A military cabinet is any cabinet composed of members of the military. It may be an advisory body (staff) to a sovereign, head of government or other functionary, such as a minister of war,Stevan K. Pavlowitch, "Yugoslavia in Exile: The London-based Wartime Government, 1941–45", New Perspectives on Yugoslavia: Key Issues and Controversies, edited by Dejan Djokić and James Ker-Lindsay (Routledge, 2011), pp. 100–16. or it may be the executive cabinet of a military government. Military Cabinet (Prussia), the German emperor's privy council concerning army personnel matters

In France, both the prime minister and the minister of defence have their own military cabinets (cabinets militaires). Head of the Prime Minister's military cabinet Head of the Minister of Defence's military cabinet Historically, the rulers of France's colonies, such as the Resident-General in MoroccoMoshe Gershovich, French Military Rule in Morocco: Colonialism and Its Consequences (Frank Cass, 2000). and the Governor-General of Indochina,Eric T. Jennings, Vichy in the Tropics: Petain's National Revolution in Madagascar, Guadeloupe and Indochina, 1940–1944 (Stanford University Press, 2001). had their own military cabinets.

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