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The Ministry of Transport (Burmese: ပို့ဆောင်ရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန, 'MOT') is a ministry in the Burmese government responsible for the country's transport infrastructure. It also operates the Myanma Airways and Myanma Port Authority.[1] The Department of Civil Aviation is subordinate to this ministry.
ပို့ဆောင်ရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန | |
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Dissolved | March 2016, 30 |
Superseding agency | |
Jurisdiction | Government of Myanmar |
Headquarters | Naypyidaw 19.7777527°N 96.1355135°E |
Minister responsible | |
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Website | www |
When Myanmar declared independence, the Ministry of Waterways and Civil Aviation and Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications were formed. In 1961, the above-mentioned ministries were merged and reconstituted as the Ministry of Transport and Communications with 11 organisations. In 1972, it was again reconstituted as the Ministry of Transport and Communications. It consists of 17 organisations.
In 1992, it was reconstituted into three ministries, namely Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Rail Transportation and Ministry of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs.
When the Ministry of Transport was first formed it has 4 departments, 5 enterprises and a training institute, totalling 10 organisations. The Meteorology and Hydrology Department was added to the Ministry of Transport on 20 August 1999. Myanmar Maritime University was inaugurated on 1 August 2002. Currently there are 5 departments, 5 enterprises, a university and a college, totalling 12 organisations under the Ministry of Transport.[2]
The following transport policies are laid down to fully support the economic development of the nation:[3]
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