The Ministry of Transport or Transportation () is a cabinet-level federal ministry in

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. It is the body responsible to enforce and direct regulations concerning transport, from

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and

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and

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and it also advises the

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in the execution and formulation of these policies. It was first established in 1992, during

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's presidency. It was dissolved on 1 January 2019 during

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'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. The body was re-created by President

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, 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.

Chronology

The ministry has had several denominations: * 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

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Transport organisations based in Brazil 1860 establishments in Brazil

Chronology

List of ministers of Transport of Brazil

See also

References

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