List of current defence ministers

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This is a list of current defence ministers of the 193 United Nations member states, Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine.

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Defence ministers of sovereign countries with limited recognition are included in a separate table.

States recognised by the United Nations

State ListDefence ministerPolitical affiliationAssumed office
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan List Mullah Yaqoob (acting) Taliban 7 September 2021
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania List Niko Peleshi Socialist Party of Albania 31 December 2020
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune (also President) National Liberation Front 19 December 2019
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola João Ernesto dos Santos Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola 2020
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne [1] (also Prime Minister) Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina List Luis Petri Radical Civic Union 10 December 2023
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia List Suren Papikyan Civil Contract 15 November 2021
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia List Richard Marles Labor Party of Australia 1 June 2022
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria List Klaudia Tanner Austrian People's Party 7 January 2020
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan List Colonel General Zakir Hasanov New Azerbaijan Party 22 October 2013
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Major-General Abdullah bin Hassan Al-Nuaimi 4 December 2018
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh (Vacant)5 August 2024 [2]
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Mia Mottley Barbados Labour Party 26 May 2018
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus List Viktor Khrenin Independent 20 January 2020
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium List Ludivine Dedonder Socialist Party 1 October 2020
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize Florencio Marin, Jr. United Democratic Party 13 November 2020
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Alain Nouatin Independent 25 May 2021
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia Edmundo Novillo Movement for Socialism 9 November 2020
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina List Zukan Helez Social Democratic Party 25 January 2023
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana List Shaw Kgathi Botswana Democratic Party 31 October 2014
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil List José Múcio Brasilian Labour Party 1 January 2023
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah (also Sultan)7 September 1986
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria List Atanas Zapryanov Independent 9 April 2024
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Kassoum Coulibaly People's Movement for Progress 30 September 2022
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Alain Tribert Mutabazi June 2020
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia List General Tea Seiha Cambodian People's Party 22 August 2023
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Joseph Beti Assomo Cameroon People's Democratic Movement 2 October 2015
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada List Bill Blair Liberal Party of Canada 26 July 2023
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde Luís Filipe Tavares 22 April 2016
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic Minister of the National Defense, Veterans, War Victims and Restructuring of the Army Claude Rameaux Bireau 2022
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad Daoud Tchari
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile List Maya Fernández Socialist Party of Chile 11 March 2022
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China List Dong Jun Chinese Communist Party 29 December 2023
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia List Iván Velásquez Gómez Independent 7 August 2022
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo Charles Mondjo 25 September 2012
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo Alexandre Luba Ntambo 28 April 2012
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica [nb 1] Michael Soto Rojas 9 May 2018
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Patrick Achi (acting) Rally of the Republicans 8 March 2021
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia List Ivan Anušić
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba List Corps General Álvaro López Miera Communist Party of Cuba 15 April 2021
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus List Vasilis Palmas 10 January 2023
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic List Jana Černochová Civic Democratic Party 17 December 2021
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark List Troels Lund Poulsen Venstre 22 August 2023
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti Hassan Darar Houffaneh
Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Luciano Díaz Morfa 16 August 2020
Flag of East Timor.svg  East Timor List Pedro Klamar Fuik  [ de ]Independent1 July 2023
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Luis Hernández Peñaherrera 18 October 2021
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt List Lieutenant General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki Independent14 June 2018
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador List René Merino Monroy Independent 1 June 2019
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Victoriano Bibang Nsue Okomo
Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea Filipos Woldeyohannes 2014
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia List Hanno Pevkur Estonian Reform Party 18 July 2022
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Abraham Belay Prosperity Party 6 October 2021
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Pio Tikoduadua NFP 24 December 2022
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland List Antti Häkkänen National Coalition Party 20 June 2023
Flag of France.svg  France List Sébastien Lecornu La République En Marche! 20 May 2022
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Ernest Mpouho Epigat
Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia Sheikh Omar Faye Independent22 August 2019
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia List Juansher Burchuladze Georgian Dream 22 February 2021
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany List Boris Pistorius Social Democratic Party of Germany 19 January 2023
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana List Dominic Nitiwul New Patriotic Party February 2012
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece List Nikos Dendias 27 June 2023
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada Dickon Mitchell (also Prime Minister) National Democratic Congress 24 June 2022
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala List Henry Saenz Ramos
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Aboubacar Sidiki Camara 20 August 2022
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau Sandji Fati
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana [ clarification needed ]
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Minister of Defense Jean W.Dorneval
Flag of the Vatican City - 2001 version.svg  Holy See
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras José Manuel Zelaya Rosales  [ es ]
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary List Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky Independent24 May 2022
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland [nb 2] List Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir Independce 28 November 2021
Flag of India.svg  India List Rajnath Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 31 May 2019
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia List General (Honorary) Prabowo Subianto

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Flag of Iran.svg  Iran List Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani 25 August 2021
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Thabet Al Abassi 27 October 2022
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland List Micheál Martin (also Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs) Fine Gael 27 June 2020
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel List Yoav Gallant Likud 29 December 2022
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy List Guido Crosetto Brothers of Italy 22 October 2022
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan List Gen Nakatani Liberal Democratic Party 1 October 2024
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Bisher Al-Khasawneh [3] 12 October 2020
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan List Ruslan Jaqsylyqov 19 January 2022
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Aden Duale 31 October 2022
Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea List General Kang Sun-nam Workers' Party of Korea 1 January 2023
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea List Shin Won-sik People Power Party 7 October 2023
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait List Fahad Yusuf Al-Sabah 17 January 2024
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan List Lieutenant General Baktybek Bekbolotov 6 September 2021
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos Chansamone Chanyalath Lao People's Revolutionary Party 20 April 2016
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia List Andris Sprūds The Progressives 15 September 2023
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon List Maurice Sleem Independent 10 September 2021
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho Minister of Defence and National Security Sam Matekane Revolution for Prosperity November 2023
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia Minister of National Defense Rt. Gen. Geraldine Janet George
Flag of Libya.svg Libya List Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (also Prime Minister) Independent 15 March 2021
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania List Arvydas Anušauskas Homeland Union 11 December 2020
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg List Yuriko Backes Democratic Party 17 November 2023
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Josoa Rakotoarijaona
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi Harry Mkandawire Malawi Congress Party 31 January 2023
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia List Mohamed Khaled Nordin Barisan Nasional (United Malays National Organisation)12 December 2023
Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives Minister of Defence Mohamed Ghasson Maumoon Maldivian Democratic Party 17 November 2023
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Sadio Camara 11 June 2021
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Byron Camilleri Labor Party 15 January 2020
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania Hanena Ould Sidi 7 August 2019
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth (also Prime Minister) Militant Socialist Movement
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico List Luis Cresencio Sandoval 1 December 2018
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Micronesia
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova List Anatolie Nosatîi Independent 6 August 2021
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia List Brigadier General Gürsediin Saikhanbayar Mongolian People's Party 8 July 2020
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Filip Adzic Social Democratic Party of Montenegro October 2022
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Abdellatif Loudiyi 2 December 2010
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Minister of National Defence Cristóvão Artur Chume FRELIMO November 2021
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar Admiral Tin Aung San 3 August 2023 [4]
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia List Frans Kapofi SWAPO 22 April 2021
Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal List Purna Bahadur Khadka Nepali Congress 31 March 2023
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands List Ruben Brekelmans People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 2 July 2024
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Judith Collins National Party of New Zealand 27 November 2023
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Rosa Adelina Barahona Castro Sandinista National Liberation Front 19 August 2019
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger Minister of National Defense Salifou Modi
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria List Mohammed Badaru Abubakar 21 August 2023
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia List Slavjanka Petrovska Social Democratic Union of Macedonia 16 January 2022
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway List Bjørn Arild Gram Centre Party (Norway) 14 October 2021
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Shihab bin Tariq 19 August 2020
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan List Khawaja Muhammad Asif Pakistan Muslim League (N) 19 April 2022
Flag of Palau.svg  Palau
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine [5]
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea Minister for Defence Solan Mirisim [6] Pangu Party 12 December 2020
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay Bernardino Soto 15 August 2018
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru List Jorge Chávez Independent21 December 2022
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines List Gilbert Teodoro People's Reform Party 5 June 2023
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland List Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz Polish People's Party 13 December 2023
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal List Nuno Melo CDS – People's Party (Democratic Alliance)2 April 2024
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah 27 January 2016
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania List Angel Tîlvăr Social Democratic Party 30 October 2022
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia List Andrey Belousov Independent 14 May 2024
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Juvenal Marizamunda Rwandan Patriotic Front 6 June 2023
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia Hermangild Francis
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe Óscar Sousa 3 December 2018
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia List Khalid Bin Salman 27 September 2022
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Minister of Armed Forces Sidiki Kaba
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia List Milos Vucevic Serbian Progressive Party 26 October 2022
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles Wavel Ramkalawan (also President) Linyon Demokratik Seselwa 26 October 2020
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Major Alfred Paolo Conteh All People's Congress 26 October 2007
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore List Dr. Ng Eng Hen People's Action Party 21 May 2011
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Robert Kalinak Direction – Social Democracy 25 October 2023
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Marjan Šarec Freedom Movement 1 June 2022
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands Christopher Laore Independent22 October 2012
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia List Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur UPD 25 August 2022
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa List Angie Motshekga African National Congress 30 June 2024
Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan Kuol Manyang Juuk [ clarification needed ] Sudan People's Liberation Movement-Juba
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain List Margarita Robles Independent7 June 2018
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka List Ranil Wickremesinghe (also President) United National Party 15 July 2022
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Yassin Ibrahim Yassin 2 June 2020
Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname Krishna Mathoera Progressive Reform Party 16 July 2020
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden List Pål Jonson Moderate Party 18 October 2022
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland List Viola Amherd Christian Democratic People's Party 1 January 2019
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria List Lieutenant general Ali Mahmoud Abbas Ba'ath Party 28 April 2022
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan List Colonel General Sherali Mirzo 20 November 2013
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Stergomena Tax 1 September 2023
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand List Phumtham Wechayachai Pheu Thai Party 3 September 2024
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo Essozimna Marguerite Gnakade Union for the Republic 1 October 2020
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia List Imed Memmich Independent 11 October 2021
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey List General Yaşar Güler Independent 4 June 2023
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan List Lieutenant General Begench Gundogdyev Democratic Party of Turkmenistan 14 June 2018
Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Vincent Ssempijja June 2021
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine List Rustem Umerov Holos 6 September 2023
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 9 December 1971
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom List John Healey Labour Party 5 July 2024
Flag of the United States.svg  United States List Lloyd Austin Independent 22 January 2021
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Javier García Duchini National Party 1 March 2020
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan List Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov 4 September 2017
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Gen. Vladimir Padrino López United Socialist Party of Venezuela 24 October 2014
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam List General Phan Văn Giang Communist Party of Vietnam 8 April 2021
Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen Mohsen Mohammed Al-Daeri 28 July 2022
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Ambrose Lufuma United Party for National Development 2021
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Oppah Muchinguri Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front 7 September 2018

Notes

  1. Ministry of Public Security is in charge of maintaining public order, organizing police forces, preventing crime and, if necessary, defense of national sovereignty Ministry of Public Security Functions
  2. Ministry for Foreign Affairs is the central authority for defence National Security of Iceland

States with limited recognition, non-UN member states

StateListDefence ministerPartyAssumed office
Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia.svg  Abkhazia (Republic of Abkhazia) Vladimir Anua
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo (Republic of Kosovo) Ejup Maqedonci 22 March 2021
Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg  Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg  Sahrawi Republic (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) Mohamed Lamine El Bouhali
Flag of Somaliland.svg  Somaliland (Republic of Somaliland) Dr Rooble Abdi Elmi March 2024
Flag of South Ossetia.svg  South Ossetia (Republic of South Ossetia–the State of Alania) Inal Sabanov
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan (Republic of China) List Wellington Koo DPP 20 May 2024
Flag of Transnistria (state).svg  Transnistria (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic) Oleg Obruchkov

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