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
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Ministries titled Ministry or Department of Communications
Some countries have such a department literally called Ministry of Communications:
Australia:
Department of Communications (1980–1987)
Department of Communications (1993–1994)
Department of Communications (2013–2015)
Ministry of Communication and Traffic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Ministry of Communications (Brazil)
Ministry of Communications (Iceland)
Ministry of Communications (Iraq)
Ministry of Communications (Israel)
Ministry of Communications (Japan), historical ministry from 1885 to 1949
Ministry of Transport and Communications (Lithuania)
Ministry of Communications of Morocco
Ministry of Communications of Pakistan functions as a central policy making and administrative authority on Communications and Transport Sector in Pakistan.
Ministry of Communications and Mass Media (Russia)
Department of Communications (South Africa)
Ministry of Communications (Soviet Union), 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) (2016–Present)
Ministry of Communications (Sweden)
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)
Ministry of Information and Communication (South Korea)
Ministry of Information and Communications (Kenya), Kenya
Ministry of Information and Communications (Vietnam), Vietnam
Ministry of Information and Communication (Fiji), Fiji
Ministry of Information and Communication (Bhutan), Bhutan
Ministry of Information and Communication (Cuba), Cuba
Ministry of Information (Sudan), Sudan
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 (Burma)
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Egypt)
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)
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)
Department of Information and Communications Technology (Philippines)
Ministries with other names having authority over communications
Many countries have such a department, but under some other name:
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (Algeria)
Australia:
Postal and Telecommunications Department (1975–1980)
Department of Communications (1980–1987)
Department of Transport and Communications (1987–1993)
Department of Communications (1993–1994)
Department of Communications and the Arts (1994–1998)
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (1998–2007)
Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (2007–2013)
Department of Communications (2013–2015)
Department of Communications and the Arts (2015–2020)
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications (2020–2022)
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts (2022–present)
Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications (Brunei), renamed from Ministry of Communications since 2018