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 Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded ...

. Sometimes the position is given to a separate Minister of Culture.

Information ministries by country

*: Ministry of Information *: Director of Information Services *: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting *:

Ministry of Communication and Information Technology A Communications Ministry or Department of Communications is a ministry or other government agency charged with communication. Communications responsibilities includes regulating telecommunications, postal services, broadcasting and print media. T ...

Ministry of Information (Lebanon) The Ministry of Information is the ministry responsible for the distribution of information in Lebanon. List of ministers * Ghazi Aridi (28 October 2000 2003, 19 July 2005 2008) * Melhem Antoun Riachy (December 18, 2016 May 6, 2018) * Jamal Al-Jarr ...

Minister of Communications and Multimedia (Malaysia) The Minister of Communications and Digital has been Fahmi Fadzil Ahmad Fahmi bin Mohamed Fadzil ( Jawi: ; born 4 February 1981) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Minister of Communications and Digital in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) ad ...

*: Minister of Information and Communication Technology *:

Minister of Information and Communications Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

Ministry of Information Society and Administration Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...

*: Information Minister *: Presidential Communications Group (Philippines) *:

Minister of Culture and Information The Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia ( sr, Министарство културе и информисања, Ministarstvo kulture i informisanja) is the ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in the charge o ...

Ministry of Information (Serbia) The Ministry of Information and Telecommunications ( sr, Министарство информисања и телекомуникација / Ministarstvo informisanja i telekomunikacija) is the ministry in the Government of Serbia which is in ...

*: Minister of Information, Communications and the Arts *: Ministry of Science and ICT *: Minister of Information and Communication Technology *: Minister of Culture and Information Policy *:

Historic information ministries for propaganda and war

*: Information Minister (a historical position during the presidency of Saddam Hussein) *: Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (a historical position in Nazi Germany) *:

Ministry of Culture and Enlightenment The Ministry of Culture and Enlightenment ( no, Kultur- og folkeopplysningsdepartementet) was a government ministry during the German occupation of Norway, established on 25 September 1940, and closed down at the end of World War II. The ministry w ...

(a historical position in German occupation of Norway during World War II) *:

Minister of National Enlightenment This is a list of the Ministers of National Enlightenment of the Russian Empire, also translated as Ministers of National Education. The Minister was at the head of the Ministry of National Enlightenment (also translated as Ministry of National Ed ...

(a historical position in

Imperial Russia The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the List of Russian monarchs, Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended th ...

before the 1917

Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution was a period of Political revolution (Trotskyism), political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and ad ...

) *: Minister of Information (a historical position in the British government during the

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and World War II) *: Office of War Information (served as the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities during the World War II)

Information ministries by country

Historic information ministries for propaganda and war

See also