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A Communications Ministry or Department of Communications is a ministry or other government agency charged with communication. Communications responsibilities include regulating telecommunications, postal services, broadcasting and print media. The ministry is often headed by the Minister for Communications


Ministries titled Ministry or Department of Communications

Some countries have such a department literally called Ministry of Communications: *
Department of Communications and the Arts The Australian Department of Communications and the Arts was a Government department, department of the Government of Australia charged with responsibility for communications policy and programs and cultural affairs. In December 2019, prime mi ...
**Australian Government Department of Communications (1993–1994) **Australian Government Department of Communications (1980–1987) * Ministry of Communication and Traffic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) *
Ministry of Communications (Brazil) The Ministry of Communications () is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. History 2016 dissolution In May 2016, then president Michel Temer dissolved the Ministry, which became part of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovat ...
* Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Burma) * Ministry of Communications (Iceland) *
Ministry of Communications (Iraq) The Ministry of Communications (MoC) of Iraq is the federal government ministry concerned with providing basic telecommunications services to the public, government, and businesses. The MoC provides postal service to the general public and manage ...
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Ministry of Communications (Israel) The Ministry of Communications (, ''Misrad HaTikshoret'') is the Cabinet of Israel, Israeli government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing communications infrastructure and services. Its primary role is to manage Telecommunications ...
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Ministry of Communications (Japan) The was a Cabinet (government), Cabinet-level ministry in the Empire of Japan. Its modern successors include the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan Post and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. History Meiji period On Decemb ...
, historical ministry from 1885 to 1949 * Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuania) * Ministry of Communications of Morocco *
Ministry of Communications of Pakistan The Ministry of Communications (; reporting name: MoCom), is a Cabinet-level ministry of the Pakistani Government responsible for analysing, formulating and implementing central policy on communications and transportation. It is one of the ol ...
functions as a central policy making and administrative authority on Communications and Transport Sector in Pakistan. *
Ministry of Communications and Mass Media (Russia) The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, often abbreviated as ''Minkomsvyaz'', is a ministry of the Government of Russia responsible for telecommunications, media and the post. History The Min ...
*
Department of Communications (South Africa) The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (formerly the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services and the Department of Communications) is one of the departments of the South African government. It is responsible for ove ...
*
Ministry of Communications (Soviet Union) The Ministry of Communications of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) () was the central state administration body on communications in the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1991. During its existence it had three names: People's Commissariat f ...
, the central state administration body on communications in the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1991 * Ministry of Communications (Trinidad and Tobago) *
Ministry of Communications (India) Ministry of Communications is a Central ministry under the Government of India responsible for telecommunications and postal service. It was carved out of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on 19 July 2016. It consists of ...
(2016–Present) *
Ministry of Communications (Sweden) The Ministry of Communications (Transport) () was a ministry in Sweden, established in 1920 in connection with the division of the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs. The department dealt with administrative matters concerning, among other things, ...


Ministries titled Ministry of Information and Communications

A number of countries have designated such a department as a Ministry of Information and Communications: * Nigerian Federal Ministry of Information and Communications **
Ministry of Information and Communications (Rivers State) The Rivers State Ministry of Information and Communications is a ministry within the Government of Rivers State that is entrusted with formulating and implementing strategies to develop and promote the media sector in the state. The ministry is al ...
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Ministry of Information and Communication (South Korea) The Ministry of Information and Communication or MIC was a ministry of the government of South Korea. Its headquarters are located in Jongno-gu, central Seoul. The last minister was Rho Jun-hyong, who began serving in March 2006. The ministry wa ...
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Ministry of Information and Communications (Kenya) The Ministry of Information Communications, and Technology was created in June 2004 due to a cabinet reshuffle. It is responsible for Information, Broadcasting and Communication policies. Departments The ministry's departments are Administrati ...
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Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
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Ministry of Information and Communications (Vietnam) Ministry of Information and Communications () was the government ministry in Vietnam. It is responsible for administration and regulation of newspapers, publishing, the postal service, telecommunications, internet, broadcasting, radio and radio ...
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Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
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Ministry of Information and Communication (Fiji) Ministry of Information and Communication or Communications may refer to: *Ministry of Information and Communication (Bhutan) *Ministry of Information and Communication (Cuba), Cuba * Ministry of Information and Communication (Fiji), Fiji * Ministr ...
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Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
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Ministry of Information and Communication (Bhutan) The Ministry of Information and Communication was a government ministry of Bhutan responsible for promoting the development of reliable and sustainable information, communications and transport networks and systems and facilitating the provision ...
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Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...
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Ministry of Information and Communication (Cuba) Ministry of Information and Communication or Communications may refer to: * Ministry of Information and Communication (Bhutan) * Ministry of Information and Communication (Cuba), Cuba * Ministry of Information and Communication (Fiji), Fiji * Minis ...
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Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...


Ministries titled Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

A number of countries have designated such a department as a Ministry of Communications and Information Technology: * Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology (Bangladesh) * Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Egypt) *
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India) The minister of communications () is the head of the Ministry of Communications (India), Ministry of Communications and a senior member of the Union Council of Ministers (India), union council of ministers of the Government of India. The portfo ...
* Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Nepal) * Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Saudi Arabia) * Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Iran) * Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (Colombia) * Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (Yemen) *
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (Thailand) The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society ( Abrv: MDES; , ), formerly known as the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT), , is a cabinet ministry of Thailand. MICT was established on 3 October 2002 by the Administrative R ...
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Department of Information and Communications Technology (Philippines) The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) () is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the planning, development and promotion of the country's information and communications technology ( ...


Ministries with other names having authority over communications

Many countries have such a department, but under some other name: *
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications was an Australian Public Service department of the Australian Government that existed between February 2020 and June 2022, responsible for transport infrastruct ...
(Australia) since 2022. *
Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications The Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications (MTIC; ), formerly known as the Ministry of Communications (), is a cabinet of Brunei, cabinet-level ministry in the government of Brunei which oversees civil aviation, land and maritime transport ...
(Brunei), renamed from Ministry of Communications since 2018 *
Department of Canadian Heritage The Department of Canadian Heritage, or simply Canadian Heritage (), is the department of the Government of Canada that has roles and responsibilities related to initiatives that promote and support "Canadian identity and values, cultural develo ...
, formerly a part of the Department of Communications and
Industry Canada Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED; ; )''Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada'' is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Industry (). is a department of the G ...
which regulates the Telecommunications Act *
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications () is a government ministry of Estonia. Its head office is in Tallinn.Home
" Ministry of Economic ...
(Estonia) *
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure The Federal Ministry for Transport (, ; abbreviated BMV) is a German Cabinet, cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its main office is located in Berlin, while the majority of its civil servants and employees work in Bonn, ...
(Germany), since 2013 * Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Indonesia) *
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military * Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
(Ireland), a department of the Government of Ireland that is responsible for the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors and regulates, protects and develops the natural resources of the Republic of Ireland *
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications The is a Cabinet (government), cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Japan. Its English name was Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (MPHPT) prior to 2004. It is housed in the 2nd Building of the Centr ...
(Japan), a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Japan * Ministry of Information, Communications, Transport and Tourism Development (Kiribati) * Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (North Korea) *
Korea Communications Commission Korea Communications Commission () is a South Korean media regulation agency modeled after the Federal Communications Commission of the United States of America. It was established on February 29, 2008, combining the former ''Korean Broadcasting ...
and
Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP, ) was a ministry of the Government of South Korea. Its purpose is to set, manage, and evaluate science and technology policy, support scientific research and development, develop human resou ...
(South Korea) *
Ministry of Communications and Digital (Malaysia) The Ministry of Communications () is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for digitalisation, communications, multimedia, radio broadcasting, digital terrestrial television broadcasting, other media broadcasts, informatio ...
*
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (Abbreviation: MCMC; or SKMM) is a regulatory body whose key role is the regulation of the communications and multimedia industry based on the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commi ...
(Malaysia) * Ministry of Homeland Security and Technology, including the Communications Authority of Maldives (Maldives) *
Ministry of Economic Development (New Zealand) The Ministry of Economic Development () was a New Zealand public sector organisation tasked with promoting development of New Zealand's economy. Known as the Ministry of Commerce until 2000, it was renamed in 2000 under the Fifth Labour Gove ...
, including Communications and Information Technology Portfolio * Ministry of Transport and Communications (North Macedonia) *
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is the sixth-ranked executive department of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for regulation and development of the postal service, Internet, wireles ...
, established in March 2008, is the state agency of the People's Republic of China responsible for regulation and development of the postal service, Internet, wireless, broadcasting, communications, production of electronic and information goods, software industry and the promotion of the national knowledge economy *
Ministry of Communications and Information The Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI; ; zh, 数码发展及新闻部; ) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for overseeing the development of the infocomm technology, media and design sectors, as well ...
(Singapore), a ministry of the Government of Singapore. It is in charge of the creative industries, library, media, info-communications and government public relations. *
Department of Communications (South Africa) The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (formerly the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services and the Department of Communications) is one of the departments of the South African government. It is responsible for ove ...
is responsible for overseeing the South African communications, telecommunications and broadcasting industries. * Ministry of Transportation and Communications (Taiwan) *
Ministry of Transport and Communications (Timor-Leste) The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC; , ) is the government department of Timor-Leste accountable for transport, communications, and related matters. Functions The ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordinati ...
* Office of Communications (United Kingdom) *
Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, wi-fi, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains j ...
(United States), an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute (see 47 U.S.C. § 151 and 47 U.S.C. § 154), and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President


See also

* List of postal entities, for other countries *
List of telecommunications regulatory bodies Legal regulatory bodies that govern telecommunications systems in different countries are as follows. This list contains bodies ensuring effective regulatory role in a territory which is not necessarily a state, but is listed as "territory" or " ...
, for other countries


References

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