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.
List of Defence ministries
- Afghan Defense Ministry
- Ministry of Defense (Armenia)
- Ministry of Defense (Belarus)
- Ministry of Defence (Brazil)
- Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China
- Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China
- Ministry of National Defense (Colombia)
- Ministry of Defense (Croatia)
- Ministry of Defence (Czechoslovakia) (1919-1948)
- Ministry of Defence (France)
- Hellenic Republic Ministry of National Defence
- Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)
- Ministry of Defence of Guatemala
- Ministry of Defence (India)
- Ministry of Defense (Israel)
- Ministry of Defense (Japan)
- Ministry of Defence (Malaysia) (in Malay: Kementerian Pertahanan Malaysia)
- Ministry of Defence (Netherlands)
- Ministry of Defence (New Zealand)
- Norwegian Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Defense (Pakistan)
- Ministry of Defence (Peru)
- Ministry of Defence (Russia)
- Saudi Ministry of Defense and Aviation
- Ministry of Defence (Singapore)
- Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka)
- Ministry of Defense (Somalia)
- Ministry of National Defense (South Korea)
- Ministry of Defence (Soviet Union)
- Ministry of Defence (Sweden)
- Ministry of Defense (Ukraine)
- Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
