Ministry of Defence

In states where the government is divided into ministries, the Ministry of Defence (or Ministry of Defense) may refer to that part of the government responsible for matters of defence, usually including all branches of the military and is usually controlled by a Defence Minister or Minister of Defence.


 * Ministry of Defence (Afghanistan)
 * Ministry of Defence (Albania)
 * Ministry of Defense (Argentina)
 * Ministry of Defence (Armenia)
 * Ministry of Defense (Azerbaijan)
 * Ministry of Defence (Belarus)
 * Ministry of Defence (Belgium)
 * Ministry of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina
 * Ministry of Defence (Brazil)
 * Ministry of Defence (Bulgaria)
 * Ministry of National Defence, Cambodia
 * Ministry of National Defense (Chile)
 * Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China
 * Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)
 * Ministry of National Defence (Colombia)
 * Ministry of Defence (Croatia)
 * Ministry of Defence (Czech Republic)
 * Ministry of Defence (Denmark)
 * Ministry of National Defence (Ecuador)
 * Ministry of Defence (Estonia)
 * Ministry of Defense (Ethiopia)
 * Ministry of Defence (Finland)
 * Ministry of Defence (France)
 * Ministry of National Defence (Greece)
 * Ministry of National Defence (East Germany)
 * Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)
 * Ministry of Defence (Guatemala)
 * Ministry of Defence (India)
 * Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran)
 * Ministry of Defence (Iraq)
 * Ministry of Defense (Israel)
 * Ministry of Defence (Italy)
 * Ministry of Defense (Japan)
 * Ministry of Defence (Latvia)
 * Ministry of National Defense (Lebanon)
 * Ministry of National Defense (Liberia)
 * Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Lithuania
 * Ministry of Defence (Montenegro)
 * Minister of Defence (Namibia)
 * Ministry of Defence (Nepal)
 * Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)
 * Ministry of Defence (New Zealand)
 * Ministry of Defence (Nigeria)
 * Ministry of People's Armed Forces
 * Ministry of Defence (Norway)
 * Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)
 * Ministry of Defence (Peru)
 * Department of National Defense (Philippines)
 * Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland
 * Ministry of National Defence (Portugal)
 * Ministry of Defence (Romania)
 * Ministry of Defence (Russia)
 * Ministry of Defence (Rwanda)
 * Ministry of National Defence (São Tomé and Príncipe)
 * Ministry of Defence and Aviation (Saudi Arabia)
 * Ministry of Defence (Serbia)
 * Ministry of Defence (Slovenia)
 * Ministry of Defence (Singapore)
 * Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka)
 * Ministry of Defence (Somalia)
 * Ministry of National Defense (Republic of Korea)
 * Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union
 * Ministry of Defence (Spain)
 * Ministry of Defence (Sweden)
 * Ministry of Defence (Syria)
 * Ministry of National Defence (Turkey)
 * Ministry of National Defence (Tunisia)
 * Ministry of Defence (Thailand)
 * Ministry of Defence (Ukraine)
 * Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), since 1964
 * Ministry of Defence (1947–1964), previous arrangement in the UK
 * Ministry of Defence (Vietnam)
 * Yugoslav Ministry of Defence
 * Ministry of Defence (Zimbabwe)
 * United States Department of Defense