Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
 	 	 	 	
Incumbent 	Incumbent 	 	 	
LiberOfLondon 	LiberOfLondon 	 	 	
since 5th May 2020 	since 5th May 2020 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Category 	Cabinet Position 	 	 	
Style 	The Right HonourableCulture Secretary 	 	 	
Inaugural holder 	fr browne 	 	 	
Number of Culture Secretaries 	20 	 	 	
The Culture Secretary, known in full as the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, is an official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The office is a cabinet-level position. The position of Culture Secretary is currently held by LiberOfLondon, who was appointed to the role by Prime Minister Baron of Sealand on 5th May 2020.
The responsibilities of the Culture Secretary include overseeing: broadcasting (including the BBC), telecommunications, charities, creative industries (such as advertising, fashion and film), cultural property and heritage, gambling, press regulation libraries, museums, galleries, tourism, and sport.
== Ministerial Reports, Statements of Intent and Departmental Reviews ==
Culture Secretaries have produced the following Ministerial Reports, Statements of Intent and Departmental Reviews:
Type 	Culture Secretary	Released 	Result
Statement of Intent	Saoirse:3 	August 2017 	Passed without vote
Ministerial Report 	barnetlad 	August 2019 	Withdrawn
Ministerial Report 	barnetlad 	February 2020	Passed by vote
Ministerial Report 	barnetlad 	February 2020	Passed by vote
Ministerial Report 	barnetlad 	March 2020 	Passed by vote
Ministerial Report 	LiberOfLondon 	May 2020 	Withdrawn
Ministerial Report 	LiberOfLondon 	July 2020 	Passed by vote
== List of Culture Secretaries ==
fr browne was appointed as the first Culture Secretary for the Liberal Democrat Party following the second general election and since him, there have been 19 other Culture Secretaries:
Culture Secretary	Alternative Role 	Party	Party 	Took office 	Left office
fr browne 	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 	 	Liberal 	December 2005	May 2006
Nefarious 	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 	 	Monster Raving Loony	June 2006 	November 2006
Choupinet 	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 	 	Conservative 	November 2008	May 2009
Jammythedodger 	Secretary of State for Higher Education and Culture 	 	Conservative 	May 2010 	October 2010
bun 	Secretary of State for Higher Education and Culture 	 	Conservative 	November 2010	March 2011
big-bang-theory 	Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport 	 	Labour 	October 2011 	March 2012
Jacob W 	Secretary of State for Culture 	 	Conservative 	May 2012 	September 2012
RoryS 	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 	 	Labour 	October 2012 	March 2013
Rhadamanthus 	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 	 	Libertarian 	April 2013 	August 2013
SciFiRory 	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 	 	Socialist 	April 2014 	September 2014
Jarred 	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 	 	Liberal 	July 2015 	August 2015
Imperion 	Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Connectivity (October – December 2015)
Secretary of State for Climate Change, Culture and Communications (December 2015 – April 2016)	 	Liberal 	October 2015 	November 2016
Saoirse:3 	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 	 	Labour 	February 2017	August 2017
CheeseIsVeg 	Secretary of State for Education, Culture and Young People	 	Labour 	August 2017 	November 2017
cranbrook_aspie 	Secretary of State for Education, Culture and Young People	 	Labour 	November 2017	November 2017
_Ddraig_ 	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 	 	Conservative 	December 2017	March 2018
Thrillanthropist 	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 	 	Libertarian 	March 2018 	June 2018
EagleKingdom 	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 	 	Conservative 	December 2018	July 2019
barnetlad 	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 	 	Independent 	July 2019 	May 2020
LiberOfLondon 	 	 	Conservative 	May 2020 	incumbent
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