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An '''information minister''' (also called '''minister of information''') is a position in the [[government]]s of some countries responsible for dealing with information matters |
An '''information minister''' (also called '''minister of information''') is a position in the [[government]]s 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. |
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==Information ministries== |
==Information ministries by country== |
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*{{flag|Bangladesh}}: [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] |
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*{{flag|Egypt}}: [[Ministry of Information (Egypt)|Ministry of Information]] |
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*{{flag|Hong Kong}}: [[Information Services Department|Director of Information Services]] |
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*{{flag|India}}: [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] |
*{{flag|India}}: [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] |
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*{{flag|Indonesia}}: [[Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Indonesia)|Ministry of Communication and Information Technology]] |
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*{{flag|Israel}}: [[Information Minister of Israel]] |
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*{{flag|Lebanon}}: [[Ministry of Information (Lebanon)]] |
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*{{flag|Malaysia}}: [[Minister of Communications and Multimedia (Malaysia)]] |
*{{flag|Malaysia}}: [[Minister of Communications and Multimedia (Malaysia)]] |
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*{{flag|Namibia}}: [[Cabinet of Namibia|Minister of Information and Communication Technology]] |
*{{flag|Namibia}}: [[Cabinet of Namibia|Minister of Information and Communication Technology]] |
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*{{flag|Nigeria}}: [[Government of Nigeria|Minister of Information and Communications]] |
*{{flag|Nigeria}}: [[Government of Nigeria|Minister of Information and Communications]] |
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*{{flag|Palestine}}: [[Information Minister of the Palestinian National Authority|Information Minister]] |
*{{flag|Palestine}}: [[Information Minister of the Palestinian National Authority|Information Minister]] |
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*{{flag|Philippines}}: [[Presidential Communications Group (Philippines |
*{{flag|Philippines}}: [[Presidential Communications Group (Philippines)]] |
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*{{flag|Serbia}}: [[Ministry of Information (Serbia)]] |
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*{{flag|Singapore}}: [[Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts|Minister of Information, Communications and the Arts]] |
*{{flag|Singapore}}: [[Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts|Minister of Information, Communications and the Arts]] |
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*{{KOR}}: [[Ministry of Science and ICT]] |
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*{{flag|Thailand}}: [[Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (Thailand)|Minister of Information and Communication Technology]] |
*{{flag|Thailand}}: [[Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (Thailand)|Minister of Information and Communication Technology]] |
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*{{flag|Ukraine}}: [[Ministry of Information Policy |
*{{flag|Ukraine}}: [[Ministry of Culture and Information Policy|Minister of Culture and Information Policy]] |
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*{{flag|Vietnam}}: [[Ministry of Information and Communications (Vietnam)|Minister of Information and Communications]] |
*{{flag|Vietnam}}: [[Ministry of Information and Communications (Vietnam)|Minister of Information and Communications]] |
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==Historic information ministries== |
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*{{flag|Australia}}: [[Department of Information (Australia)|Minister for Information]] (1939–1950) |
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*{{flag|Iraq|1991}}: [[List of Iraqi Information Ministers|Information Minister]] (a historical position during the presidency of [[Saddam Hussein]]) |
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*{{flag|France}}: [[Minister of Information (France)|Minister of Information]], leading the [[Ministry of Information (France)|Ministry of Information]] (a historical position between 1938 and 1974, succeeded by the [[Ministry of Culture (France)|Minister of Culture and Communication]] and the [[List of government spokespeople of France|Spokesperson of the Government]]) |
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*{{flag|Nazi Germany}}: [[Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda|Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda]] (a historical position in Nazi Germany) |
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*{{flag|United States}}: [[United States Office of War Information|Office of War Information]] (served as the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities during the [[World War II]]) |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Ministry of Information (disambiguation)|Ministry of Information]] |
*[[Ministry of Information (disambiguation)|Ministry of Information]] |
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*[[Ministry of propaganda]] |
*[[Ministry of propaganda]] |
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*[[National data protection authorities]] |
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*[[Information commissioner]] |
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{{Types of government minister}} |
{{Types of government minister}} |
Revision as of 20:07, 15 December 2023
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 the World War II)