Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications (Chile)
Chilean government ministry
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The Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications (Spanish: Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones, better known by its acronym, MTT)[3] is the Chilean ministry responsible for directing, supervising, coordinating, and promoting legislation on transport and telecommunications, as well as coordinating and promoting the development of these activities and ensuring compliance with the relevant laws, regulations, and standards. Its current minister is the civil engineer Juan Carlos Muñoz Abogabir, who has held the position since March 11, 2022, under the government of Gabriel Boric.[4][5]
- Ministry of Transport (1974-1977)
| Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones | |
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 Headquarters of Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications in Santiago | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 8 July 1974, as Ministry of Transport) and 20 April 1977, as Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications) |
Preceding agency |
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| Type | Ministry |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Chile |
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| Employees | 1,113 (2020)[1] |
| Annual budget | 1,109,154,952 CLP (2020)[2] |
Agency executives |
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| Website | www |
It was created during the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet through Decree Law No. 557 of July 8, 1974, thereby separating it from the Ministry of Public Works (Ministerio de Obras Públicas, MOP), which until then had been responsible for transport-related functions.
Functions
The ministry’s main functions are to propose national policies in matters of transport and telecommunications, in accordance with government guidelines, and to exercise direction and oversight of their implementation; to supervise public and private companies operating transport and communications services in the country; and to coordinate and promote the development of these activities, as well as to ensure compliance with the relevant laws, regulations, and standards.[6]
Structure
Its structure consists of two Undersecretariats and four dependent bodies:
- Undersecretariat of Transport (Subsecretaría de Transportes, Subtrans) headed by Jorge Daza Lobos.
- Undersecretariat of Telecommunications (Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones, Subtel) headed by Claudio Araya.
- Metropolitan Public Transport Board (Directorio de Transporte Público Metropolitano, DTPM) headed by Paola Tapia.
- Civil Aeronautics Board (Junta Aeronáutica Civil), headed by Martín Mackenna Rueda.
- Executive Secretariat for Digital Development (Secretaría Ejecutiva de Desarrollo Digital)
- National Road Safety Commission (Comisión Nacional de Seguridad de Tránsito, Conaset)[7]
Additionally, the ministry serves as a liaison between the government and autonomous state-owned companies such as the State Railways Company (Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado, EFE), Metro S.A., Correos de Chile (Chile Post), and the ten port companies created through the corporatization of EMPORCHI.
List of ministers
Ministers of Transport (1974-1977)
- Parties:
- – Military
| No. | Minister[8] | Party | Start | End | President | ||
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| 1 | Enrique Garín Cea | Military | 8 July 1974 | 8 March 1976 | Augusto Pinochet Ugarte | ||
| 2 | Raúl Vargas Miquel | 8 March 1976 | 20 April 1977 | ||||
Ministers of Transport and Telecommunications (1977-2026)
- Parties:
- – Military
- – Independent
- – Christians Democratic Party (PDC)
- – Socialist Party (PS)
- – Party for Democracy (PPD)
- – Political Evolution (Evópoli)
- – Broad Front (FA)
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