Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications

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Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications
Kementerian Pengangkutan dan Infokomunikasi
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Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications' logo
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Ministry building
Ministry overview
Formed1 January 1984 (1984-01-01)
Jurisdiction Government of Brunei
Headquarters Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
4°55′06″N114°56′41″E / 4.918444°N 114.944833°E / 4.918444; 114.944833
Annual budgetIncrease2.svg$101 million BND (2021)
Minister responsible
  • Shamhary Mustapha, Minister
Website www.mtic.gov.bn
Footnotes
[1] [2] [3]

The Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications (MTIC; Malay : Kementerian Pengangkutan dan Infokomunikasi), formerly known as the Ministry of Communications (Kementerian Perhubungan), [4] is a cabinet-level ministry in the government of Brunei which oversees civil aviation, land and maritime transport, telecommunications and meteorology in the country. It is currently led by a minister and the incumbent is Pengiran Shamhary Pengiran Mustapha, [lower-alpha 1] who took office since 7 June 2022. [2] The ministry is headquartered in Bandar Seri Begawan.

Contents

Portfolio

Budget

In the 2021–22 fiscal year, the ministry had been allocated a budget of B$101 million, [lower-alpha 2] an 8.7 percent increase from the previous year. [1]

Ministers

No.PortraitMinisterTerm startTerm endTime in officeRef.
1
Y.B. Pengiran Bahrin bin Pengiran Haji Abas.jpg
Bahrin Abbas 1 January 198421 October 19862 years, 293 days [6] [7]
2
Abdul Aziz Umar in 1958.jpg
Abdul Aziz Umar 21 October 198630 November 19882 years, 40 days [7]
3
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Zakaria Sulaiman 30 November 198824 May 200516 years, 175 days [8]
4
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Abu Bakar Apong 24 May 200529 May 20105 years, 5 days [9]
5 Abdullah Bakar 29 May 201022 October 20155 years, 146 days [9]
6
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Mustappa Sirat 22 October 201529 January 20182 years, 99 days [9]
7
Abdul Mutalib Mohd Yusof.jpg
Abdul Mutalib 30 January 20187 June 20224 years, 128 days [10]
8 Shamhary Mustapha 7 June 2022Incumbent1 year, 97 days [11]

Notes

  1. ↑ His current official Malay name is Pengiran Shamhary bin Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Mustapha. [3]
  2. ↑ ≈US$73 million as of July 2022 [5]

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