The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (''Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti'' or ''MIT'') is the government ministry for

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in the

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. It is responsible for all transport infrastructure (roads, motorways, railways, ports, airports) as well as general transport planning and logistics, especially for urban transport schemes, with a particular attention at their sustainability. It is led by the Italian Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility.

History

In 2021, the Ministry was renamed Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility (''Ministero delle Infrastrutture e della Mobilità Sostenibili'' or ''MIMS''). However, it reverted to its previous name in November 2022.

Ministry of Public Works

The Ministry of Public Works was a ministry in the

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dealing with all infrastructure matters, including roads, motorways, railways, ports, airports and other means of transport. It was set up in 1860, under the government of

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, with the first ministerial post being held by

Stefano Jacini Count Stefano Jacini (Casalbuttano, 20 June 1826 – Milan, 15 March 1891) was an Italian statesman and economist. Born at Casalbuttano, Jacini was descended from an old and wealthy Lombard family. He studied in Switzerland, at Milan, and in ...

Ministry of Transport

The Ministry of Transport was born on 12 December 1944 when the third Bonomi government split the then Ministry of Communications into a Ministry of Transport and a Ministry for Post and Telecommunications.

Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard

Coat of arms of Comando Generale delle Capitanerie di Porto

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and is part of the

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under the control of the ''Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (Italy), Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport''. Its head office is in

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." Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard. Retrieved on 16 February 2012. "Viale dell'Arte, 16 00144 Roma"

Bassanini reforms and birth of the modern Ministry

On 11 June 2001, the second

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government was the first Italian government in history not to have a specific minister for public works, since the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry for Post and Telecommunications had all been merged into the new Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, created by the

Bassanini reforms Franco Bassanini (born 9 May 1940) is an Italian lawyer, politician, minister, and undersecretary of state. Career Born in Milan, Bassanini was a deputy from 1979 to 1996 and a senator from 1996 to 2006. He served as the minister of public admin ...

of 1999 (coming into force in 2001).

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Ministries established in 2001

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