List of current defence ministers

This is a list of defence ministers, showing the defence ministers of incumbent heads of government.

States recognised by the United Nations

State	Defence minister	Party
Afghanistan	Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai (acting)
Albania	Mimi Kodheli
Algeria	Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Andorra	N/A
Angola	Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco
Antigua and Barbuda	N/A
Argentina	Agustín Rossi	Front for Victory
Armenia	Seyran Ohanyan	Independent
Australia	Marise Payne	Liberal Party of Australia
Austria	Gerald Klug	Independent
Azerbaijan	Colonel General Zakir Hasanov
Bahamas	N/A
Bahrain	Muhammad bin Abdallah Al Khalifa
Bangladesh	Sheikh Hasina
Barbados	Freundel Stuart
Belarus	Andrei Ravkov
Belgium
Belize	John Birchman Saldivar
Benin	Denis Ali Yerima
Bhutan	N/A
Bolivia	Ruben Aldo Saavedra Soto
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Zekerijah Osmic
Botswana	Dikgakgamatso Ndelu Seretse
Brazil	Aldo Rebelo
Brunei	Hassanal Bolkiah
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso	Roch Marc Christian Kaboré	People's Movement for Progress
Burundi	Major General Pontien Gaciyubwenge
Cambodia	General Tea Banh	Cambodian People's Party
Cameroon	Joseph Beti Assomo
Canada	Rob Nicholson	Conservative Party
Cape Verde	Jorge Tolentino
Central African Republic	General Thomas Theophile Tchimangoa
Chad	Bichara Issa Djadallah
Chile	Jorge Burgos Varela
China	General Chang Wanquan
Colombia	Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno
Comoros	N/A
Republic of the Congo	Charles Mondjo
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Alexandre Luba Ntambo
Costa Rica	N/A
Ivory Coast	Alassane Ouattara
Croatia	Ante Kotromanović
Cuba	Corps General Leopoldo Cintra Frias
Cyprus	Christoforos Fokaidis
Czech Republic	Martin Stropnicky
Denmark	Nicolai Wammen	Social Democrats
Djibouti	Hassan Darar Houffaneh
Dominica	N/A
Dominican Republic	Sigfrido Aramis Pared Perez
East Timor	Cirilo Jose Cristovao
Ecuador	Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces
Egypt	Colonel General Sedki Sobhi	Independent
El Salvador	David Munguia Payes
Equatorial Guinea	Nicolas Obama Nchama
Eritrea	Sebhat Ephrem
Estonia	Sven Mikser
Ethiopia	Siraj Fegessa Shereffa
Fiji	Joketani Cokanasiga
Finland	Carl Haglund
France	Jean-Yves Le Drian	Socialist Party
Gabon	Ernest Mpouho Epigat
Gambia	Yahya Jammeh
Georgia	Irakli Alasania
Germany	Ursula Von Der Leyen
Ghana	Mark Owen Woyongo
Greece	Dimitris Avramopoulos	New Democracy
Grenada	Keith Mitchell
Guatemala	Manuel Lopez Ambrosio
Guinea	Alpha Conde
Guinea-Bissau	Cadi Mane
Guyana	N/A
Haiti	Jean Rodolphe Joazile
Holy See	N/A
Honduras	Samuel Reyes	National Party
Hungary	Csaba Hende	Fidesz
Iceland	N/A
India	Manohar Parrikar	Bharatiya Janata Party
Indonesia	Ryamizard Ryacudu
Iran	Hossein Dehghan
Iraq	Khaled al-Obaidi
Ireland	Alan Shatter	Fine Gael
Israel	Moshe Ya'alon
Italy	Roberta Pinotti	Democratic Party
Jamaica	N/A
Japan	Akinori Eto
Jordan	Abdullah Nsour
Kazakhstan	Imangali Tasmagambetov
Kenya	Raychelle Omamo
Kiribati	N/A
Kuwait	Khalid al-Jarrah al-Sabah
Kyrgyzstan	Major General Abibilla Kudayberdiev
Laos	Sengnouan Xayalath
Latvia
Lebanon	Samir Moqbil
Lesotho	Tom Thabane
Liberia	Brownie Samukai
Libya	Abdullah al-Thani (Disputed)
Liechtenstein	N/A
Lithuania	Juozas Olekas
Luxembourg	Etienne Schneider	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
Macedonia	Zoran Jolevski	VMRO-DPMNE
Madagascar	General Dominique Jean Oliver Rakotozafy
Malawi	Arthur Mutharika
Malaysia	Hishammuddin Hussein	Barisan Nasional–United Malays National Organisation
Maldives	Adam Shareef
Mali	Ba N'dao
Malta	Emmanuel Mallia
Marshall Islands	N/A
Mauritania	Diallo Amadou Bathia
Mauritius	Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam
Mexico	General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda
Micronesia	N/A
Moldova	Valeriu Troenco
Monaco	N/A
Mongolia	Dashdemberal Bat-Erdene
Montenegro	Milica Pejanovic-Djurisic
Morocco	Abdellatif Loudiyi
Mozambique	Agostinho Salvador Mondlane
Myanmar	Lieutenant General Wai Lwin
Namibia	Nahas Angula
Nauru	N/A
Nepal	Khil Raj Regmi
Netherlands	Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert	People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
New Zealand
Nicaragua	Martha Elena Ruiz Sevilla
Niger	Karidjo Mahamadou	Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism
Nigeria	Bello Mohammed
North Korea	Jang Jong Nam
Norway	Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide	Conservative Party of Norway
Oman	Qaboos bin Said Al Said
Pakistan	Khawaja Muhammad Asif
Palau	N/A
Palestine	N/A
Panama	N/A
Papua New Guinea	Dr. Fabian Pok
Paraguay	Bernardino Soto
Peru	Peter Cateriano Bellido
Philippines	Voltaire Gazmin
Poland	Tomasz Siemoniak	Civic Platform
Portugal	José Pedro Aguiar-Branco
Qatar	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Romania	Mircea Dusa
Russia	Sergey Shoigu
Rwanda	General James Kabarebe
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	Salman bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud
Senegal	Augustin Tine
Serbia	Bratislav Gasic
Seychelles	James Alix Michel
Sierra Leone	Alfred Palo Conteh
Singapore	Dr. Ng Eng Hen	People's Action Party
Slovakia	Martin Glvac	Direction - Social Democracy
Slovenia
Solomon Islands	Christopher Laore
Somalia	Mohamed Sheikh Hassan Hamud
South Africa	Nosiviwe Noluthando Mapisa-Nqakula	African National Congress
South Korea	Han Min-koo
South Sudan	Kuol Manyang Juuk	Sudan People's Liberation Movement-Juba
Spain	Pedro Morenes Eulate
Sri Lanka	Mahinda Rajapaksa
Sudan	General Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein
Suriname	Lamure Latour
Swaziland	N/A
Sweden
Switzerland	Ueli Maurer	Swiss People's Party
Syria	Lieutenant General Fahd Jassem al-Freij	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Tajikistan	Lieutenant General Sherali Mirzo
Tanzania	Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi	Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Thailand	-
Togo	N/A
Trinidad and Tobago	N/A
Tunisia	Ghazi Jeribi
Turkey	İsmet Yılmaz	Justice and Development Party
Turkmenistan	Begenc Gundogdyyew
Tuvalu	N/A
Uganda	Crispus Kiyonga
Ukraine	Colonel General Valeriy Heletey
United Arab Emirates	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
United Kingdom	The Rt Hon. Michael Fallon	Conservative Party
United States	Ashton Carter	Democratic
Uruguay	Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro
Uzbekistan	Qobul Berdiyev
Vanuatu	N/A
Venezuela	Admiral Carmen Teresa Melendez Rivas
Vietnam	Lieutenant General Phung Quang Thanh, Sr.
Yemen
Zambia	Edgar Lungu
Zimbabwe	Sydney Tigere Sekeramayi

States recognised by at least one United Nations member

State	Defence Minister	Party
Abkhazia	Mirab Kishmaria
Kosovo	Agim Ceku
Northern Cyprus	N/A
Taiwan	Yen Ming
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Mohamed Lamine El Bouhali
South Ossetia	Valery Yakhnovets

States not recognised by any United Nations members

State	Defence Minister	Party
Nagorno-Karabakh	Movses Hakobyan
Somaliland	Ahmed Haji Abdi Adami
Transnistria	Alexander Lukyanenko

See also

• List of heads of state by diplomatic precedence
• List of current foreign ministers
• List of First Spouses
• List of current finance ministers
• List of current interior ministers
• List of current presidents of assembly
• List of current Vice Presidents
• Lists of office-holders
• List of current state leaders by date of assumption of office
• List of current heads of government by time in office
• List of state leaders by year
• List of state leaders in 2011
• Lists of state leaders
• List of current Permanent Representatives to the United Nations