| Minister of National Defence | |
|---|---|
| Ministro da Defesa Nacional (Portuguese) | |
 IncumbentCristóvão Artur Chume since 11 November 2021 | |
| Type | Minister |
| Member of | cabinet |
| Reports to | Prime minister |
| Formation | 1975 |
| First holder | Alberto Chipande |
| Deputy | Deputy minister |
The minister of national defence (Portuguese: Ministro da Defesa Nacional) is the minister responsible for the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces.
List of ministers
| No. | Portrait | Name (born–died) |
Term of office | Political party | Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | 
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Army General Alberto Chipande (born 1939) |
1975 | 1994 | 18–19 years | FRELIMO | ||
| 2 |
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Aguiar Mazula | 1994 | 2000 | 5–6 years | FRELIMO | ||
| 3 |
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Tobias Joaquim Dai (born 1950) |
17 January 2000 | 26 March 2008 | 8 years, 69 days | FRELIMO | ||
| 4 | .jpg)
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Filipe Nyusi (born 1959) |
27 March 2008 | 14 March 2014 | 5 years, 352 days | FRELIMO | ||
| 5 |
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Agostinho Mondlane (born 1959) |
14 March 2014 | 15 January 2015 | 307 days | FRELIMO | ||
| 6 |
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Atanásio Mtumuke [de] (born 1950) |
15 January 2015 | 17 January 2020 | 5 years, 2 days | FRELIMO | ||
| 7 |
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Jaime Bessa Augusto Neto (born 1971) |
17 January 2020 | 11 November 2021 | 1 year, 298 days | FRELIMO | ||
| 8 |
|
Cristóvão Artur Chume | 11 November 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 47 days | FRELIMO | ||
References
- ^ "Galeria de Ministros da Defesa Nacional" (in Portuguese). 15 March 2021. Archived from the original on 23 April 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- Tobias Joaquim Dai at the Centro de Análise Estratégica (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Mozambique: New Ministers Sworn in". allAfrica.com. 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
| Defence ministers of Mozambique | ||
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