Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

United Kingdom Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Flag of the United Kingdom
Incumbent John Whittingdale MP since 11 May 2015
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Style	The Right Honourable (Formal prefix) Culture Secretary Minister Mr. Secretary
Appointer	Elizabeth II
Inaugural holder	David Mellor
Formation	11 April 1992
Website	www.culture.gov.uk/

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".

Secretaries of State

Secretaries of State for National Heritage (1992–1997)
Name			Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	David Mellor		11 April 1992	22 September 1992	Conservative	rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	John Major
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Peter Brooke		25 September 1992	20 July 1994	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Stephen Dorrell		20 July 1994	5 July 1995	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Virginia Bottomley		5 July 1995	2 May 1997	Conservative
Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1997–2010)
Name			Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Chris Smith		3 May 1997	8 June 2001	Labour	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tony Blair
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Tessa Jowell		8 June 2001	27 June 2007	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	James Purnell		28 June 2007	24 January 2008	Labour	rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Gordon Brown
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Andy Burnham		24 January 2008	5 June 2009	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Ben Bradshaw		5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour
Secretaries of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (2010–2012)
Name			Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Jeremy Hunt		12 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	David Cameron (Coalition)
Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2012–present)
Name			Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Maria Miller		4 September 2012	9 April 2014	Conservative	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	David Cameron (Coalition)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Sajid Javid		9 April 2014	11 May 2015	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	John Whittingdale		11 May 2015	Incumbent	Conservative	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |	David Cameron (II)

See also

• Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport