| State
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List
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Defence minister
|
Political affiliation
|
Assumed office
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| Afghanistan
|
List
|
Mullah Yaqoob
|
Taliban
|
7 September 2021
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| Albania
|
List
|
Niko Peleshi
|
Socialist Party of Albania
|
31 December 2020
|
| Algeria
|
List
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Abdelmadjid Tebboune (also President)
|
National Liberation Front
|
19 December 2019
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| Andorra
|
—N/a
|
| Angola
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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
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List
|
Luis Petri
|
Radical Civic Union
|
10 December 2023
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| Armenia
|
List
|
Suren Papikyan
|
Civil Contract
|
15 November 2021
|
| Australia
|
List
|
Richard Marles
|
Labor Party of Australia
|
1 June 2022
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| 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
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List
|
Wayne Munroe
|
|
2021
|
| Bahrain
|
|
Major-General Abdullah bin Hassan Al-Nuaimi
|
|
4 December 2018
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| Bangladesh
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List
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(Vacant)
|
|
5 August 2024[2]
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| 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
|
—N/a
|
| 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
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| Brazil
|
List
|
José Múcio
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Democratic Renewal Party
|
1 January 2023
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| Brunei
|
List
|
Hassanal Bolkiah (also Sultan)
|
|
7 September 1986
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| 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
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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
|
Jaromír Zůna
|
Independent (nominated by SPD)
|
15 December 2025
|
| Denmark
|
List
|
Troels Lund Poulsen
|
Venstre
|
22 August 2023
|
| Djibouti
|
List
|
Hassan Darar Houffaneh
|
|
|
| Dominica
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| 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
|
Catherine Vautrin
|
Renaissance
|
12 October 2025
|
| Gabon
|
List
|
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
|
Cassiel Ato Baah Forson (acting)
|
National Democratic Congress
|
6 August 2025
|
| 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
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Haiti
|
List
|
Jean W.Dorneval
|
|
|
| Holy See
|
|
|
|
|
| Honduras
|
|
Rixi Moncada
|
Liberty and Refoundation
|
1 September 2024
|
| Hungary
|
List
|
Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky
|
Independent
|
24 May 2022
|
| Iceland[nb 2]
|
List
|
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
|
Viðreisn
|
21 December 2024
|
| India
|
List
|
Rajnath Singh
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
31 May 2019
|
| Indonesia
|
List
|
General (Honorary) Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin
|
Independent
|
21 October 2024
|
| Iran
|
List
|
Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh
|
Independent
|
21 August 2024
|
| Iraq
|
List
|
Thabet Al Abassi
|
|
27 October 2022
|
| Ireland
|
List
|
Helen McEntee
|
Fine Gael
|
18 November 2025
|
| Israel
|
List
|
Israel Katz
|
Likud
|
5 November 2024
|
| Italy
|
List
|
Guido Crosetto
|
Brothers of Italy
|
22 October 2022
|
| Jamaica
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Japan
|
List
|
Shinjirō Koizumi
|
Liberal Democratic Party
|
21 October 2025
|
| Jordan
|
List
|
Bisher Al-Khasawneh[3]
|
|
12 October 2020
|
| Kazakhstan
|
List
|
Ruslan Jaqsylyqov
|
|
19 January 2022
|
| Kenya
|
List
|
Aden Duale
|
|
31 October 2022
|
| Kiribati
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| North Korea
|
List
|
General Kang Sun-nam
|
Workers' Party of Korea
|
1 January 2023
|
| South Korea
|
List
|
Ahn Gyu-back
|
Democratic Party
|
25 July 2025
|
| 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
|
List
|
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (also Prime Minister)
|
Independent
|
15 March 2021
|
| Liechtenstein
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Lithuania
|
List
|
Arvydas Anušauskas
|
Homeland Union
|
11 December 2020
|
| Luxembourg
|
List
|
Yuriko Backes
|
Democratic Party
|
17 November 2023
|
| Madagascar
|
List
|
Josoa Rakotoarijaona
|
|
|
| Malawi
|
|
Chimwemwe Chipungu
|
Independent
|
30 October 2025
|
| 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
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Mauritania
|
|
Hanena Ould Sidi
|
|
7 August 2019
|
| Mauritius
|
|
Navin Ramgoolam (also Prime Minister)
|
Labour Party
|
13 November 2024
|
| Mexico
|
List
|
Luis Cresencio Sandoval
|
|
1 December 2018
|
| Micronesia
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Moldova
|
List
|
Anatolie Nosatîi
|
Independent
|
6 August 2021
|
| Monaco
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| 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
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Nepal
|
List
|
Sushila Karki (also Prime Minister)
|
Independent
|
12 September 2025
|
| 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
|
Vlado Misajlovski
|
VMRO-DPMNE
|
23 June 2024
|
| 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
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Palestine[5] |
|
|
|
|
| Panama
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Papua New Guinea
|
|
Solan Mirisim[6]
|
Pangu Party
|
12 December 2020
|
| Paraguay
|
|
Bernardino Soto
|
|
15 August 2018
|
| Peru
|
List
|
César Díaz Peche
|
Independent
|
14 October 2025
|
| 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
|
Ionuț Moșteanu
|
Save Romania Union
|
23 June 2025
|
| Russia
|
List
|
Andrei Belousov
|
Independent
|
14 May 2024
|
| Rwanda
|
List
|
Juvenal Marizamunda
|
Rwandan Patriotic Front
|
6 June 2023
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Saint Lucia
|
|
Hermangild Francis
|
|
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Samoa
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| San Marino
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| São Tomé and Príncipe
|
List
|
Óscar Sousa
|
3 December 2018
|
|
| Saudi Arabia
|
List
|
Khalid ibn Salman Al Saud
|
|
27 September 2022
|
| Senegal
|
List
|
Sidiki Kaba
|
|
|
| Serbia
|
List
|
Bratislav Gašić
|
Serbian Progressive Party
|
2 May 2024
|
| 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
|
Anura Kumara Dissanayake (also President)
|
National People's Power
|
23 September 2024
|
| Sudan
|
List
|
Yassin Ibrahim Yassin
|
|
2 June 2020
|
| Suriname
|
|
Krishna Mathoera
|
Progressive Reform Party
|
16 July 2020
|
| Eswatini
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Sweden
|
List
|
Pål Jonson
|
Moderate Party
|
18 October 2022
|
| Switzerland
|
List
|
Martin Pfister
|
The Centre
|
1 April 2025
|
| Syria
|
List
|
Major General Murhaf Abu Qasra
|
Independent
|
21 December 2024
|
| Tajikistan
|
List
|
Colonel General Sherali Mirzo
|
|
20 November 2013
|
| Tanzania
|
List
|
Stergomena Tax
|
|
1 September 2023
|
| Thailand
|
List
|
Natthaphon Narkphanit
|
Independent
|
30 June 2025
|
| 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
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Uganda
|
List
|
Vincent Ssempijja
|
|
June 2021
|
| Ukraine
|
List
|
Denys Shmyhal
|
Independent
|
17 July 2025
|
| United Arab Emirates
|
|
Mohammed ibn 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
|
Sandra Lazo
|
Broad Front
|
1 March 2025
|
| Uzbekistan
|
List
|
Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov
|
|
4 September 2017
|
| Vanuatu
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| 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
|