Ministry of Transport and Communications (Myanmar)

Ministry of Transport and Communications (Myanmar)
ပို့ဆောင်ရေးနှင့် ဆက်သွယ်ရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန
	Seal of the Ministry
Ministry overview
Formed	30 March 2016
Jurisdiction	Government of Myanmar
Headquarters	Naypyidaw
Minister responsible	Thant Sin Maung;
Deputy Minister responsible	Kyaw Myo;
Website	www.motc.gov.mm

Ministry of Transport and Communications (Burmese: ပို့ဆောင်ရေးနှင့် ဆက်သွယ်ရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန; abbreviated as MOTC) is the government agency of Myanmar. The ministry is currently led by Union Minister, Thant Sin Maung.

History

On 29 January 1992, the Ministry of Transport and Communications was organized with Ministry of Transport,Ministry of Rail Transportation and Ministry of Communications, Post and Telegraph.

On 9 November 2012, the Ministry's name was changed as Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

On 30 March 2016, it was changed as Ministry of Transport and Communications by U Htin Kyaw's new government.^[1]

Departments

Union Minister Office
Department of Civil Aviation
Department of Marine Administraion
Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems
Department of Meteorology and

Hydrology

Road Transport Administration Department
Directorate of Communications

Department of Information Technology

and Cyber Security

Myanmar National Airlines
Inland Water Transport
Myanmar Port Authority
Myanmar Shipyards
Myanmar Railways
Road Transport
Myanmar Post and

Telecommunications

Myanmar Posts
Myanmar Maritime University
Myanmar Mercantile Marine College
Central Institute of Transport and

Communications

References

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