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Names of The Ministry of Culture

Since the French constitution does not identify specific ministers (merely speaking of "the minister in charge of" this or that), each government may label each ministry as they wish, or even have a broader ministry in charge of several governmental sectors. Hence, the ministry has gone through a number of different names:

  • 1959 Ministère des Affaires culturelles
  • 1974 Ministère des Affaires culturelles et de l’Environnement
  • 1974 Secrétariat d’État à la Culture
  • 1976 Ministère de la Culture et de l’Environnement
  • 1978 Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
  • 1981 Ministère de la Culture
  • 1986 Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
  • 1988 Ministère de la Culture, de la Communication, des Grands Travaux et du Bicentenaire
  • 1991 Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
  • 1992 Ministère de l’Éducation nationale et de la Culture
  • 1993 Ministère de la Culture et de la Francophonie
  • 1995 Ministère de la Culture
  • 1997 Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication

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