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
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