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Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Government ministry of South Korea

Summary

Government ministry of South Korea

Field	Value
agency_name	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
native_name_a	국토교통부
seal	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea Logo (vertical).svg
logo	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea Logo (English) (horizontal).svg
image	Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport(South Korea).JPG
image_caption	MOLIT headquarters in Sejong
formed	November 4, 1948 (as Ministry of Transportation)
March 23, 2013
preceding1	Ministry of Transportation (1948–1994)
preceding2	Ministry of Development (1955–1961)
preceding3	Ministry of Construction (1961–1994)
preceding4	Ministry of Construction and Transportation (1994–2008)
preceding5	Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (2008–2013)
jurisdiction	Government of South Korea
headquarters	11, Doum6-ro, Sejong, South Korea
employees	1.036
minister1_name	Park Sang-woo
deputyminister1_name	Jin Hyun-hwan - 1st Vice Minister of City and Housing
deputyminister2_name	Baek Won-kug - 2nd Vice Minister of Transportation and Aviation
child1_agency	National Agency for Administrative City Construction
child2_agency	Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency
website
embed	{{Infobox Korean name/auto
hangul	^국토_교통부
hanja	國土交通部
child	yes

March 23, 2013

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT; ; lit. 'Ministry of Land and Transport') is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. Its headquarters is in the Sejong Government Office in Sejong City. Previously the agency was headquartered in the 4th building of the , in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do.

The main tasks are establishing and coordinating national territory policy and basic laws related to national territory, preserving and developing national territory and water resources, construction of urban, road and housing, construction of coastal, river and land reclamation.

History

The ministry was originally the Ministry of Construction and Transportation. The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries was merged into the construction and transportation agency.

Logo

File:Emblem of the Government of the Republic of Korea (1949-2016).svg|1948~? File:건설교통부 로고 (pre-2005).svg|?~2005 File:건설교통부 로고 (2005-2008).svg|2005~2008 File:국토해양부 로고.svg|2008~2013 File:국토교통부 로고 (2013-2016).svg|2013~2016 File:Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea Logo (vertical).svg|2016~present

Agencies

National Agency for Administrative City Construction
Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency
Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board
Korea Office of Civil Aviation
Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office	President	Took office	Left office
1			26 July 2017	5 April 2019		Moon Jae-in
2			8 April 2019	23 December 2020
3			24 December 2020	9 May 2022
4			12 May 2022	8 December 2024		Yoon Suk Yeol
5	[[File:Kim Yoon-deok 2021.jpg	frameless	133x133px]]	Kim_Yoon-deok	19 July 2025	incumbent	Lee Jae-myung

References

"[http://english.molit.go.kr/USR/WPGE0201/m_28278/DTL.jsp Location]." ([https://archive.today/20131231212434/http://english.molit.go.kr/USR/WPGE0201/m_28278/DTL.jsp Archive]) Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Retrieved on December 31, 2013. "11 Doum 6-ro, Government Complex-Sejong, Sejong-si 339-012, Republic of Korea" - [http://www.molit.go.kr/portal.do Address in Korean]: "339-012 세종특별자치시 도움6로 11 국토교통부"
"[http://english.mltm.go.kr/images/english/img_0104.gif img_0104.gif]." ([https://archive.today/20131231211159/http://english.mltm.go.kr/images/english/img_0104.gif Archive]) Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs. Retrieved on May 11, 2011.
"[http://english.mltm.go.kr/USR/WPGE0201/m_28266/LST.jsp Minister]." ([http://web.archive.org/web/20110804024216/http://english.mltm.go.kr/USR/WPGE0201/m_28266/LST.jsp Archive]) Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs. Retrieved on May 11, 2011. "Company Address : 1 Jungang-dong, Gwacheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (427-760)"
"Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport".
"[http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2899701 High-speed railway pushed forward]." ''[[Korea Joongang Daily]]''. January 2, 2009. Retrieved on May 11, 2011.
"[http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2889467 Ministries get slow start on new English Web sites]." ''[[Korea Joongang Daily]]''. May 7, 2008. Retrieved on September 6, 2011.

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