Ministry of Transport and Communications (Myanmar)

Ministry of Transport and Communications (Myanmar)
ပို့ဆောင်ရေးနှင့် ဆက်သွယ်ရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန
Seal of the Ministry
Ministry overview
Formed 30 March 2016 (2016-03-30)
Jurisdiction Government of Myanmar
Headquarters Naypyidaw
Minister responsible
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

Telecommunications

Communications

References

  1. ↑ "About Ministry of Transport and Communications".
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