State
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List
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Defense minister
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Political affiliation
|
Assumed office
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Afghanistan
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List
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Mullah Yaqoob (acting)
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Taliban
|
7 September 2021
|
Albania
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List
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Niko Peleshi
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Socialist Party of Albania
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31 December 2020
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Algeria
|
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Abdelmadjid Tebboune (also President)
|
National Liberation Front
|
19 December 2019
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Andorra
|
—
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Angola
|
|
João Ernesto dos Santos
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Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola
|
2020
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Antigua and Barbuda
|
|
Gaston Browne[1] (also Prime Minister)
|
Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party
|
|
Argentina
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List
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Luis Petri
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Radical Civic Union
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10 December 2023
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Armenia
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List
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Suren Papikyan
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Civil Contract
|
15 November 2021
|
Australia
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List
|
Richard Marles
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Labor Party of Australia
|
1 June 2022
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Austria
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List
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Klaudia Tanner
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Austrian People's Party
|
7 January 2020
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Azerbaijan
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List
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Colonel General Zakir Hasanov
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New Azerbaijan Party
|
22 October 2013
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Bahamas
|
—
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Bahrain
|
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Major-General Abdullah bin Hassan Al-Nuaimi
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|
4 December 2018
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Bangladesh
|
|
Sheikh Hasina
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Bangladesh Awami League
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6 January 2009
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Barbados
|
|
Mia Mottley
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Barbados Labour Party
|
26 May 2018
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Belarus
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List
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Viktor Khrenin
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Independent
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20 January 2020
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Belgium
|
List
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Ludivine Dedonder
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Socialist Party
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1 October 2020
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Belize
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|
Florencio Marin, Jr.
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United Democratic Party
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13 November 2020
|
Benin
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|
Alain Nouatin
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Independent
|
25 May 2021
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Bhutan
|
—
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Bolivia
|
|
Edmundo Novillo
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Movement for Socialism
|
9 November 2020
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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List
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Zukan Helez
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Social Democratic Party
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25 January 2023
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Botswana
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List
|
Shaw Kgathi
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Botswana Democratic Party
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31 October 2014
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Brazil
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List
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José Múcio
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Brasilian Labour Party
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1 January 2023
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Brunei
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|
Hassanal Bolkiah (also Sultan)
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|
7 September 1986
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Bulgaria
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List
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Atanas Zapryanov
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Independent
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9 April 2024
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Burkina Faso
|
|
Kassoum Coulibaly
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People's Movement for Progress
|
30 September 2022
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Burundi
|
|
Alain Tribert Mutabazi
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June 2020
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Cambodia
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List
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General Tea Seiha
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Cambodian People's Party
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22 August 2023
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Cameroon
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|
Joseph Beti Assomo
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Cameroon People's Democratic Movement
|
2 October 2015
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Canada
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List
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Bill Blair
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Liberal Party of Canada
|
26 July 2023
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Cape Verde
|
|
Luís Filipe Tavares
|
|
22 April 2016
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Central African Republic
|
Minister of the National Defense, Veterans, War Victims and Restructuring of the Army
|
Claude Rameaux Bireau
|
|
2022
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Chad
|
|
Daoud Tchari
|
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Chile
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List
|
Maya Fernández
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Socialist Party of Chile
|
11 March 2022
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China
|
List
|
Dong Jun
|
Chinese Communist Party
|
29 December 2023
|
Colombia
|
List
|
Iván Velásquez Gómez
|
Independent
|
7 August 2022
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Comoros
|
|
—
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Republic of the Congo
|
|
Charles Mondjo
|
|
25 September 2012
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
|
Alexandre Luba Ntambo
|
|
28 April 2012
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Costa Rica[nb 1]
|
|
Michael Soto Rojas
|
|
9 May 2018
|
Ivory Coast
|
|
Patrick Achi (acting)
|
Rally of the Republicans
|
8 March 2021
|
Croatia
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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
|
Czechia
|
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
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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
|
Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos
|
|
9 July 2019
|
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
|
Minoru Kihara
|
Liberal Democratic Party
|
September 2023
|
Jordan
|
|
Bisher Al-Khasawneh[2]
|
|
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
|
|
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[3]
|
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[4] |
|
|
|
|
Panama
|
|
—
|
Papua New Guinea
|
Minister for Defence
|
Solan Mirisim[5]
|
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
|
Sutin Klungsang
|
Pheu Thai Party
|
1 September 2023
|
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
|