The Ministry of Transport or Transportation (Portuguese: Ministério dos Transportes) is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. It is the body responsible to enforce and direct regulations concerning transport, from roads and railways to ports and aviation and it also advises the President of Brazil in the execution and formulation of these policies. It was first established in 1992, during Fernando Collor de Mello's presidency. It was dissolved on 1 January 2019 during Jair Bolsonaro's government and merged into the Ministry of Infrastructure. The first minister to take office into the ministry since its re-creation in 2023 is Renan Filho.[2]
The body was re-created by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on January 1, 2023, being a result of the dissolution and division of former Ministry of Infrastructure into the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Ports and Airports.[3]
Chronology
The ministry has had several denominations:[4]
- 1860 to 1891 — Secretary of State for Agriculture, Commerce and Public Works
- 1891 to 1906 — Ministry of Industry, Transport and Public Works
- 1906 to 1967 — Ministry of Transport and Public Works
- 1967 to 1990 — Ministry of Transport
- 1990 to 1992 — Ministry of Infrastructure
- April 10, 1992 to November 19, 1992 — Ministry of Transport and Communications
- November 19, 1992 to May 12, 2016 — Ministry of Transport
- May 12, 2016 to December 31, 2018 — Ministry of Transportation, Ports and Civil Aviation
- January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2022 — Ministry of Infrastructure
- since 1 January, 2023 — Ministry of Transport (re-created for the sixth time)
List of ministers of Transport of Brazil
See also
References
- ^ "Portaria do MPO adapta orçamento para 2023". Ministério do Planejamento e Orçamento (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Quem é quem: os 37 ministros empossados por Lula". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ "Painel: Desmembrado em dois, prédio do ex-Ministério da Infraestrutura só tem um gabinete de ministro". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ "Evolução cronológica do Ministério dos Transportes". Ministério da Infraestrutura (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-02-23.
External links
- Official website (in Portuguese)
