Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
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| Department for Culture, Media and Sport | |
| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Appointer | Elizabeth II |
| Inaugural holder | David Mellor |
| Formation | 11 April 1992 |
| Website | www.culture.gov.uk/ |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, informally known as the Culture Secretary, is a United Kingdom cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The role was created in 1992 by John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage. The first to fill the role, David Mellor, dubbed it "Minister of Fun".[1]
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Secretaries of State
Secretaries of State for National Heritage (1992–1997) |
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| Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||||
| David Mellor |  |
11 April 1992 | 22 September 1992 | Conservative | John Major | ||
| Peter Brooke | |
25 September 1992 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | |||
| Stephen Dorrell | 60px | 20 July 1994 | 5 July 1995 | Conservative | |||
| Virginia Bottomley | 60px | 5 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | |||
Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–2010) |
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| Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||||
| Chris Smith | |
3 May 1997 | 8 June 2001 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
| Tessa Jowell | 60px | 8 June 2001 | 27 June 2007 | Labour | |||
| James Purnell | 60px | 28 June 2007 | 24 January 2008 | Labour | Gordon Brown | ||
| Andy Burnham |  |
24 January 2008 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | |||
| Ben Bradshaw |  |
5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | |||
Secretaries of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010–2012) |
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| Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||||
| Jeremy Hunt | 60px | 12 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron (Coalition) |
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Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2012–present) |
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| Name | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||||
| Maria Miller | 60px | 4 September 2012 | 9 April 2014 | Conservative | David Cameron (Coalition) |
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| Sajid Javid | 60px | 9 April 2014 | 11 May 2015 | Conservative | |||
| John Whittingdale | 60px | 11 May 2015 | Incumbent | Conservative | David Cameron (II) |
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See also
References
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| Secretary of State for National Heritage (1992–1997) |
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| Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–present) |
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