Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications

The Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications (MTIC; Malay: Kementerian Pengangkutan dan Infokomunikasi), formerly known as the Ministry of Communications (Kementerian Perhubungan),^[5] 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,^[a] who took office since 7 June 2022.^[3] The ministry is headquartered in Bandar Seri Begawan.

Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications

Kementerian Pengangkutan dan Infokomunikasi
National emblem of Brunei
Ministry building
Ministry overview
Formed	1 January 1984 (1984-01-01)
Jurisdiction	Government of Brunei
Headquarters	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 4°55′06″N 114°56′41″E
Employees	1,519 (2024)[1]
Annual budget	$101 million BND (2021)
Minister responsible	Shamhary Mustapha, Minister
Website	www.mtic.gov.bn
Footnotes
[2][3][4]

Portfolio

• Maritime and Port Authority Brunei Darussalam (Pihak Berkuasa Maritim Dan Pelabuhan Brunei Darussalam, MPABD)

Budget

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

Ministers

No.	Portrait	Minister	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Ref.
1		Bahrin Abbas	1 January 1984	20 October 1986	2 years, 292 days	[7][8]
2		Abdul Aziz Umar	20 October 1986	30 November 1988	2 years, 41 days	[9][8]
3		Zakaria Sulaiman	30 November 1988	24 May 2005	16 years, 175 days	[10]
4		Abu Bakar Apong	24 May 2005	29 May 2010	5 years, 5 days	[11]
5		Abdullah Bakar	29 May 2010	22 October 2015	5 years, 146 days	[11]
6		Mustappa Sirat	22 October 2015	29 January 2018	2 years, 99 days	[11]
7		Abdul Mutalib	30 January 2018	7 June 2022	4 years, 128 days	[12]
8		Shamhary Mustapha	7 June 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 15 days	[13]

Notes

1. His current official Malay name is Pengiran Shamhary bin Pengiran Dato Paduka Haji Mustapha.^[4]
2. ≈US$73 million as of July 2022^[6]