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) The Minister of Communications and Digital has been Fahmi Fadzil since 3 December 2022. The minister was supported by Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital. The minister administers the portfolio through the Ministry of Communications and ...

*: 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 *: Information Minister *:

Presidential Communications Group (Philippines) The Presidential Communications Group, or simply the Communications Group, is the collective name for the offices within the Office of the President of the Philippines and refers to the position of the Office of the Press Secretary, formerly kn ...

*: Minister of Culture and Information *:

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 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, Gyeong ...

*: 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 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 revolutio ...

) *: 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 ...

(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 World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

) *: 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. The ...

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 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 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, ...

during the First and

) *:

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 othe ...

(served as the connection between the battlefront and civilian communities during the

)

Information ministries by country

Historic information ministries for propaganda and war

See also