About the Ministry

The Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter – the Ministry) is an executive authority.

The principal operational goals of the Ministry are to shape public policy and to organise, coordinate, and oversee its implementation in the following areas:

1. the functioning of the transportation system and the development of all-mode transport infrastructure;

2. carrying passengers and freight by rail, road, sea, inland waterways and air;

3. road safety for all types of vehicles;

4. combined transportation, transit and logistics;

5. electronic communications and post;

6. the transportation of dangerous goods by road, rail and inland waterways as well as related areas.

The Ministry is headed by the Minister of Transport and Communications.

The Ministry comprises 2 departments, 11 groups, and 2 independent divisions. In the first quarter of 2026, it employed 135 civil servants and 38 staff members working under employment contracts.

Four transport, telecommunications, and postal services attachés delegated by the Ministry of Transport and Communications work at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Lithuania to the European Union in Brussels. One transport attaché is working at the Diplomatic Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Kazakhstan and one attaché – at the Diplomatic Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Poland.

17 enterprises, institutions, and companies fall under the Ministry’s supervision.