The minister of national defence () is the minister responsible for the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces.

List of ministers Portrait Name Term of office Political party Took office Left office Time in office 1 Army GeneralAlberto Chipande 1975 1994 years FRELIMO 2 Aguiar Mazula 1994 2000 years FRELIMO 3 Tobias Joaquim Dai 17 January 2000 26 March 2008 FRELIMO Tobias Joaquim Dai at the Centro de Análise Estratégica 4 Filipe Nyusi 27 March 2008 14 March 2014 FRELIMO 5 Agostinho Mondlane 14 March 2014 15 January 2015 FRELIMO 6 15 January 2015 17 January 2020 FRELIMO 7 Jaime Bessa Augusto Neto 17 January 2020 11 November 2021 FRELIMO 8 Cristóvão Artur Chume 11 November 2021 Incumbent FRELIMO

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