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 Party Assumed office
 Afghanistan Tariq Shah Bahrami (Acting)
 Albania List Olta Xhaçka Socialist Party of Albania 13 September 2017
 Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika National Liberation Front 5 May 2003
 Andorra N/A
 Angola Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
 Antigua and Barbuda N/A
 Argentina Oscar Aguad Radical Civic Union 17 July 2017
 Armenia List David Tonoyan Independent 12 May 2018
 Australia List Christopher Pyne Liberal Party of Australia 28 August 2018
 Austria List Stabsunteroffizier Mario Kunasek Freedom Party of Austria 18 December 2017
 Azerbaijan List Colonel General Zakir Hasanov New Azerbaijan Party 22 October 2013
 Bahamas N/A
 Bahrain Major-General Yusuf bin Ahmed Al Jalahma
 Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Bangladesh Awami League
 Barbados Freundel Stuart
 Belarus List Lieutenant General Andrei Ravkov 27 November 2014
 Belgium List Steven Vandeput New Flemish Alliance 11 October 2014
 Belize John Birchman Saldivar
 Benin Denis Ali Yerima
 Bhutan N/A
 Bolivia Ruben Aldo Saavedra Soto
 Bosnia and Herzegovina List Marina Pendeš Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina 31 March 2015
 Botswana Dikgakgamatso Ndelu Seretse
 Brazil List Joaquim Silva e Luna 27 February 2018
 Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah 7 September 1986
 Bulgaria List Krasimir Karakachanov IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement 4 May 2017
 Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kaboré People's Movement for Progress
 Burundi Emmanuel Ntahomvukiye
 Cambodia List General Tea Banh Cambodian People's Party 27 June 2006
 Cameroon Joseph Beti Assomo Cameroon People's Democratic Movement
 Canada List Lieutenant-Colonel Harjit Sajjan Liberal Party of Canada 4 November 2015
 Cape Verde Jorge Tolentino
 Central African Republic General Thomas Theophile Tchimangoa
 Chad Bichara Issa Djadallah
 Chile List Alberto Espina 11 March 2018
 China List General Wei Fenghe 19 March 2018
 Colombia List Luis Carlos Villegas Echeverri 19 May 2015
 Comoros N/A
 Republic of the Congo Charles Mondjo 25 September 2012
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Alexandre Luba Ntambo 28 April 2012
 Costa Rica N/A
 Ivory Coast Hamed Bakayoko
 Croatia List Damir Krstičević Croatian Democratic Union 19 October 2016
 Cuba Corps General Leopoldo Cintra Frias
 Cyprus List Demetris Eliades 14 July 2011
 Czech Republic List Lubomír Metnar 27 June 2018
 Denmark List Claus Hjort Frederiksen Venstre 28 November 2016
 Djibouti Hassan Darar Houffaneh
 Dominica N/A
 Dominican Republic Sigfrido Aramis Pared Perez
 East Timor Cirilo Jose Cristovao
 Ecuador Patricio Zambrano
 Egypt List Lieutenant General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki Independent 14 June 2018
 El Salvador David Munguia Payes
 Equatorial Guinea Nicolas Obama Nchama
 Eritrea Sebhat Ephrem 1995
 Estonia List Jüri Luik Pro Patria and Res Publica Union 12 June 2017
 Ethiopia Siraj Fegessa Shereffa
 Fiji Joketani Cokanasiga
 Finland List Jussi Niinistö Blue Reform 29 May 2015
 France List Florence Parly Socialist Party 21 June 2017
 Gabon Ernest Mpouho Epigat
The Gambia Gambia Adama Barrow
 Georgia List Levan Izoria 1 August 2016
 Germany List Ursula von der Leyen Christian Democratic Union of Germany 17 December 2013
 Ghana Mark Owen Woyongo
 Greece List Panos Kammenos Independent Greeks 23 September 2015
 Grenada Keith Mitchell
 Guatemala Williams Mansilla Fernández
 Guinea Alpha Conde
 Guinea-Bissau Cadi Mane
 Guyana N/A
 Haiti Jean Rodolphe Joazile
 Holy See
 Honduras Samuel Reyes National Party
 Hungary List Colonel General Tibor Benkő Independent 18 May 2018
 Iceland N/A
 India List Nirmala Sitharaman Bharatiya Janata Party 3 September 2017
 Indonesia List General Ryamizard Ryacudu 27 October 2014
 Iran List Brigadier General Amir Hatami 20 August 2017
 Iraq Erfan al-Hiyali 30 January 2017
 Ireland List Leo Varadkar Fine Gael 14 June 2017
 Israel List Avigdor Lieberman Yisrael Beiteinu 30 May 2016
 Italy List Elisabetta Trenta Five Star Movement 1 June 2018
 Jamaica N/A
 Japan List Itsunori Onodera Liberal Democratic Party 3 August 2017
 Jordan Abdullah Nsour
 Kazakhstan List Nurlan Ermekbaev 7 August 2018
 Kenya Raychelle Omamo 15 May 2013
 Kiribati N/A
 North Korea List General No Kwang-chol 4 June 2018
 South Korea Jeong Kyeong-doo 21 September 2018
 Kuwait List Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah 2017
 Kyrgyzstan List Colonel Erlis Terdikbayev 21 April 2018
 Laos Sengnouan Xayalath
 Latvia List Raimonds Bergmanis Union of Greens and Farmers-Latvian Green Party 8 July 2015
 Lebanon List Yacoub Sarraf Free Patriotic Movement[1] 18 December 2016
 Lesotho Tom Thabane
 Liberia Daniel Dee Ziamkahn
Libya Libya Abdullah al-Thani
(Disputed)
 Liechtenstein N/A
 Lithuania List Raimundas Karoblis Independent 29 November 2016
 Luxembourg Etienne Schneider Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
 Macedonia List Radmila Sekerinska SDSM 31 May 2017
 Madagascar General Dominique Jean Oliver Rakotozafy
 Malawi Peter Mutharika
 Malaysia List Mohamad Sabu Pakatan Harapan–Parti Amanah Negara 21 May 2018
 Maldives Adam Shareef 28 October 2015
 Mali Ba N'dao
 Malta Emmanuel Mallia
 Marshall Islands N/A
 Mauritania Diallo Amadou Bathia
 Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth
 Mexico List General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda 1 December 2012
 Micronesia N/A
 Moldova List Eugen Sturza European People's Party of Moldova 24 October 2017
 Monaco N/A
 Mongolia List Nyamaagiin Enkhbold Mongolian People's Party 19 October 2017
 Montenegro Milica Pejanovic-Djurisic
 Morocco Abdellatif Loudiyi 2 December 2010
 Mozambique Agostinho Salvador Mondlane
 Myanmar Lieutenant General Sein Win 24 August 2015
 Namibia Penda Ya Ndokolo
 Nauru N/A
   Nepal Bhimsen das pradhan
 Netherlands List Ank Bijleveld Christian Democratic Appeal 26 October 2017
 New Zealand List Captain Ron Mark New Zealand First 26 October 2017
 Nicaragua Martha Elena Ruiz Sevilla[2] 19 February 2013
 Niger Karidjo Mahamadou Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism
 Nigeria List Brigadier General Mansur Dan Ali November 2015
 Norway List Frank Bakke-Jensen Conservative Party of Norway 20 October 2017
 Oman Qaboos bin Said Al Said
 Pakistan List Pervez Khattak Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 20 August 2018
 Palau N/A
 Palestine [3]
 Panama N/A
 Papua New Guinea Dr. Fabian Pok
 Paraguay Bernardino Soto
 Peru List Jorge Nieto Montesinos Independent 5 December 2016
 Philippines List Major General Delfin Lorenzana 30 June 2016
 Poland List Mariusz Błaszczak Law and Justice 9 January 2018
 Portugal List José Alberto Azeredo Lopes
 Qatar Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah 27 January 2016
 Romania List Mihai Fifor Social Democratic Party (Romania) 12 September 2017
 Russia List General of the Army Sergey Shoygu United Russia 6 November 2012
 Rwanda General James Kabarebe April 2010
 Saint Kitts and Nevis N/A
 Saint Lucia Victor Phillip La Corbiniere
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines N/A
 San Marino N/A
 São Tomé and Príncipe Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Aguiar Sacramento e Sousa
 Saudi Arabia List Mohammad bin Salman 23 January 2015
 Senegal Augustin Tine
 Serbia List Aleksandar Vulin Movement of Socialists 29 June 2017
 Seychelles Danny Faure (president)
 Sierra Leone Major Alfred Palo Conteh 26 October 2007
 Singapore List Dr. Ng Eng Hen People's Action Party 21 May 2011
 Slovakia Peter Gajdoš Slovak National Party
 Slovenia Andreja Katič Social Democrats 13 May 2015
 Solomon Islands Christopher Laore
 Somalia List Abdirashid Abdullahi Mohamed 21 March 2017
 South Africa List Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula African National Congress 12 June 2012
 South Sudan Kuol Manyang Juuk Sudan People's Liberation Movement-Juba
 Spain List Margarita Robles Independent 7 June 2018
 Sri Lanka List Maithripala Sirisena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 12 January 2015
 Sudan Lieutenant General Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf
 Suriname Lamure Latour
 Swaziland N/A
 Sweden List Peter Hultqvist Swedish Social Democratic Party 3 October 2014
  Switzerland List Guy Parmelin Swiss People's Party 1 January 2016
 Syria List General Ali Abdullah Ayyoub Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 1 January 2018
 Tajikistan List Colonel General Sherali Mirzo 20 November 2013
 Tanzania Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi Chama Cha Mapinduzi 20 January 2014
 Thailand List General Prawit Wongsuwan 30 August 2014
 Togo N/A
 Trinidad and Tobago N/A
 Tunisia Ghazi Jeribi
 Turkey List General Hulusi Akar Independent 10 July 2018
 Turkmenistan List Colonel General Yaylym Berdiyev 5 October 2015
 Tuvalu N/A
 Uganda
 Ukraine List Stepan Poltorak 14 October 2014
 United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 9 December 1971
 United Kingdom List Gavin Williamson Conservative Party 2 November 2017
 United States List General Jim Mattis Independent 20 January 2017
 Uruguay Jorge Menendez
 Uzbekistan List Abdusalom Azizov 4 September 2017
 Vanuatu N/A
 Venezuela Admiral Carmen Teresa Melendez Rivas
 Vietnam List General Ngô Xuân Lịch 9 April 2016
 Yemen
 Zambia Edgar Lungu
 Zimbabwe Oppah Muchinguri Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front 7 September 2018

States with limited recognition, non-UN member states

State List Defence minister Party Assumed office
 Abkhazia (Republic of Abkhazia) Mirab Kishmaria
 Kosovo (Republic of Kosovo) Rrustem Berisha Alliance for the Future of Kosovo 9 September 2017
 Nagorno-Karabakh (Republic of Artsakh) Levon Mnatsakanyan[4]
 Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) N/A
 Sahrawi Republic (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) Mohamed Lamine El Bouhali
 Somaliland (Republic of Somaliland) Ahmed Haji Abdi Adami
 South Ossetia (Republic of South Ossetia–the State of Alania) Valery Yakhnovets
 Taiwan (Republic of China) List Yen Teh-fa Independent 26 February 2018
 Transnistria (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic) Oleg Obruchlov

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Aoun, Hariri sweep half of new Lebanese cabinet". Now.mmedia.me. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
  2. ↑ "Martha Ruiz, designada ministra de Defensa de Nicaragua - Noticias Infodefensa América". Infodefensa.com. 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Ministry of Defence - Ministries - Government - Government of NKR". Gov.nkr.am. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
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