| State
|
List
|
Defence minister
|
Political affiliation
|
Assumed office
|
| Afghanistan
|
List
|
Mullah Yaqoob
|
Taliban
|
7 September 2021
|
| Albania
|
List
|
Ermal Nufi
|
Socialist Party
|
26 February 2026
|
| Algeria
|
List
|
Abdelmadjid Tebboune (also President)
|
National Liberation Front
|
19 December 2019
|
| Andorra
|
—N/a
|
| Angola
|
List
|
João Ernesto dos Santos
|
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
|
6 April 2020
|
| Antigua and Barbuda
|
|
Gaston Browne[1] (also Prime Minister)
|
Labour Party
|
13 June 2014
|
| Argentina
|
List
|
Carlos Presti
|
Independent
|
10 December 2025
|
| Armenia
|
List
|
Suren Papikyan
|
Civil Contract
|
15 November 2021
|
| Australia
|
List
|
Richard Marles
|
Labor Party
|
1 June 2022
|
| Austria
|
List
|
Klaudia Tanner
|
People's Party
|
7 January 2020
|
| Azerbaijan
|
List
|
Colonel general Zakir Hasanov
|
New Azerbaijan Party
|
22 October 2013
|
| Bahamas
|
List
|
Wayne Munroe
|
Progressive Liberal Party
|
20 September 2021
|
| Bahrain
|
|
Abdullah bin Hassan Al-Nuaimi
|
|
4 December 2018
|
| Bangladesh
|
List
|
Tarique Rahman (also Prime Minister)
|
Nationalist Party
|
17 February 2026
|
| Barbados
|
|
Mia Mottley (also Prime Minister)
|
Labour Party
|
26 May 2018
|
| Belarus
|
List
|
Lieutenant general Viktor Khrenin
|
Independent
|
20 January 2020
|
| Belgium
|
List
|
Theo Francken
|
New Flemish Alliance
|
3 February 2025
|
| Belize
|
|
Florencio Marin Jr.
|
United Democratic Party
|
13 November 2020
|
| Benin
|
|
Alain Nouatin
|
Independent
|
25 May 2021
|
| Bhutan
|
—N/a
|
| Bolivia
|
|
Raúl Salinas
|
Independent
|
8 November 2025
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
List
|
Zukan Helez
|
Social Democratic Party
|
25 January 2023
|
| Botswana
|
List
|
Moeti Mohwasa
|
Independent
|
15 November 2024
|
| Brazil
|
List
|
José Múcio
|
Democratic Renewal Party
|
1 January 2023
|
| Brunei
|
List
|
Hassanal Bolkiah (also Sultan)
|
|
7 September 1986
|
| Bulgaria
|
List
|
Lieutenant general Atanas Zapryanov
|
Independent
|
9 April 2024
|
| Burkina Faso
|
|
Célestin Simporé
|
|
8 December 2024
|
| Burundi
|
List
|
Marie Chantal Nijimbere[2]
|
|
5 August 2025
|
| Cambodia
|
List
|
General Tea Seiha
|
People's Party
|
22 August 2023
|
| Cameroon
|
List
|
Joseph Beti Assomo
|
People's Democratic Movement
|
2 October 2015
|
| Canada
|
List
|
David McGuinty
|
Liberal Party
|
13 May 2025
|
| Cape Verde
|
|
Luís Filipe Tavares
|
Movement for Democracy
|
22 April 2016
|
| Central African Republic
|
|
Claude Rameaux Bireau
|
|
23 June 2021
|
| Chad
|
|
Dago Yacouba
|
|
21 October 2023
|
| Chile
|
List
|
Adriana Delpiano
|
Party for Democracy
|
10 March 2025
|
| China
|
List
|
Admiral Dong Jun
|
Communist Party
|
29 December 2023
|
| Colombia
|
List
|
Major general Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez
|
Independent
|
3 March 2025
|
| Comoros
|
|
Youssoufa Mohamed Ali
|
|
31 May 2016
|
| Republic of the Congo
|
|
Major general Charles Richard Mondjo
|
|
25 September 2012
|
| Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
List
|
Alexandre Luba Ntambo
|
|
28 April 2012
|
| Costa Rica[nb 1]
|
|
Mario Zamora Cordero
|
|
10 May 2023
|
| Ivory Coast
|
|
Téné Birahima Ouattara
|
Rally of the Republicans
|
8 March 2021
|
| Croatia
|
List
|
Ivan Anušić
|
Democratic Union
|
16 November 2023
|
| Cuba
|
List
|
Corps general Álvaro López Miera
|
Communist Party
|
15 April 2021
|
| Cyprus
|
List
|
Vasilis Palmas
|
|
10 January 2024
|
| Czech Republic
|
List
|
Lieutenant general Jaromír Zůna
|
Independent
|
15 December 2025
|
| Denmark
|
List
|
Troels Lund Poulsen
|
Venstre
|
22 August 2023
|
| Djibouti
|
List
|
Hassan Omar Mohamed
|
|
5 May 2019
|
| Dominica
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Dominican Republic
|
|
Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre
|
|
16 August 2024
|
| East Timor
|
List
|
Pedro Klamar Fuik
|
Independent
|
1 July 2023
|
| Ecuador
|
List
|
Gian Carlo Loffredo Rendón
|
|
23 November 2023
|
| Egypt
|
List
|
General Abdel Mageed Saqr
|
Independent
|
3 July 2024
|
| El Salvador
|
List
|
Admiral René Merino Monroy
|
Independent
|
1 June 2019
|
| Equatorial Guinea
|
List
|
Victoriano Bibang Nsue Okomo
|
|
19 August 2020
|
| Eritrea
|
List
|
General Filipos Woldeyohannes
|
|
19 March 2014
|
| Estonia
|
List
|
Hanno Pevkur
|
Reform Party
|
18 July 2022
|
| Ethiopia
|
List
|
Aisha Mohammed
|
|
20 May 2024
|
| Fiji
|
List
|
Pio Tikoduadua
|
National Federation Party
|
24 December 2022
|
| Finland
|
List
|
Antti Häkkänen
|
National Coalition Party
|
20 June 2023
|
| France
|
List
|
Catherine Vautrin
|
Renaissance
|
12 October 2025
|
| Gabon
|
List
|
Brigitte Onkanowa
|
|
10 September 2023
|
| Gambia
|
|
Major Sheikh Omar Faye
|
Independent
|
22 August 2019
|
| Georgia
|
List
|
Irakli Chikovani
|
Georgian Dream
|
8 February 2024
|
| Germany
|
List
|
Boris Pistorius
|
Social Democratic Party
|
19 January 2023
|
| Ghana
|
List
|
Cassiel Ato Baah Forson (acting)
|
National Democratic Congress
|
6 August 2025
|
| Greece
|
List
|
Nikos Dendias
|
New Democracy
|
27 June 2023
|
| Grenada
|
|
Dickon Mitchell (also Prime Minister)
|
National Democratic Congress
|
24 June 2022
|
| Guatemala
|
List
|
Brigadier general Henry Saenz Ramos
|
Independent
|
15 January 2024
|
| Guinea
|
|
Aboubacar Sidiki Camara
|
|
21 October 2021
|
| Guinea-Bissau
|
|
Stive Lassana Manssaly
|
|
29 November 2025
|
| Guyana
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Haiti
|
List
|
Jean Michel Moïse
|
|
19 November 2024
|
| Holy See
|
|
|
|
|
| Honduras
|
|
Roosevelt Hernández Aguilar
|
|
18 December 2025
|
| 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
|
Honorary general Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin
|
Independent
|
21 October 2024
|
| Iran
|
List
|
Majid Ebn-e-Reza (acting)
|
|
28 February 2026
|
| Iraq
|
List
|
Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani (acting) (also Prime Minister)
|
Independent
|
2 March 2026
|
| Ireland
|
List
|
Helen McEntee
|
Fine Gael
|
18 November 2025
|
| Israel
|
List
|
Captain Israel Katz
|
Likud
|
5 November 2024
|
| Italy
|
List
|
Guido Crosetto
|
Brothers of Italy
|
22 October 2022
|
| Jamaica
|
|
Andrew Holness (also Prime Minister)
|
Labour Party
|
3 March 2016
|
| Japan
|
List
|
Shinjirō Koizumi
|
Liberal Democratic Party
|
21 October 2025
|
| Jordan
|
List
|
Jafar Hassan (also Prime Minister)
|
|
15 September 2024
|
| Kazakhstan
|
List
|
Lieutenant general Däuren Qosanov
|
|
8 June 2025
|
| Kenya
|
List
|
Soipan Tuya
|
|
8 August 2024
|
| Kiribati
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| North Korea
|
List
|
General No Kwang-chol
|
Workers' Party
|
8 October 2024
|
| South Korea
|
List
|
Ahn Gyu-back
|
Democratic Party
|
25 July 2025
|
| Kuwait
|
List
|
Abdullah Ali Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
|
|
4 February 2025
|
| Kyrgyzstan
|
List
|
Ruslan Mukambetov
|
|
22 May 2025
|
| Laos
|
List
|
Chansamone Chanyalath
|
People's Revolutionary Party
|
20 April 2016
|
| Latvia
|
List
|
Andris Sprūds
|
The Progressives
|
15 September 2023
|
| Lebanon
|
List
|
Major general Michel Menassa
|
Independent
|
8 February 2025
|
| Lesotho
|
|
Sam Matekane (also Prime Minister)
|
Revolution for Prosperity
|
28 October 2022
|
| Liberia
|
List
|
Geraldine George
|
|
13 February 2024
|
| Libya
|
List
|
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (also Prime Minister)
|
Independent
|
15 March 2021
|
| Liechtenstein
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Lithuania
|
List
|
Robertas Kaunas
|
Social Democratic Party
|
11 November 2025
|
| Luxembourg
|
List
|
Yuriko Backes
|
Democratic Party
|
17 November 2023
|
| Madagascar
|
List
|
Maminirina Ely Razafitombo
|
|
28 October 2025
|
| Malawi
|
|
Chimwemwe Chipungu
|
Independent
|
30 October 2025
|
| Malaysia
|
List
|
Mohamed Khaled Nordin
|
Barisan Nasional
|
12 December 2023
|
| Maldives
|
List
|
Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon
|
|
17 November 2023
|
| Mali
|
|
General Sadio Camara
|
|
11 June 2021
|
| Malta
|
|
Byron Camilleri
|
Labor Party
|
15 January 2020
|
| Marshall Islands
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Mauritania
|
|
Hanena Ould Sidi
|
|
9 August 2019
|
| Mauritius
|
|
Navin Ramgoolam (also Prime Minister)
|
Labour Party
|
13 November 2024
|
| Mexico
|
List
|
Division general Ricardo Trevilla Trejo
|
|
1 October 2024
|
| Micronesia
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Moldova
|
List
|
Colonel Anatolie Nosatîi
|
Independent
|
6 August 2021
|
| Monaco
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Mongolia
|
List
|
Dambyn Batlut
|
People's Party
|
18 June 2025
|
| Montenegro
|
List
|
Dragan Krapović
|
Democratic Montenegro
|
31 October 2023
|
| Morocco
|
|
Abdellatif Loudiyi
|
|
2 December 2010
|
| Mozambique
|
List
|
Major general Cristóvão Artur Chume
|
FRELIMO
|
11 November 2021
|
| Myanmar
|
List
|
General Maung Maung Aye
|
|
18 December 2024
|
| Namibia
|
List
|
Frans Kapofi
|
SWAPO
|
22 April 2021
|
| Nauru
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Nepal
|
List
|
Sushila Karki (also Interim Prime Minister)
|
Independent
|
12 September 2025
|
| Netherlands
|
List
|
Dilan Yeşilgöz[3]
|
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
|
23 February 2026
|
| New Zealand
|
List
|
Judith Collins
|
National Party
|
27 November 2023
|
| Nicaragua
|
|
Captain Rosa Adelina Barahona Castro
|
Sandinista National Liberation Front
|
19 August 2019
|
| Niger
|
|
General Salifou Modi
|
|
28 July 2023
|
| Nigeria
|
List
|
General Christopher Gwabin Musa
|
|
4 December 2025
|
| North Macedonia
|
List
|
Vlado Misajlovski
|
VMRO-DPMNE
|
23 June 2024
|
| Norway
|
List
|
Tore Onshuus Sandvik
|
Labour Party
|
4 February 2025
|
| Oman
|
List
|
Haitham bin Tariq (also Sultan)
|
|
11 January 2020
|
| Pakistan
|
List
|
Khawaja Asif
|
Muslim League (N)
|
19 April 2022
|
| Palau
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Palestine[4] |
|
|
|
| Panama
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Papua New Guinea
|
|
Billy Joseph
|
Social Democratic Party
|
19 January 2024
|
| Paraguay
|
|
General Bernardino Soto Estigarribia
|
|
15 August 2018
|
| Peru
|
List
|
César Díaz Peche
|
Independent
|
14 October 2025
|
| Philippines
|
List
|
Colonel Gilbert Teodoro
|
People's Reform Party
|
5 June 2023
|
| Poland
|
List
|
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
|
People's Party
|
13 December 2023
|
| Portugal
|
List
|
Nuno Melo
|
CDS – People's Party
|
2 April 2024
|
| Qatar
|
|
Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
|
|
12 November 2024
|
| Romania
|
List
|
Radu-Dinel Miruță
|
Save Romania Union
|
23 December 2025
|
| Russia
|
List
|
Andrey Belousov
|
Independent
|
14 May 2024
|
| Rwanda
|
List
|
Brigadier general Juvenal Marizamunda
|
Patriotic Front
|
6 June 2023
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Saint Lucia
|
|
Philip J. Pierre (also Prime Minister)
|
|
28 July 2021
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Samoa
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| San Marino
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| São Tomé and Príncipe
|
List
|
Jorge Amado
|
|
11 November 2022
|
| Saudi Arabia
|
List
|
Khalid bin Salman
|
|
27 September 2022
|
| Senegal
|
List
|
General Birame Diop
|
|
5 April 2024
|
| Serbia
|
List
|
Bratislav Gašić
|
Progressive Party
|
2 May 2024
|
| Seychelles
|
|
Patrick Herminie (also President)
|
Linyon Demokratik Seselwa
|
26 October 2025
|
| Sierra Leone
|
List
|
Major Alfred Paolo Conteh
|
All People's Congress
|
26 October 2007
|
| Singapore
|
List
|
Major general Chan Chun Sing
|
People's Action Party
|
23 May 2025
|
| Slovakia
|
List
|
Robert Kaliňák
|
Direction – Social Democracy
|
25 October 2023
|
| Slovenia
|
List
|
Borut Sajovic
|
Freedom Movement
|
7 October 2024
|
| Solomon Islands
|
|
Christopher Laore
|
Independent
|
22 October 2012
|
| Somalia
|
List
|
Ahmed Moalim Fiqi
|
Union for Peace and Development Party
|
25 August 2022
|
| South Africa
|
List
|
Angie Motshekga
|
African National Congress
|
3 July 2024
|
| South Sudan
|
List
|
General Chol Thon Balok
|
|
29 March 2023
|
| 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
|
Hassan Daoud Kayan
|
|
28 June 2025
|
| Suriname
|
|
Krishna Mathoera
|
Progressive Reform Party
|
16 July 2020
|
| Eswatini
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Sweden
|
List
|
Pål Jonson
|
Moderate Party
|
18 October 2022
|
| Switzerland
|
List
|
Colonel Martin Pfister
|
The Centre
|
1 April 2025
|
| Syria
|
List
|
Major general Murhaf Abu Qasra
|
Independent
|
21 December 2024
|
| Tajikistan
|
List
|
Lieutenant general Emomali Sobirzoda
|
|
23 January 2025
|
| Tanzania
|
List
|
Rhimo Simeon Nyansaho
|
|
17 November 2025
|
| Thailand
|
List
|
General Natthaphon Narkphanit
|
Independent
|
30 June 2025
|
| Togo
|
|
Faure Gnassingbé (also President of the Council of Ministers)
|
Union for the Republic
|
3 May 2025
|
| Tonga
|
|
Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala (also Crown Prince)
|
|
31 December 2025
|
| Trinidad and Tobago
|
|
Wayne Sturge
|
|
3 May 2025
|
| Tunisia
|
List
|
Khaled Sehili
|
Independent
|
25 August 2024
|
| Turkey
|
List
|
General Yaşar Güler
|
Independent
|
4 June 2023
|
| Turkmenistan
|
List
|
Lieutenant general Begenç Gündogdyýew
|
Democratic Party
|
14 June 2018
|
| Tuvalu
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Uganda
|
List
|
Jacob Oboth-Oboth
|
|
4 April 2024
|
| Ukraine
|
List
|
Mykhailo Fedorov
|
Independent
|
14 January 2026
|
| United Arab Emirates
|
|
Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum
|
|
14 July 2024
|
| United Kingdom
|
List
|
John Healey
|
Labour Party
|
5 July 2024
|
| United States
|
List
|
Major Pete Hegseth
|
Republican
|
25 January 2025
|
| Uruguay
|
List
|
Sandra Lazo
|
Broad Front
|
1 March 2025
|
| Uzbekistan
|
List
|
Major general Shukhrat Kholmukhamedov
|
|
23 November 2024
|
| Vanuatu
|
|
—N/a
|
|
| Venezuela
|
List
|
General-in-chief Vladimir Padrino López
|
United Socialist Party
|
24 October 2014
|
| Vietnam
|
List
|
General Phan Văn Giang
|
Communist Party
|
8 April 2021
|
| Yemen
|
List
|
Lieutenant general Taher al-Aqili
|
|
6 February 2026
|
| Zambia
|
List
|
Ambrose Lufuma
|
United Party for National Development
|
8 September 2021
|
| Zimbabwe
|
List
|
Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri
|
African National Union – Patriotic Front
|
7 September 2018
|