Minister of Defence

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cabinet position government office public office

The Minister of Defence is the senior government official responsible for directing national defence policy and overseeing the country’s armed forces.

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All labels observed (77)

Label Occurrences
Minister for Defence 8
Federal Minister of Defence (Germany) 7
Minister for Defence (Australia) 7

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cabinet position ⓘ
government office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
accountableTo parliament ⓘ
public ⓘ
appointedBy head of government ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
canBeKnownAs Minister of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Defence Minister

Minister for Defence ⓘ
United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of Defense
collaboratesWith Chief of Defence Staff ⓘ
Minister of Foreign Affairs ⓘ
military chiefs of staff ⓘ
national security council ⓘ
ensures alignment of military operations with government policy ⓘ
existsIn sovereign state ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver defence budget proposals ⓘ
defence policy guidelines ⓘ
military deployment recommendations ⓘ
hasDomain military affairs ⓘ
national defence ⓘ
national security policy ⓘ
heads United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence
influences defence industrial policy ⓘ
military alliances policy ⓘ
isHeldBy senior government official ⓘ
isPartOf cabinet ⓘ
executive branch of government ⓘ
mayBeMemberOf defence council ⓘ
national security council ⓘ
mayReportTo president ⓘ
prime minister ⓘ
mayRequire parliamentary approval ⓘ
oversees armed forces ⓘ
defence ministry ⓘ
military budget implementation ⓘ
participatesIn cabinet meetings ⓘ
national security decision-making ⓘ
reportsTo head of government ⓘ
responsibleFor civilian control of the military ⓘ
defence international cooperation ⓘ
defence procurement policy ⓘ
directing national defence policy ⓘ
military readiness oversight ⓘ
military strategic planning at the political level ⓘ
subjectTo civilian oversight mechanisms ⓘ
national constitution ⓘ
termDeterminedBy national law ⓘ

Referenced by (162)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belgian Armed Forces → commanderTitle → Minister of Defence ⓘ
David Ben-Gurion → positionHeld → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defense of Israel
Finnish government → includesOffice → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of Finland
Ministry of the Armed Forces of France → portfolioHeldBy → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of the Armed Forces
Konstantin Rokossovsky → positionHeld → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of National Defence of Poland
Yitzhak Rabin → positionHeld → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defense of Israel
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation → positionHeldBy → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation → hasOffice → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation
Military Gendarmerie of Poland → subordinateTo → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of National Defence of Poland
Lin Biao → positionHeld → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China
Harold Macmillan → positionHeld → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of the United Kingdom
Shmyhal Government → hasCabinetPosition → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of Ukraine
Parada Militar de Chile → hasParticipant → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of National Defense of Chile
Ministry of Defence (Norway) → hasOfficeHeldByHeadOfGovernment → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence (Norway)
Ministry of Defence (Norway) → positionHeld → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence (Norway)
Norwegian Armed Forces → commanderTitle → Minister of Defence ⓘ
Minister of Defence of Egypt → nativeLabel → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: وزير الدفاع
Minister of Defence of Egypt → nativeLabel → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: وزير الدفاع والإنتاج الحربي
General Commander of the Branches of the Armed Forces → reportsTo → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of National Defence of Poland
Ministry of Defence (India) → officeHeldBy → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence Minister of India
Ministry of Defence (India) → cabinetMinister → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence Minister of India
Ministry of Defence (India) → ministerialLevelHead → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence Minister of India
Menachem Begin → positionHeld → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defense of Israel
CAF → reportsTo → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of National Defence
A. V. Alexander → positionHeld → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of the United Kingdom
National Defence Act → definesRoleOf → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of National Defence
Belgian Ministry of Defence → hasMinister → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of Belgium
Sirimavo Bandaranaike → positionHeld → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of Sri Lanka
P. W. Botha → positionHeld → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of South Africa
Australian Defence Force → ministerResponsibleTitle → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister for Defence
Hungarian Defence Forces → civilianAuthority → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of Hungary
Armed Forces of New Zealand → ministerResponsible → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence (New Zealand)
Armed Forces of South Africa → subordinateTo → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence and Military Veterans
Armed Forces of Thailand → ministerResponsible → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of Thailand
La Défense → subordinateTo → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of Belgium
Minister of Defence → canBeKnownAs → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence Minister
Slovak Armed Forces → commanderTitle → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic
Marshal of Poland → associatedWithOffice → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of National Defence of Poland
Federal Security Council of Germany → member → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Minister of Defence of Germany
Georgian Armed Forces → subordinateTo → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of Georgia
Ministers of Portugal → includesOffice → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of National Defence of Portugal
Romanian Armed Forces → commanderTitle → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of National Defence
Ludvík Svoboda → positionHeld → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of National Defence of Czechoslovakia
Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) → reportsTo → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of National Defence (Canada)
State Councillor → canBeConcurrentWith → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China
Kim Beazley → heldPosition → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister for Defence of Australia
Frits Bolkestein → positionHeld → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defence of the Netherlands
National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine → memberIncludes → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minister of Defense of Ukraine
Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany) → hasMinisterialPosition → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Minister of Defence (Germany)
Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany) → positionHeldBy → Minister of Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal Minister of Defence (Germany)