Communications
Philippines
Secretary of Transportation
Department of Transportation
Arthur Tugade
Republic of China
Minister of Transportation and Communications
Ministry of Transportation and Communications
Yeh Kuang-shih
Republic of Korea
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Romania
Ministry of Transport
Radu Berceanu
Russia
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport
Maksim Sokolov
Rwanda
Minister for Transport
Sierra Leone
Minister of Transport
Singapore
Minister for Transport
Ministry of Transport
Ong Ye Kung
Slovakia
Minister of Transport and Construction
Ministry of Transport and Construction
Andrej Doležal
Somalia
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation
Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation
Mohamed Abdullahi Salat (Oomaar)
South Africa
Minister of Transport
Department of Transport
S'bu Ndebele
Sri Lanka
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport
Kumara Welgama
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
Doris Leuthard [ 1]
Syria
Ministry of Transport
Tajikistan
Minister of Transport and Roads
Tanzania
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport
Harrison Mwakyembe
Thailand
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport
Sophon Saram
Trinidad and Tobago
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport of Trinidad & Tobago
Chandresh Sharma
Turkey
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport and Communication
Ahmet Arslan
Ukraine
Minister of Infrastructure
Ministry of Infrastructure
Volodymyr Omelian
United Kingdom
Central UK government
Secretary of State for Transport
Department for Transport
Grant Shapps
Scotland
Minister for Transport and Islands
Department for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities
Paul Wheelhouse
Wales
Minister for Economy, Science and Transport
Department for Economy, Science and Transport
Ken Skates
United States
Secretary of Transportation
Department of Transportation
Elaine Chao
Alabama
Alabama Department of Transportation
Alaska
Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
Arizona
Arizona Department of Transportation
Arkansas
Arkansas Department of Transportation
California
California Department of Transportation
For other U.S. State Departments of Transportation, see: Template:U.S. State Departments of Transportation
Vietnam
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transport
Zimbabwe
Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development
Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development (Zimbabwe)
Joel Biggie Matiza
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