Organisation
The ministry was headed by one minister and one state secretary. The ministry's main office was located in the centre of The Hague. The civil service was headed by a secretary general and a deputy secretary general, who headed a system of four directorates general:
- Passenger transport
- Freight transport of goods and civil aviation
- Water Affairs
- Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat)
There were two autonomous agencies:
- Inspectorate for Transport, Public Works and Water Management
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
An important other institution was involved in water management in the Netherlands are the Water boards, which manage local and regional water works.
The ministry owned shares in:
- Railinfratrust BV (Prorail) (100%)
- Groningen Airport Eelde NV (majority interest)
- NV Luchtvaartterrein Texel (majority interest)
- NV Westerscheldetunnel (95,4%)
- Nederlandse Omroep-zendermaatschappij (Nozema) NV (59%)
- NV Luchthaven Maastricht (minority interest)
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