Ministry of Transport
The Ministry of Transport or Ministry of Transport is a ministry responsible for transport policy , i.e. above all transport and the development of the transport routes of a state or member state. The corresponding Head of the Minister for Transport or the Secretary of Transportation .
National Ministries
National Ministries of Transport are:
- China: see State Council of the People's Republic of China
- Denmark: Transportministeriet
- Germany:
- Reich Ministry of Transport (German Reich 1919–1945)
- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in Germany
- Ministry of Transport (GDR)
- India: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways , India
- Israel: Ministry of Transport, National Infrastructure and Road Safety
- Italy: Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport
- Japan: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
- Lithuania: Ministry of Transport
- Netherlands: Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat (IenW)
- Austria: Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
- Switzerland: Federal Department for the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication
- Turkey: Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
- USA: Department of Transportation
Web links
Wiktionary: Ministry of Transport - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
footnote
- ↑ Originally the Ministry was called Ministeriet for Offentlige Arbejder (Ministry for Public Works) from 1894 to 1986 and then Trafikministeriet (Ministry of Transport). After a ministerial riot in 2005 it was called Transport og Energiministeriet for two years. After the energy department was discontinued, the name was shortened to Transportministeriet. See also list of Danish transport ministers