Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications | |
Type: | Ministry |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Brunei |
Headquarters: | Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei |
Budget: | $101 million BND (2021) |
Minister1 Name: | Shamhary Mustapha |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister |
The Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications (MTIC; Malay: Kementerian Pengangkutan dan Infokomunikasi), formerly known as the Ministry of Communications (Malay: Kementerian Perhubungan),[1] 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, who took office since 7 June 2022.[2] The ministry is headquartered in Bandar Seri Begawan.
In the 2021–22 fiscal year, the ministry had been allocated a budget of B$101 million, an 8.7 percent increase from the previous year.[3]
No. | Portrait | Minister | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Ref. | |
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1 | Bahrin Abbas | 1 January 1984 | 21 October 1986 | [4] [5] | |||
2 | Abdul Aziz Umar | 21 October 1986 | 30 November 1988 | ||||
3 | Zakaria Sulaiman | 30 November 1988 | 24 May 2005 | [6] | |||
4 | Abu Bakar Apong | 24 May 2005 | 29 May 2010 | [7] | |||
5 | Abdullah Bakar | 29 May 2010 | 22 October 2015 | ||||
6 | Mustappa Sirat | 22 October 2015 | 29 January 2018 | ||||
7 | Abdul Mutalib | 30 January 2018 | 7 June 2022 | [8] | |||
8 | Shamhary Mustapha | 7 June 2022 | Incumbent | [9] |