| State
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List
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Defence minister
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Political affiliation
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Assumed office
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 Afghanistan
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List
|
Mullah Yaqoob (acting)
|
Taliban
|
7 September 2021
|
 Albania
|
List
|
Niko Peleshi
|
Socialist Party of Albania
|
31 December 2020
|
 Algeria
|
|
Abdelmadjid Tebboune (also President)
|
National Liberation Front
|
19 December 2019
|
 Andorra
|
—
|
 Angola
|
|
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
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List
|
Colonel General Zakir Hasanov
|
New Azerbaijan Party
|
22 October 2013
|
 Bahamas
|
—
|
 Bahrain
|
|
Major-General Abdullah bin Hassan Al-Nuaimi
|
|
4 December 2018
|
 Bangladesh
|
|
(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
|
Brasilian Labour Party
|
1 January 2023
|
 Brunei
|
|
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
|
|
Alain Tribert Mutabazi
|
|
June 2020
|
 Cambodia
|
List
|
General Tea Seiha
|
Cambodian People's Party
|
22 August 2023
|
 Cameroon
|
|
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
|
Minister of the National Defense, Veterans, War Victims and Restructuring of the Army
|
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
|
|
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
|
 Czechia
|
List
|
Jana Černochová
|
Civic Democratic Party
|
17 December 2021
|
 Denmark
|
List
|
Troels Lund Poulsen
|
Venstre
|
22 August 2023
|
 Djibouti
|
|
Hassan Darar Houffaneh
|
|
 Dominica
|
|
—
|
 Dominican Republic
|
|
Luciano Díaz Morfa
|
|
16 August 2020
|
 East Timor
|
List
|
Pedro Klamar Fuik [de]
|
Independent
|
1 July 2023
|
 Ecuador
|
|
Luis Hernández Peñaherrera
|
|
18 October 2021
|
 Egypt
|
List
|
Lieutenant General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki
|
Independent
|
14 June 2018
|
 El Salvador
|
List
|
René Merino Monroy
|
Independent
|
1 June 2019
|
 Equatorial Guinea
|
|
Victoriano Bibang Nsue Okomo
|
|
 Eritrea
|
|
Filipos Woldeyohannes
|
|
2014
|
 Estonia
|
List
|
Hanno Pevkur
|
Estonian Reform Party
|
18 July 2022
|
 Ethiopia
|
|
Abraham Belay
|
Prosperity Party
|
6 October 2021
|
 Fiji
|
|
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
|
|
Ernest Mpouho Epigat
|
|
 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
|
|
—[clarification needed]
|
 Haiti
|
Minister of Defense
|
Jean W.Dorneval
|
|
|
 Holy See
|
|
|
|
|
 Honduras
|
|
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales [es]
|
|
|
 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 Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani
|
|
25 August 2021
|
 Iraq
|
|
Thabet Al Abassi
|
|
27 October 2022
|
 Ireland
|
List
|
Micheál Martin (also Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs)
|
Fine Gael
|
27 June 2020
|
 Israel
|
List
|
Yoav Gallant
|
Likud
|
29 December 2022
|
 Italy
|
List
|
Guido Crosetto
|
Brothers of Italy
|
22 October 2022
|
 Jamaica
|
|
—
|
 Japan
|
List
|
Gen Nakatani
|
Liberal Democratic Party
|
1 October 2024
|
 Jordan
|
|
Bisher Al-Khasawneh[3]
|
|
12 October 2020
|
 Kazakhstan
|
List
|
Ruslan Jaqsylyqov
|
|
19 January 2022
|
 Kenya
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
Minister of Defence and National Security
|
Sam Matekane
|
Revolution for Prosperity
|
November 2023
|
 Liberia
|
Minister of National Defense
|
Rt. Gen. Geraldine Janet George
|
|
|
 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
|
|
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
|
Minister of Defence
|
Mohamed Ghasson Maumoon
|
Maldivian Democratic Party
|
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
|
Brigadier General Gürsediin Saikhanbayar
|
Mongolian People's Party
|
8 July 2020
|
 Montenegro
|
|
Filip Adzic
|
Social Democratic Party of Montenegro
|
October 2022
|
 Morocco
|
|
Abdellatif Loudiyi
|
|
2 December 2010
|
 Mozambique
|
Minister of National Defence
|
Cristóvão Artur Chume
|
FRELIMO
|
November 2021
|
 Myanmar
|
|
Admiral Tin Aung San
|
|
3 August 2023[4]
|
 Namibia
|
List
|
Frans Kapofi
|
SWAPO
|
22 April 2021
|
 Nauru
|
|
—
|
 Nepal
|
List
|
Purna Bahadur Khadka
|
Nepali Congress
|
31 March 2023
|
 Netherlands
|
List
|
Ruben Brekelmans
|
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
|
2 July 2024
|
 New Zealand
|
|
Judith Collins
|
National Party of New Zealand
|
27 November 2023
|
 Nicaragua
|
|
Rosa Adelina Barahona Castro
|
Sandinista National Liberation Front
|
19 August 2019
|
 Niger
|
Minister of National Defense
|
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
|
|
Shihab bin Tariq
|
|
19 August 2020
|
 Pakistan
|
List
|
Khawaja Muhammad Asif
|
Pakistan Muslim League (N)
|
19 April 2022
|
 Palau
|
|
—
|
 Palestine[5] |
|
|
|
|
 Panama
|
|
—
|
 Papua New Guinea
|
Minister for Defence
|
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
|
|
Juvenal Marizamunda
|
Rwandan Patriotic Front
|
6 June 2023
|
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
|
—
|
 Saint Lucia
|
|
Hermangild Francis
|
|
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
|
—
|
 San Marino
|
|
—
|
 São Tomé and Príncipe
|
|
Óscar Sousa
|
3 December 2018
|
 Saudi Arabia
|
List
|
Khalid Bin Salman
|
|
27 September 2022
|
 Senegal
|
Minister of Armed Forces
|
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
|
|
Major Alfred Paolo Conteh
|
All People's Congress
|
26 October 2007
|
 Singapore
|
List
|
Dr. Ng Eng Hen
|
People's Action Party
|
21 May 2011
|
 Slovakia
|
|
Robert Kalinak
|
Direction – Social Democracy
|
25 October 2023
|
 Slovenia
|
|
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
|
|
Kuol Manyang Juuk[clarification needed]
|
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
|
|
Yassin Ibrahim Yassin
|
|
2 June 2020
|
 Suriname
|
|
Krishna Mathoera
|
Progressive Reform Party
|
16 July 2020
|
 Swaziland
|
|
—
|
 Sweden
|
List
|
Pål Jonson
|
Moderate Party
|
18 October 2022
|
 Switzerland
|
List
|
Viola Amherd
|
Christian Democratic People's Party
|
1 January 2019
|
 Syria
|
List
|
Lieutenant general Ali Mahmoud Abbas
|
Ba'ath Party
|
28 April 2022
|
 Tajikistan
|
List
|
Colonel General Sherali Mirzo
|
|
20 November 2013
|
 Tanzania
|
|
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
|
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
Minister of National Security
|
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
|
|
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
|
Lloyd Austin
|
Independent
|
22 January 2021
|
 Uruguay
|
|
Javier García Duchini
|
National Party
|
1 March 2020
|
 Uzbekistan
|
List
|
Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov
|
|
4 September 2017
|
 Vanuatu
|
|
—
|
 Venezuela
|
|
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
|
|
Mohsen Mohammed Al-Daeri
|
|
28 July 2022
|
 Zambia
|
|
Ambrose Lufuma
|
United Party for National Development
|
2021
|
 Zimbabwe
|
|
Oppah Muchinguri
|
Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
|
7 September 2018
|