Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Incumbent: Ben Bradshaw MP Took office: 5 June 2009
Style:	The Right Honourable
Appointed by:	Gordon Brown as Prime Minister
First :	David Mellor
Formation:	11 April 1992

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The Secretary of State for 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, and took on its current title on 14 July 1997. The first to fill the role, David Mellor, dubbed it "Minister of Fun",^[1] and the position is currently held by Ben Bradshaw.

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

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	David Mellor		11 April 1992	22 September 1992	Conservative
	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–present

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	Chris Smith		3 May 1997	8 June 2001	Labour
	Tessa Jowell		8 June 2001	27 June 2007	Labour
	James Purnell		28 June 2007	24 January 2008	Labour
	Andy Burnham		24 January 2008	5 June 2009	Labour
	Ben Bradshaw		5 June 2009	present	Labour

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v • d • e Secretaries of State for Culture of the United Kingdom Secretaries of State for National Heritage David Mellor · Peter Brooke · Stephen Dorrell · Virginia Bottomley Secretaries of State for Culture, Media and Sport Chris Smith · Tessa Jowell · James Purnell · Andy Burnham · Ben Bradshaw

v • d • e Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom Headquarters: 2–4 Cockspur Street Ministers Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport · Minister of State for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism · Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State (three) Executive agencies Royal Parks Agency Statutory corporations Channel Four Television Corporation · Historic Royal Palaces · Horserace Totalisator Board Public broadcasting authorities British Broadcasting Corporation · 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 · 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 and Galleries on Merseyside · 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