Ministry of Public Works and Housing (Venezuela)

The Ministry of Public Works and Housing (Spanish: Ministerio del Poder Popular para las Obras Públicas y Vivienda, MOPVI) was a ministry of the Venezuelan government until June 2010.

The creation of the Ministry of Infrastructure was proposed in 1999. The ministry was formed from the merger of the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Ministry of Urban Development. It was established as per the Official Gazette of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela No. 36,775 of August 30, 1999, and amended by Gazette No. 36,850 of December 14, 1999. It was later amended by Decree No. 3,125 in the Gazette No. 38,024 of September 16, 2004. At that point, the Ministry of Housing and Habitat was created and the Infrastructure ministry lost responsibility for housing.[1] In June 2010 the Venezuelan government divided the agency into two new agencies, the Ministerio del Poder Popular para Transporte y Comunicaciones and the Ministerio del Poder Popular para Vivienda y Hábitat.[2]

The Ministry was known as the Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Infraestructura (Ministry of Popular Power for Infrastructure) from January 2007 to March 2009, and was previously the Ministerio para la Infraestructura (Ministry for Infrastructure, Minfra).[3]

Ministers

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Ministros de Obras Públicas y Vivienda de Venezuela
# Name Period President
1 Luis Reyes Reyes 1999 Hugo Chávez
2 Julio Montes 1999 Hugo Chávez
3 Alberto Esqueda 1999 - 2001 Hugo Chávez
4 Liliana Verenzuela 2001 - 2002 Hugo Chávez
5 Diosdado Cabello 2002 - 2003 Hugo Chávez
6 Ramón Carrizales 2003 - 2006 Hugo Chávez
7 José David Cabello 2006 - 2008 Hugo Chávez
8 Isidro Rondón 2008 Hugo Chávez
9 Diosdado Cabello 2008 - 2010 Hugo Chávez
10 Ricardo Molina 2010-2013 Hugo Chávez
11 Manuel Salvador Quevedo Fernández 2013-2017 Nicolás Maduro

Subordinate agencies

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Subordinate agencies included:

References

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  1. ^ "Reseña." Ministry of Infrastructure. August 23, 2007. Retrieved on June 11, 2012.
  2. ^ (in Spanish) "En Gaceta ministros que reemplazarán aspirantes a diputados." El Universal. Wednesday June 23, 2010. Retrieved on May 6, 2011.
  3. ^ Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Gabinete Cabinet, updated 2 February 2011, accessed 6 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Executive Summary Venezuela." International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved on May 6, 2011.
  5. ^ "Comité de Peligro Aviario." National Institute of Civil Aviation. Retrieved on June 11, 2012.
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