List of current defence ministers

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

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

States recognised by the United Nations

State List Defence minister Political affiliation Assumed office
Afghanistan List Mullah Yaqoob (acting) Taliban 7 September 2021
Albania List Niko Peleshi Socialist Party of Albania 31 December 2020
Algeria List Abdelmadjid Tebboune (also President) National Liberation Front 19 December 2019
Andorra —
Angola List João Ernesto dos Santos Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola 2020
Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne[1] (also Prime Minister) Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party
Argentina List Luis Petri Radical Civic Union 10 December 2023
Armenia List Suren Papikyan Civil Contract 15 November 2021
Australia List Richard Marles Labor Party of Australia 1 June 2022
Austria List Klaudia Tanner Austrian People's Party 7 January 2020
Azerbaijan List Colonel General Zakir Hasanov New Azerbaijan Party 22 October 2013
Bahamas List Wayne Munroe 2021
Bahrain Major-General Abdullah bin Hassan Al-Nuaimi 4 December 2018
Bangladesh List (Vacant) 5 August 2024[2]
Barbados Mia Mottley Barbados Labour Party 26 May 2018
Belarus List Viktor Khrenin Independent 20 January 2020
Belgium List Ludivine Dedonder Socialist Party 1 October 2020
Belize Florencio Marin, Jr. United Democratic Party 13 November 2020
Benin Alain Nouatin Independent 25 May 2021
Bhutan —
Bolivia Edmundo Novillo Movement for Socialism 9 November 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina List Zukan Helez Social Democratic Party 25 January 2023
Botswana List Shaw Kgathi Botswana Democratic Party 31 October 2014
Brazil List José Múcio Democratic Renewal Party 1 January 2023
Brunei List Hassanal Bolkiah (also Sultan) 7 September 1986
Bulgaria List Atanas Zapryanov Independent 9 April 2024
Burkina Faso Kassoum Coulibaly People's Movement for Progress 30 September 2022
Burundi List Alain Tribert Mutabazi June 2020
Cambodia List General Tea Seiha Cambodian People's Party 22 August 2023
Cameroon List Joseph Beti Assomo Cameroon People's Democratic Movement 2 October 2015
Canada List Bill Blair Liberal Party of Canada 26 July 2023
Cape Verde Luís Filipe Tavares 22 April 2016
Central African Republic Claude Rameaux Bireau 2022
Chad Daoud Tchari
Chile List Maya Fernández Socialist Party of Chile 11 March 2022
China List Dong Jun Chinese Communist Party 29 December 2023
Colombia List Iván Velásquez Gómez Independent 7 August 2022
Comoros
Republic of the Congo Charles Mondjo 25 September 2012
Democratic Republic of the Congo List Alexandre Luba Ntambo 28 April 2012
Costa Rica[nb 1] Michael Soto Rojas 9 May 2018
Ivory Coast Patrick Achi (acting) Rally of the Republicans 8 March 2021
Croatia List Ivan Anušić
Cuba List Corps General Álvaro López Miera Communist Party of Cuba 15 April 2021
Cyprus List Vasilis Palmas 10 January 2023
Czech Republic List Jana Černochová Civic Democratic Party 17 December 2021
Denmark List Troels Lund Poulsen Venstre 22 August 2023
Djibouti List Hassan Darar Houffaneh
Dominica —
Dominican Republic Luciano Díaz Morfa 16 August 2020
East Timor List Pedro Klamar Fuik Independent 1 July 2023
Ecuador List Luis Hernández Peñaherrera 18 October 2021
Egypt List General Abdel Mageed Saqr Independent 03 July 2024
El Salvador List Vice Admiral René Merino Monroy Independent 1 June 2019
Equatorial Guinea List Victoriano Bibang Nsue Okomo
Eritrea List Filipos Woldeyohannes 2014
Estonia List Hanno Pevkur Estonian Reform Party 18 July 2022
Ethiopia List Abraham Belay Prosperity Party 6 October 2021
Fiji List Pio Tikoduadua NFP 24 December 2022
Finland List Antti Häkkänen National Coalition Party 20 June 2023
France List Sébastien Lecornu La République En Marche! 20 May 2022
Gabon List Ernest Mpouho Epigat
The Gambia Gambia Sheikh Omar Faye Independent 22 August 2019
Georgia List Juansher Burchuladze Georgian Dream 22 February 2021
Germany List Boris Pistorius Social Democratic Party of Germany 19 January 2023
Ghana List Dominic Nitiwul New Patriotic Party February 2012
Greece List Nikos Dendias 27 June 2023
Grenada Dickon Mitchell (also Prime Minister) National Democratic Congress 24 June 2022
Guatemala List Henry Saenz Ramos
Guinea Aboubacar Sidiki Camara 20 August 2022
Guinea-Bissau Sandji Fati
Guyana —
Haiti List Jean W.Dorneval
Holy See
Honduras José Manuel Zelaya Rosales
Hungary List Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky Independent 24 May 2022
Iceland[nb 2] List Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir Independce 28 November 2021
India List Rajnath Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 31 May 2019
Indonesia List General (Honorary) Prabowo Subianto

Gerindra

23 October 2019
Iran List Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh 21 August 2024
Iraq List Thabet Al Abassi 27 October 2022
Ireland List Simon Harris (also Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade) Fine Gael 23 January 2025
Israel List Israel Katz Likud 5 November 2024
Italy List Guido Crosetto Brothers of Italy 22 October 2022
Jamaica —
Japan List Gen Nakatani Liberal Democratic Party 1 October 2024
Jordan List Bisher Al-Khasawneh[3] 12 October 2020
Kazakhstan List Ruslan Jaqsylyqov 19 January 2022
Kenya List Aden Duale 31 October 2022
Kiribati —
North Korea List General Kang Sun-nam Workers' Party of Korea 1 January 2023
South Korea List Shin Won-sik People Power Party 7 October 2023
Kuwait List Fahad Yusuf Al-Sabah 17 January 2024
Kyrgyzstan List Lieutenant General Baktybek Bekbolotov 6 September 2021
Laos List Chansamone Chanyalath Lao People's Revolutionary Party 20 April 2016
Latvia List Andris Sprūds The Progressives 15 September 2023
Lebanon List Maurice Sleem Independent 10 September 2021
Lesotho Sam Matekane Revolution for Prosperity November 2023
Liberia List Rt. Gen. Geraldine Janet George
Libya Libya List Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (also Prime Minister) Independent 15 March 2021
Liechtenstein —
Lithuania List Arvydas Anušauskas Homeland Union 11 December 2020
Luxembourg List Yuriko Backes Democratic Party 17 November 2023
Madagascar List Josoa Rakotoarijaona
Malawi Harry Mkandawire Malawi Congress Party 31 January 2023
Malaysia List Mohamed Khaled Nordin Barisan Nasional (United Malays National Organisation) 12 December 2023
Maldives List Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon Un­known 17 November 2023
Mali Sadio Camara 11 June 2021
Malta Byron Camilleri Labor Party 15 January 2020
Marshall Islands —
Mauritania Hanena Ould Sidi 7 August 2019
Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth (also Prime Minister) Militant Socialist Movement
Mexico List Luis Cresencio Sandoval 1 December 2018
Micronesia —
Moldova List Anatolie Nosatîi Independent 6 August 2021
Monaco —
Mongolia List Sandagiin Byambatsogt Mongolian People's Party 10 July 2024
Montenegro List Filip Adzic Social Democratic Party of Montenegro October 2022
Morocco Abdellatif Loudiyi 2 December 2010
Mozambique List Cristóvão Artur Chume FRELIMO November 2021
Myanmar List Admiral Tin Aung San 3 August 2023[4]
Namibia List Frans Kapofi SWAPO 22 April 2021
Nauru —
  Nepal List Manbir Rai CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) 15 July 2024
Netherlands List Ruben Brekelmans People's Party for Freedom and Democracy 2 July 2024
New Zealand List Judith Collins National Party of New Zealand 27 November 2023
Nicaragua Rosa Adelina Barahona Castro Sandinista National Liberation Front 19 August 2019
Niger Salifou Modi
Nigeria List Mohammed Badaru Abubakar 21 August 2023
North Macedonia List Slavjanka Petrovska Social Democratic Union of Macedonia 16 January 2022
Norway List Bjørn Arild Gram Centre Party (Norway) 14 October 2021
Oman List Shihab bin Tariq Al Said 19 August 2020
Pakistan List Khawaja Muhammad Asif Pakistan Muslim League (N) 19 April 2022
Palau —
Palestine[5]
Panama —
Papua New Guinea Solan Mirisim[6] Pangu Party 12 December 2020
Paraguay Bernardino Soto 15 August 2018
Peru List Jorge Chávez Independent 21 December 2022
Philippines List Gilbert Teodoro People's Reform Party 5 June 2023
Poland List Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz Polish People's Party 13 December 2023
Portugal List Nuno Melo CDS – People's Party (Democratic Alliance) 2 April 2024
Qatar Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah 27 January 2016
Romania List Angel Tîlvăr Social Democratic Party 30 October 2022
Russia List Andrey Belousov Independent 14 May 2024
Rwanda List Juvenal Marizamunda Rwandan Patriotic Front 6 June 2023
Saint Kitts and Nevis —
Saint Lucia Hermangild Francis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines —
Samoa —
San Marino —
São Tomé and Príncipe List Óscar Sousa 3 December 2018
Saudi Arabia List Khalid Bin Salman 27 September 2022
Senegal List Sidiki Kaba
Serbia List Milos Vucevic Serbian Progressive Party 26 October 2022
Seychelles Wavel Ramkalawan (also President) Linyon Demokratik Seselwa 26 October 2020
Sierra Leone List Major Alfred Paolo Conteh All People's Congress 26 October 2007
Singapore List Chan Chun Sing People's Action Party 21 May 2011
Slovakia List Robert Kaliňák Direction – Social Democracy 25 October 2023
Slovenia List Marjan Šarec Freedom Movement 1 June 2022
Solomon Islands Christopher Laore Independent 22 October 2012
Somalia List Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur UPD 25 August 2022
South Africa List Angie Motshekga African National Congress 30 June 2024
South Sudan List Kuol Manyang Juuk Sudan People's Liberation Movement-Juba
Spain List Margarita Robles Independent 7 June 2018
Sri Lanka List Ranil Wickremesinghe (also President) United National Party 15 July 2022
Sudan List Yassin Ibrahim Yassin 2 June 2020
Suriname Krishna Mathoera Progressive Reform Party 16 July 2020
Eswatini —
Sweden List Pål Jonson Moderate Party 18 October 2022
 Switzerland List Martin Pfister The Centre 1 April 2025
Syria List Lieutenant general Ali Mahmoud Abbas Ba'ath Party 28 April 2022
Tajikistan List Colonel General Sherali Mirzo 20 November 2013
Tanzania List Stergomena Tax 1 September 2023
Thailand List Phumtham Wechayachai Pheu Thai Party 3 September 2024
Togo Essozimna Marguerite Gnakade Union for the Republic 1 October 2020
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago Fitzgerald Hinds
Tunisia List Imed Memmich Independent 11 October 2021
Turkey List General Yaşar Güler Independent 4 June 2023
Turkmenistan List Lieutenant General Begench Gundogdyev Democratic Party of Turkmenistan 14 June 2018
Tuvalu —
Uganda List Vincent Ssempijja June 2021
Ukraine List Rustem Umerov Holos 6 September 2023
United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 9 December 1971
United Kingdom List John Healey Labour Party 5 July 2024
United States List Pete Hegseth Republican 25 January 2025
Uruguay List Javier García Duchini National Party 1 March 2020
Uzbekistan List Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov 4 September 2017
Vanuatu —
Venezuela List Gen. Vladimir Padrino López United Socialist Party of Venezuela 24 October 2014
Vietnam List General Phan Văn Giang Communist Party of Vietnam 8 April 2021
Yemen List Mohsen Mohammed Al-Daeri 28 July 2022
Zambia List Ambrose Lufuma United Party for National Development 2021
Zimbabwe List 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

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Government of Antigua and Barbuda". ab.gov.ag. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. ^ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina doubled as Minister of Defense, but her government collapsed on 5 August 2024, due to July Revolution.
  3. ^ "October 2020". rulers.org. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Myanmar Junta Leader Reshuffles Cabinet Days After Extending Emergency Rule". The Irrawaddy. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  5. ^ The Palestinian Authority renamed itself the State of Palestine on 6 January 2013 (a move not recognized by Israel). Do not confuse with the "State of Palestine" proclaimed on 15 November 1988 by the Palestinian National Council (PNC) in Algiers which remains a putative state, de facto ineffective despite partial international recognition.
  6. ^ "December 2020". rulers.org. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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