Ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports (Tanzania) explained

Type:	Ministry
Seal:	Coat of arms of Tanzania.svg
Jurisdiction:	Government of Tanzania
Headquarters:	Dar es Salaam
Minister1 Name:	Innocent Bashungwa
Deputyminister1 Name:	Hamis Mwinjuma
Chief1 Name:	Professor Ole Gabriel
Chief1 Position:	Permanent Secretary

The Ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports is a government ministry of Tanzania. The ministry was founded in 2006 by presidential notice, merging extant sections of sports, information, and culture into one functional ministry.^[1]

Organization and operations

Departments of the Ministry include the following:^[2]

Information Development

• Department is responsible to collect, write and disseminate government statements; to collect and disseminate news and news material; to organize government news conferences and news briefings; to monitor and coordinate news bureaus, radio news and television news, and other information-related duties.^[3]

Culture Development

• Traditions and culture; arts, music, cinema; languages^[4]
• Bagamoyo College of Art^[5]

Sports Development

• Registration of leagues and associations; planning and construction of stadiums and sports facilities; stadium management; sports infrastructure development.
• Tanzania Football Federation^[6]

Policy & Planning

• Policy and planning

Administration

• Administration

See also

• Government of Tanzania

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ministry of Information, Culture and Sports . 2008-12-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090724080142/http://www.hum.go.tz/ . 2009-07-24 .
2. Web site: Ministry of Information, Culture and Sports . 2008-12-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081201161145/http://www.hum.go.tz/info_dev.php . 2008-12-01 .
3. Web site: Ministry of Information, Culture and Sports . 2008-12-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081201161145/http://www.hum.go.tz/info_dev.php . 2008-12-01 .
4. http://www.hum.go.tz/documents/pdf/org%20structure.pdf{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
5. Web site: Ministry of Information, Culture and Sports . 2008-12-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090724080142/http://www.hum.go.tz/ . 2009-07-24 .
6. Web site: Ministry of Information, Culture and Sports . 2008-12-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090724080142/http://www.hum.go.tz/ . 2009-07-24 .