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Information minister

Government's minister of information

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Government's minister of information

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
: 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)
: 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)

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