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An information minister (also called minister of information) is a position in the
government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government i ...
s of some countries responsible for dealing with information matters; it is often linked with
censorship Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments ...
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 *: Ministry of Information (Lebanon) *: Minister of Communications and Multimedia (Malaysia) *: Minister of Information and Communication Technology *: Minister of Information and Communications *: Ministry of Information Society and Administration *: Information Minister *: Presidential Communications Group (Philippines) *: Minister of Culture and Information *: Ministry of Information (Serbia) *: Minister of Information, Communications and the Arts *:
Ministry of Science and ICT The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT; ; Hanja: 科學技術情報通信部) is a ministry of the government of South Korea. It succeeded the former Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. The headquarters was originally in Gwacheon, Gye ...
*: Minister of Information and Communication Technology *: Minister of Culture and Information Policy *: Minister of Information and Communications


Historic information ministries for propaganda and war

*: Information Minister (a historical position during the presidency of
Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolution ...
) *: Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (a historical position in Nazi Germany) *: Ministry of Culture and Enlightenment (a historical position in German occupation of Norway during
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
) *: Minister of National Enlightenment (a historical position in
Imperial Russia The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the 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 the Great Northern War. T ...
before the 1917
Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution was a period of 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 adopt a socialist form of government ...
) *: Minister of Information (a historical position in the
British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government i ...
during the
First First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: *World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...
and
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
) *:
Office of War Information The United States Office of War Information (OWI) was a United States government agency created during World War II. The OWI operated from June 1942 until September 1945. Through radio broadcasts, newspapers, posters, photographs, films and other ...
(served as the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities during the
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
)


See also

* Ministry of Information * Ministry of propaganda *
National data protection authorities There are several National data protection authorities across the world, tasked with protecting information privacy. In the European Union and the EFTA member countries, their status was formalized by the Data Protection Directive and they were in ...
* Information commissioner {{Types of government minister
Information Information is an abstract concept that refers to that which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level information pertains to the interpretation of that which may be sensed. Any natural process that is not completely random, ...