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
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Australia: Minister for Information (1939–1950).svg.png.webp)
Iraq: Information Minister (a historical position during the presidency of Saddam Hussein).svg.png.webp)
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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