information minister
{{Short description|Government's minister of information}}
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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
- {{flag|Bangladesh}}: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
- {{flag|Egypt}}: Ministry of Information
- {{flag|Hong Kong}}: Director of Information Services
- {{flag|India}}: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
- {{flag|Indonesia}}: Ministry of Communication and Information Technology
- {{flag|Israel}}: Information Minister of Israel
- {{flag|Lebanon}}: Ministry of Information (Lebanon)
- {{flag|Malaysia}}: Minister of Communications and Multimedia (Malaysia)
- {{flag|Namibia}}: Minister of Information and Communication Technology
- {{flag|Nigeria}}: Minister of Information and Communications
- {{flag|North Macedonia}}: Ministry of Information Society and Administration
- {{flag|Palestine}}: Information Minister
- {{flag|Philippines}}: Presidential Communications Group (Philippines)
- {{flag|Saudi Arabia}}: Minister of Culture and Information
- {{flag|Serbia}}: Ministry of Information (Serbia)
- {{flag|Singapore}}: Minister of Information, Communications and the Arts
- {{KOR}}: Ministry of Science and ICT
- {{flag|Thailand}}: Minister of Information and Communication Technology
- {{flag|Ukraine}}: Minister of Culture and Information Policy
- {{flag|Vietnam}}: Minister of Information and Communications
Historic information ministries
- {{flag|Australia}}: Minister for Information (1939–1950)
- {{flag|Iraq|1991}}: Information Minister (a historical position during the presidency of Saddam Hussein)
- {{flag|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)
- {{flag|Nazi Germany}}: Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (a historical position in Nazi Germany)
- {{flag|Norway}}: Ministry of Culture and Enlightenment (a historical position in German occupation of Norway during World War II)
- {{flag|Russia}}: Minister of National Enlightenment (a historical position in Imperial Russia before the 1917 Russian Revolution)
- {{UK}}: Minister of Information (a historical position in the British government during the First and World War II)
- {{flag|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
{{Types of government minister}}