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
Abdelmadjid Tebboune (also President )
National Liberation Front
19 December 2019
Andorra
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Angola
João Ernesto dos Santos
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
2020
Antigua and Barbuda
Gaston Browne [ 1] 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
—
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
Czech Republic
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
