Information minister
An information minister (also called minister of information) is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with information matters; it is often linked with censorship and propaganda. Sometimes the position is given to a separate Minister of Culture.
Information ministries by country
Bangladesh: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Egypt: Ministry of Information
Hong Kong: Director of Information Services
India: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Indonesia: Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
Israel: Information Minister of Israel
Lebanon: Ministry of Information (Lebanon)
Malaysia: Minister of Communications and Multimedia (Malaysia)
Namibia: Minister of Information and Communication Technology
Nigeria: Minister of Information and Communications
North Macedonia: Ministry of Information Society and Administration
Palestine: Information Minister
Philippines: Presidential Communications Group (Philippines)
Saudi Arabia: Minister of Culture and Information
Serbia: Ministry of Information (Serbia)
Singapore: Minister of Information, Communications and the Arts
South Korea: Ministry of Science and ICT
Thailand: Minister of Information and Communication Technology
Ukraine: Minister of Culture and Information Policy
Vietnam: Minister of Information and Communications
Historic information ministries
Australia: Minister for Information (1939–1950)
Iraq: Information Minister (a historical position during the presidency of Saddam Hussein)
France: Minister of Information, leading the Ministry of Information (a historical position between 1938 and 1974, succeeded by the Minister of Culture and Communication and the Spokesperson of the Government)
Nazi Germany: Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (a historical position in Nazi Germany)
Norway: Ministry of Culture and Enlightenment (a historical position in German occupation of Norway during World War II)
Russia: Minister of National Enlightenment (a historical position in Imperial Russia before the 1917 Russian Revolution)
United Kingdom: Minister of Information (a historical position in the British government during the First and World War II)
United States: Office of War Information (served as the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities during the World War II)
See also
- Ministry of Information
- Ministry of propaganda
- National data protection authorities
- Information commissioner
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Common types of government ministers and ministries
- President
- Vice president
- Prime minister
- Deputy prime minister
- First minister
- Deputy First Minister
- Premier
- Office of the president
- Cabinet department / Office of the prime minister
- Speaker / President of the assembly
- Minister
foreign affairs /
public safety
infrastructure
natural resources
- Culture minister
- Education minister
- Health minister
- Information minister
- Housing minister
- Ministry of justice
- Minister of labour
- Regional minister
- Ministry of sports
- Tourism minister
- Ministry of home affairs
- Ministry of religious affairs
- Ministry of science
- Ministry of social affairs
- Ministry of social security
- Minister for Veterans
- Ministry of women
- Minister for women
- Presidents
- Vice presidents
- Prime ministers
- Deputy prime ministers
- Presidents of assembly
- Agriculture ministries
- Climate change ministers
- Communications ministries
- Defence ministers
- Education ministries
- Environment ministers
- Environment ministries
- Finance ministers
- Foreign ministers
- Forest ministries
- Health ministries (mental health)
- Interior ministers
- Public works ministries
Government ministers by portfolio- Ministries by portfolio
