Appointer Elizabeth II Formation 11 April 1992 | Inaugural holder David Mellor Website www.culture.gov.uk/ | |
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Style The Right Honourable
(Formal prefix)
Culture Secretary | ||
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, or informally 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". On the 14th July 2016 Theresa May appointed Karen Bradley to the post.
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