| 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 [de] |
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[clarification needed] |
|
 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 |
|
Assimi Goïta |
|
4 May 2026 |
 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 |
Balen Shah (also Prime Minister) |
Rastriya Swatantra Party |
27 March 2026 |
 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 [es] |
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 |
Abkhazia (Republic of Abkhazia)
Kosovo (Republic of Kosovo)
Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)
Sahrawi Republic (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)
Somaliland (Republic of Somaliland)
South Ossetia (Republic of South Ossetia–the State of Alania)
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Transnistria (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic)