Years Name 1833 - 1926 Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education 1926 - 1949 Ministry of Religious Affairs and Education 1949 - 1955 Ministry of Religious Affairs and National Education 1955 - 2009 Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs 2009 - 2012 Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs 2012 - 2013 Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, Culture and Sport 2013 - 2015 Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs 2015/1 - 2015/9 Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs 2015/9 - Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs