# Information minister

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{{Short description|Government's minister of information}}
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An '''information minister''' (also called '''minister of information''') is a position in the [government](/source/government)s of some countries responsible for dealing with information matters; it is often linked with [censorship](/source/censorship) and [propaganda](/source/propaganda). Sometimes the position is given to a separate Minister of Culture.

==Information ministries by country==
*{{flag|Bangladesh}}: [Ministry of Information and Broadcasting](/source/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(Bangladesh))
*{{flag|Egypt}}: [Ministry of Information](/source/Ministry_of_Information_(Egypt))
*{{flag|Hong Kong}}: [Director of Information Services](/source/Information_Services_Department)
*{{flag|India}}: [Ministry of Information and Broadcasting](/source/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India))
*{{flag|Indonesia}}: [Ministry of Communication and Information Technology](/source/Ministry_of_Communication_and_Information_Technology_(Indonesia))
*{{flag|Israel}}: [Information Minister of Israel](/source/Information_Minister_of_Israel)
*{{flag|Lebanon}}: [Ministry of Information (Lebanon)](/source/Ministry_of_Information_(Lebanon))
*{{flag|Malaysia}}: [Minister of Communications and Multimedia (Malaysia)](/source/Minister_of_Communications_and_Multimedia_(Malaysia))
*{{flag|Namibia}}: [Minister of Information and Communication Technology](/source/Cabinet_of_Namibia)
*{{flag|Nigeria}}: [Minister of Information and Communications](/source/Government_of_Nigeria)
*{{flag|North Macedonia}}: [Ministry of Information Society and Administration](/source/Ministry_of_Information_Society_and_Administration)
*{{flag|Palestine}}: [Information Minister](/source/Information_Minister_of_the_Palestinian_National_Authority)
*{{flag|Philippines}}: [Presidential Communications Group (Philippines)](/source/Presidential_Communications_Group_(Philippines))
*{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}: [Minister of Culture and Information](/source/Ministry_of_Culture_and_Information_(Saudi_Arabia))
*{{flag|Serbia}}: [Ministry of Information (Serbia)](/source/Ministry_of_Information_(Serbia))
*{{flag|Singapore}}: [Minister of Information, Communications and the Arts](/source/Ministry_of_Information%2C_Communications_and_the_Arts)
*{{KOR}}: [Ministry of Science and ICT](/source/Ministry_of_Science_and_ICT)
*{{flag|Thailand}}: [Minister of Information and Communication Technology](/source/Ministry_of_Information_and_Communication_Technology_(Thailand))
*{{flag|Ukraine}}: [Minister of Culture and Information Policy](/source/Ministry_of_Culture_and_Information_Policy)
*{{flag|Vietnam}}: [Minister of Information and Communications](/source/Ministry_of_Information_and_Communications_(Vietnam))

==Historic information ministries==
*{{flag|Australia}}: [Minister for Information](/source/Department_of_Information_(Australia)) (1939–1950)
*{{flag|Iraq|1991}}: [Information Minister](/source/List_of_Iraqi_Information_Ministers) (a historical position during the presidency of [Saddam Hussein](/source/Saddam_Hussein))
*{{flag|France}}: [Minister of Information](/source/Minister_of_Information_(France)), leading the [Ministry of Information](/source/Ministry_of_Information_(France)) (a historical position between 1938 and 1974, succeeded by the [Minister of Culture and Communication](/source/Ministry_of_Culture_(France)) and the [Spokesperson of the Government](/source/List_of_government_spokespeople_of_France))
*{{flag|Nazi Germany}}: [Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda](/source/Ministry_of_Public_Enlightenment_and_Propaganda) (a historical position in Nazi Germany)
*{{flag|Norway}}: [Ministry of Culture and Enlightenment](/source/Norwegian_Ministry_of_Culture_and_Enlightenment) (a historical position in German occupation of Norway during [World War II](/source/World_War_II))
*{{flag|Russia}}: [Minister of National Enlightenment](/source/List_of_Ministers_of_National_Enlightenment) (a historical position in [Imperial Russia](/source/Imperial_Russia) before the 1917 [Russian Revolution](/source/Russian_Revolution))
*{{UK}}: [Minister of Information](/source/Ministry_of_Information_(United_Kingdom)) (a historical position in the [British](/source/United_Kingdom) [government](/source/government) during the [First](/source/World_War_I) and [World War II](/source/World_War_II))
*{{flag|United States}}: [Office of War Information](/source/United_States_Office_of_War_Information) (served as the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities during [World War II](/source/World_War_II))

==See also==
*[Ministry of Information](/source/Ministry_of_Information_(disambiguation))
*[Ministry of propaganda](/source/Ministry_of_propaganda)
*[National data protection authorities](/source/National_data_protection_authorities)
*[Information commissioner](/source/Information_commissioner)

==References==
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{{Types of government minister}}

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