宗教事務與文化部
宗教事務與文化部（緬甸語：သာသနာရေးနှင့်ယဉ်ကျေးမှုဝန်ကြီးဌာန）負責管理緬甸的宗教事務，文化事務以及歷史和考古研究工作。宗教事務司淨化、延續、弘揚、宣傳上座部佛教大乘，弘揚緬甸傳統習俗和文化。
 緬甸聯邦共和國政府機構 | |
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| 宗教事務與文化部 | |
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| 機構概要 | |
| 成立時間 | 2016年4月1日 |
| 機構類型 | 部 |
| 機構駐地 | 內比都 |
| 機構首長 | Minister of Religious Affairs and Culture[*]： |
| 網站 | www |
歷史
文化部成立於1952年3月16日，當時名為聯合文化部，後來於1972年3月15日改名為文化部。
宗教事務部是在緬甸聯邦（現稱緬甸聯邦共和國）1947年恢復獨立之前成立的。1962年3月2日，聯邦革命委員會政府改組了所有部委。宗教事務部成為內政和宗教事務部的一個部門。1988年9月18日，國家和平與發展委員會成立了促進和宣傳薩滿教的部門，也隸屬於內政和宗教事務部。1992年3月20日，內政部和宗教事務部分離。1998年6月26日的一次內閣會議確認，國際上座部佛教弘法大學將在MORA下成立。
歷任部長
| No | 姓名 | Start Date | End Date | Ministry/Department |
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| 1 | U Tun Phay | 16 March 1952 | 12 August 1953 | Department of Union Culture |
| 2 | General Khin Maung Lay | 12 August 1953 | 5 September 1953 | Ministry of Home Affairs and Union Culture |
| 3 | U Win | 5 September 1953 | 17 November 1955 | Department of National Planning and Union Culture |
| 4 | U Tun Tin | 12 June 1956 | 25 February 1957 | Department of Education and Union Culture |
| 5 | U Tun Tin | 1 March 1957 | 18 July 1958 | Department of Education and Union Culture |
| 6 | Thakin Tin | 18 July 1958 | 28 October 1958 | Department of Mechanized and Union Culture |
| 7 | U Maung Kyaw Zan | 28 July 2005 | 28 October 1958 | Department of Education and Union Culture |
| 8 | U Chit Thaung | 28 October 1958 | 4 April 1960 | Department of Union Culture |
| 9 | U Ba Saw | 4 April 1960 | 2 March 1962 | Department of Social Welfare, Religious Affairs, Union Culture and Health |
| 1. | Col Saw Myint | 2 March 1962 | 17 August 1964 | Department of Information and Union Culture |
| 11 | Col Thaung Dan | 17 September 1964 | 2 March 1974 | Ministry of Information,Ministry of Culture and Social Welfare |
| 12 | U Aye Maung | 2 March 1974 | 1 March 1987 | Ministry of Culture |
| 13 | U Mya Maung | 2 March 1979 | 20 March 1979 | Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Information |
| 14 | U Man San Myat Shwe | 20 March 1979 | 16 October 1980 | Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Information |
| 15 | U Aung Kyaw Myint | 16 October 1980 | 18 September 1988 | Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Information |
| 16 | Gen Phone Myint | 21 September 1988 | 6 March 1992 | Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Information |
| 17 | Lt Gen Kyaw Yair Aung | 6 March 1992 | 20 June 1995 | Ministry of Culture |
| 18 | Col Thaung Myint | 20 June 1995 | 29 May 1996 | Ministry of Culture |
| 19 | U Aung San | 29 May 1996 | 20 December 1997 | Ministry of Culture |
| 20 | U Win Sein | 26 December 1997 | 9 November 2001 | Ministry of Culture |
| 21 | U Tin Win | 15 November 2001 | 12 September 2002 | Ministry of Culture,Ministry of Labour |
| 22 | Gen Aung Kyi | 13 September 2002 | 15 May 2006 | Ministry of Culture |
| 23 | Col Khin Aung Myint | 15 May 2006 | 29 March 2011 | Ministry of Culture |
| 24 | U Kyaw San | 30 March 2011 | 27 August 2012 | Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Information |
| 25 | U Aye Myint Kyu | 7 September 2012 | 30 March 2016 | Ministry of Culture |
| 26 | U Aung Ko | 30 March 2016 | Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture |