The secretary of state for culture, media and sport, also referred to as the culture secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. The office has been dubbed "Minister of Fun".
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It holds the responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the UK, such as broadcasting. Its main offices are at 100 Parliament Street, occupying part of the building known as Government Offices Great George Street.
Sir John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale is a British Conservative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maldon since 1992 and Shadow Minister of State for Health and Social Care since July 2024. He previously served as Culture Secretary from 2015 to 2016. Whittingdale was most recently Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries and Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure from May to December 2023, during the maternity leave of Julia Lopez.
The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
The parliamentary under-secretary of state is the lowest of three tiers of government minister in the UK government, immediately junior to a Minister of State, which is itself junior to a Secretary of State.
In the Government of the United Kingdom, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Arts, Heritageand Libraries is a ministerial post in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Strong foreign relations exist between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the United Kingdom. The Embassy of United Kingdom in Baku opened in 1992. The Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in London opened in 1994. Both countries are members of the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
The office of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, formerly Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing, is a junior ministerial position in the Department for Education, previously the Department for Children, Schools and Families and Department for Education and Skills, in the Government of the United Kingdom. The incumbent minister is Janet Daby.
Nigel Adams is a British former politician who served as Minister of State without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Selby and Ainsty from 2010 until his resignation in 2023.
The Alberta Ministry of Arts, Culture and Status of Women, commonly called Alberta Culture, is the Government of Alberta department responsible for the province's cultural industries, arts, and heritage, as well as the promotion of women's rights.
Nigel Paul Huddleston is a British Conservative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Droitwich and Evesham, previously Mid Worcestershire, since 2015 and Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury since 2024. He served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from November 2023 to July 2024. He previously served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2020 to 2022 and as Minister of State for International Trade from February to November 2023.
Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan is a British politician who previously served as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology from July 2023 to July 2024, having previously served in the position from February to April 2023 before being temporarily replaced during her maternity leave.
Lucy Claire Frazer is a British politician and barrister who served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from February 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South East Cambridgeshire from 2015 to 2024.
Theresa May formed the first May ministry in the United Kingdom on 13 July 2016, after having been invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a government. Then the Home Secretary, May's appointment followed the resignation of then Prime Minister David Cameron. The ministry, a Conservative majority government, succeeded the second Cameron ministry which had been formed following the 2015 general election. Cameron's government was dissolved as a result of his resignation in the immediate aftermath of the June 2016 referendum on British withdrawal from the European Union.
Julia Louise Lopez is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch and Upminster since 2017. She has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport since July 2024.
Theodora Roosevelt Clarke is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stafford from 2019 to 2024. Prior to her political career, she worked in the arts industry and founded the campaign group Coalition for Global Prosperity.
Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau (CSTB) is one of the fifteen policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The bureau is responsible for the policy portfolios of culture, sports and tourism. The agency was established on 1 July 2022. The current Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism is Kevin Yeung.
Chinbat Nomin is a Mongolian politician who has been the Mongolian Minister of Culture since January 29, 2021. Following the 2024 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister of Mongolia Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene appointed her as the Minister of Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth on July 10, 2024.
The Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms is a mid-level position in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology of the British Government It is currently held by MP Chris Bryant and was previously held by Julia Lopez and John Whittingdale.
