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 |
List |
Abdelmadjid Tebboune (also President) |
National Liberation Front |
19 December 2019 |
Andorra |
— |
Angola |
List |
João Ernesto dos Santos |
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola |
2020 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
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Gaston Browne[1] (also Prime Minister) |
Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party |
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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 |
List |
Wayne Munroe |
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2021 |
Bahrain |
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Major-General Abdullah bin Hassan Al-Nuaimi |
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4 December 2018 |
Bangladesh |
List |
(Vacant) |
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5 August 2024[2] |
Barbados |
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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 |
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Florencio Marin, Jr. |
United Democratic Party |
13 November 2020 |
Benin |
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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 |
Democratic Renewal Party |
1 January 2023 |
Brunei |
List |
Hassanal Bolkiah (also Sultan) |
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7 September 1986 |
Bulgaria |
List |
Atanas Zapryanov |
Independent |
9 April 2024 |
Burkina Faso |
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Kassoum Coulibaly |
People's Movement for Progress |
30 September 2022 |
Burundi |
List |
Alain Tribert Mutabazi |
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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 |
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Luís Filipe Tavares |
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22 April 2016 |
Central African Republic |
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Claude Rameaux Bireau |
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2022 |
Chad |
|
Daoud Tchari |
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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 |
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Republic of the Congo |
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Charles Mondjo |
|
25 September 2012 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
List |
Alexandre Luba Ntambo |
|
28 April 2012 |
Costa Rica[nb 1] |
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Michael Soto Rojas |
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9 May 2018 |
Ivory Coast |
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Patrick Achi (acting) |
Rally of the Republicans |
8 March 2021 |
Croatia |
List |
Ivan Anušić |
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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 |
List |
Hassan Darar Houffaneh |
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Dominica |
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— |
Dominican Republic |
|
Luciano Díaz Morfa |
|
16 August 2020 |
East Timor |
List |
Pedro Klamar Fuik [de] |
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 |
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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 |
Sébastien Lecornu |
La République En Marche! |
20 May 2022 |
Gabon |
List |
Ernest Mpouho Epigat |
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Gambia |
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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 |
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27 June 2023 |
Grenada |
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Dickon Mitchell (also Prime Minister) |
National Democratic Congress |
24 June 2022 |
Guatemala |
List |
Henry Saenz Ramos |
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Guinea |
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Aboubacar Sidiki Camara |
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20 August 2022 |
Guinea-Bissau |
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Sandji Fati |
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Guyana |
|
—[clarification needed] |
Haiti |
List |
Jean W.Dorneval |
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Holy See |
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Honduras |
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José Manuel Zelaya Rosales [es] |
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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 Aziz Nasirzadeh |
|
21 August 2024 |
Iraq |
List |
Thabet Al Abassi |
|
27 October 2022 |
Ireland |
List |
Simon Harris (also Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade) |
Fine Gael |
23 January 2025 |
Israel |
List |
Israel Katz |
Likud |
5 November 2024 |
Italy |
List |
Guido Crosetto |
Brothers of Italy |
22 October 2022 |
Jamaica |
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— |
Japan |
List |
Gen Nakatani |
Liberal Democratic Party |
1 October 2024 |
Jordan |
List |
Bisher Al-Khasawneh[3] |
|
12 October 2020 |
Kazakhstan |
List |
Ruslan Jaqsylyqov |
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19 January 2022 |
Kenya |
List |
Aden Duale |
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31 October 2022 |
Kiribati |
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— |
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 |
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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 |
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Sam Matekane |
Revolution for Prosperity |
November 2023 |
Liberia |
List |
Rt. Gen. Geraldine Janet George |
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Libya |
List |
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (also Prime Minister) |
Independent |
15 March 2021 |
Liechtenstein |
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— |
Lithuania |
List |
Arvydas Anušauskas |
Homeland Union |
11 December 2020 |
Luxembourg |
List |
Yuriko Backes |
Democratic Party |
17 November 2023 |
Madagascar |
List |
Josoa Rakotoarijaona |
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Malawi |
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Harry Mkandawire |
Malawi Congress Party |
31 January 2023 |
Malaysia |
List |
Mohamed Khaled Nordin |
Barisan Nasional (United Malays National Organisation) |
12 December 2023 |
Maldives |
List |
Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon |
Unknown |
17 November 2023 |
Mali |
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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 |
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 |
|
— |
Nepal |
List |
Manbir Rai |
CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) |
15 July 2024 |
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 |
|
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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 |
List |
Shihab bin Tariq Al Said |
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19 August 2020 |
Pakistan |
List |
Khawaja Muhammad Asif |
Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
19 April 2022 |
Palau |
|
— |
Palestine[5] | | | | |
Panama |
|
— |
Papua New Guinea |
|
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 |
List |
Juvenal Marizamunda |
Rwandan Patriotic Front |
6 June 2023 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
|
— |
Saint Lucia |
|
Hermangild Francis |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
|
— |
Samoa |
|
— |
San Marino |
|
— |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
List |
Óscar Sousa |
3 December 2018 |
Saudi Arabia |
List |
Khalid Bin Salman |
|
27 September 2022 |
Senegal |
List |
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 |
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[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 |
List |
Yassin Ibrahim Yassin |
|
2 June 2020 |
Suriname |
|
Krishna Mathoera |
Progressive Reform Party |
16 July 2020 |
Eswatini |
|
— |
Sweden |
List |
Pål Jonson |
Moderate Party |
18 October 2022 |
Switzerland |
List |
Martin Pfister |
The Centre |
1 April 2025 |
Syria |
List |
Lieutenant general Ali Mahmoud Abbas |
Ba'ath Party |
28 April 2022 |
Tajikistan |
List |
Colonel General Sherali Mirzo |
|
20 November 2013 |
Tanzania |
List |
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 |
Tonga |
|
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Trinidad and Tobago |
|
Fitzgerald Hinds |
|
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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 |
List |
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 |
Pete Hegseth |
Republican |
25 January 2025 |
Uruguay |
List |
Javier García Duchini |
National Party |
1 March 2020 |
Uzbekistan |
List |
Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov |
|
4 September 2017 |
Vanuatu |
|
— |
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 |