Does it make any difference to use either of or for after the word minister?
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English gives the following examples:
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the Minister of Agriculture
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the Minister for Foreign Affairs
However, this doesn't seem to work for the word ministry since the only preposition which has been used both in Longman and Oxford is of:
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the Ministry of Agriculture (Longman Contemporary)
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the Ministry of Defence (Oxford Advance Learner's)
Best Answer
You are correct in thinking of is usually used with Ministry
but it may also depend on how the title is phrased
Ministry of Propagation.... would not sound correct.
I think your question is actually a more general question about the preposition rules for using either "Ministry" or "Society" or "Department" or "Office"
Certain wordings could only use for
and others could go either way