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Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
Arms of Her Majesty's Government Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Incumbent Jeremy Hunt since 12 May 2010
Style	The Right Honourable
Appointer	David Cameron as Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	David Mellor
Formation	11 April 1992
Website	DCMS

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The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (previously Culture, Media and Sport) 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]

1 Secretaries of State
2 See also
3 References

[edit] Secretaries of State

[edit] Secretaries of State for National Heritage (1992–1997)
Name			Took office	Left 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		20 July 1994	5 July 1995	Conservative
	Virginia Bottomley		5 July 1995	2 May 1997	Conservative
[edit] Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–2010)
Name		Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
	Chris Smith		3 May 1997	8 June 2001	Labour	Tony Blair
	Tessa Jowell		8 June 2001	27 June 2007	Labour	Tony Blair
	James Purnell		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
[edit] Secretaries of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010–present)
Name		Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
	Jeremy Hunt		12 May 2010	Incumbent	Conservative	David Cameron

[edit] See also

Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

[edit] References

^ Townsend, Nick (17 January 1999). "Interview: David Mellor - A more mellow fellow? Mellor's not for turning". The Independent on Sunday. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/interview-david-mellor--a-more-mellow-fellow-mellors-not-for-turning-1074453.html. Retrieved 12 July 2009.

v t e Secretaries of State for Culture of the United Kingdom

Secretary of State for National Heritage (1992-1997)	Mellor · Brooke · Dorrell · Bottomley

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997-2010)	Smith · Jowell · Purnell · Burnham · Bradshaw

Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010-present)	Hunt

Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom

Headquarters: 2–4 Cockspur Street, London, SW1Y 5DH

Executive agencies

Royal Parks Agency

Statutory corporations

Channel Four Television Corporation · Historic Royal Palaces · Office of Communications (Ofcom)

Public broadcasting
authorities

British Broadcasting Corporation · Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C) (Welsh Fourth Channel Authority)

Non-departmental
public bodies

Executive	Arts Council of England · Big Lottery Fund · British Film Institute · British Library · British Museum · Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment · English Sports Council · Football Licensing Authority · Gambling Commission · Geffrye Museum · English Heritage · Historic Royal Palaces · Horniman Museum · Horserace Betting Levy Board · Imperial War Museum · Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester · Museums, Libraries and Archives Council · National Gallery · National Heritage Memorial Fund · National Lottery Commission · National Maritime Museum · National Museums Liverpool · National Museum of Science and Industry · National Portrait Gallery · Natural History Museum · Olympic Delivery Authority · Olympic Lottery Distributor · Registrar of Public Lending Right · Royal Armouries Museum · Sir John Soane's Museum · Sport England · Tate · UK Film Council · UK Sport · Victoria and Albert Museum · VisitBritain · Wallace Collection

Advisory	Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites · Advisory Committee on National Historic Ships · Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection · Advisory Council on Libraries · English Marketing Advisory Board · Legal Deposit Advisory Panel · Public Lending Right Advisory Committee · Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest · Spoliation Advisory Panel · Theatres Trust · Treasure Valuation Committee

Tribunal	Horserace Betting Levy Tribunal

Ministers

Secretary of State	Jeremy Hunt

Under-Secretaries of State	Culture, Communications and Creative Industries: Ed Vaizey · Sport and the Olympics: Hugh Robertson · Tourism and Heritage: John Penrose

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[edit] Secretaries of State for National Heritage (1992–1997)

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[edit] References

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