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 World War II)

See also

• Ministry of Information
• Ministry of propaganda
• National data protection authorities
• Information commissioner