| Minister of National Defence | |
|---|---|
| Ministro da Defesa Nacional (Portuguese) | |
| Type | Minister |
| Member of | cabinet |
| Reports to | Prime minister |
| Formation | 1975 |
| First holder | Alberto Chipande |
| Deputy | Deputy minister |
The minister of national defence (Portuguese : Ministro da Defesa Nacional) is the minister responsible for the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces.
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Term of office | Political party | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 |  | Army General Alberto Chipande (born 1939) | 1975 | 1994 | 18–19 years | FRELIMO | [1] | |
| 2 | | Aguiar Mazula | 1994 | 2000 | 5–6 years | FRELIMO | [1] | |
| 3 | | Tobias Joaquim Dai (born 1950) | 17 January 2000 | 26 March 2008 | 8 years, 69 days | FRELIMO | [2] [3] | |
| 4 |  | Filipe Nyusi (born 1959) | 27 March 2008 | 14 March 2014 | 5 years, 352 days | FRELIMO | [3] | |
| 5 | | Agostinho Mondlane (born 1959) | 14 March 2014 | 15 January 2015 | 307 days | FRELIMO | [1] | |
| 6 | | Atanásio Mtumuke (born 1950) | 15 January 2015 | 17 January 2020 | 5 years, 2 days | FRELIMO | [1] | |
| 7 | | Jaime Bessa Augusto Neto (born 1971) | 17 January 2020 | 11 November 2021 | 1 year, 298 days | FRELIMO | [1] | |
| 8 |  | Cristóvão Artur Chume | 11 November 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 48 days | FRELIMO | [1] | |
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