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((short description|Federal ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany))
((More citations needed|date=May 2016))
((Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Federal Ministry of Defence
| nativename      = ''Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (BMVg)''
| logo            = 
| logo_width      = 
| seal            = DEgov-BMVg-Logo en.svg
| seal_width      = 260 px
| picture         = Bundesministerium der Verteidigung.JPG
| picture_width   = 200px
| picture_caption = Entrance to the [[Hardthöhe]], Bonn
| formed          = 1919<sup>1</sup>/1955<sup>2</sup>
| headquarters    = [[Hardthöhe]], [[Bonn]], [[Germany]]
| coordinates     = ((coord|50|41|57|N|7|2|25|E|region:DE|display=title,inline))
| jurisdiction    = [[Cabinet of Germany]]
| employees       = 
| budget          = [[Euro|€]]53 billion (2021)<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.bundeshaushalt.de/#/2021/soll/ausgaben/einzelplan/14.html|title=Bundeshaushalt|website=www.bundeshaushalt.de|access-date=7 May 2021))</ref>
| minister1_name  = [[Boris Pistorius]]
| minister1_pfo   = [[List of German defence ministers|Federal Minister of Defence]]
| chief1_name     = [[Siemtje Möller]]<ref name="bmvg.de">((cite web|url=https://www.bmvg.de/de/ministerium/staatssekretaere|title=Bundesministerium der Verteidigung|website=www.bmvg.de|date=2 June 2023 ))</ref>
| chief1_position = Parliamentary Secretary of State
| chief2_name     = [[Thomas Hitschler]]<ref name="bmvg.de"/>
| chief2_position = Parliamentary Secretary of State
| website         = http://www.bmvg.de
| footnotes       = '''1''': As the [[Ministry of the Reichswehr]], succeeding the [[Prussian Minister of War|Ministry of War of Prussia]], the [[Ministry of War of Saxony]], the [[Ministry of War of Bavaria]], the [[Ministry of War of Württemberg]] and the [[German Imperial Naval Office|Imperial Naval Office]]<br />'''2''': As the Ministry of Defence (''Bundesministerium für Verteidigung'') in [[West Germany]]<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.bmvg.de/portal/a/bmvg/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4k3cbcESYGZbub6kTAxX4_83FT9oNQ8fW_9AP2C3IhyR0dFRQC3ZZpd/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfRF80R1I!?yw_contentURL=/C1256F1200608B1B/N264XF2Z636MMISEN/content.jsp|title=Bundesministerium der Verteidigung|website=www.bmvg.de|date=2 June 2023 ))</ref>
))

The '''Federal Ministry of Defence''' (((lang-de|Bundesministerium der Verteidigung)), ((IPA-de|ˈbʊndəsminɪsˌteːʁiʊm deːɐ̯ fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡʊŋ|pron|De-Bundesministerium der Verteidigung.ogg))), abbreviated '''BMVg''', is a top-level [[Federal agency (Germany)|federal agency]], headed by the Federal Minister of Defence as a member of the [[Cabinet of Germany]]. The ministry is headquartered at the [[Hardthöhe]] district in [[Bonn]] and has a second office in the ''[[Bendlerblock]]'' building in [[Berlin]], which is occasionally used colloquially to denote the entire Ministry.<ref>((cite web | url=https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Lambrecht-waehlt-das-Ende-mit-Schrecken-article23847023.html | title=Lambrecht wählt das Ende mit Schrecken ))</ref>

According to Article 65a of the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany|German Constitution]] (''Grundgesetz)'', the Federal Minister of Defence is [[Commander-in-chief]] of the ((lang|de|[[Bundeswehr]])), the German armed forces, with around 265,019 active soldiers and civilians.<ref name="bundeswehr">((cite web|url=https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/ueber-die-bundeswehr/zahlen-daten-fakten/personalzahlen-bundeswehr|title=Aktuelle Personalzahlen der Bundeswehr [Current personnel numbers of the Federal Defence]|date=July 2020|access-date=27 August 2020))</ref> Article 115b decrees that in the [[State of Defence (Germany)|state of defence]], declared by the [[Bundestag]] with consent of the [[Bundesrat of Germany|Bundesrat]], the command in chief passes to the [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany)|Chancellor]].

The ministry currently has approximately 3,730 employees. Of these, 3,230 work in Bonn while around 500 work in the ''Bendlerblock'' building in Berlin.

==Organization==
On April 1, 2012, the Federal Ministry of Defence (DEU MOD) changes its organization to the following general structure:

===Senior Management Level===
*Federal Minister of Defence (acts as High Commander of the German armed forces in peacetime)
**2 Parliamentary Secretaries of State
**2 Secretaries of State
* subordinated to the Senior Management
** Support Office
** Press & Information Office
** Politics Directorate

===Directorates===
*Secretary of State #1
**Equipment Directorate (lost the Cyber & IT branch in 2016)
**Cyber & IT Directorate (founded 2016)
*Secretary of State #2
** Financial & Controlling Directorate 
** Personnel Directorate 
** Infrastructure, Antipollution & Administrative Services Directorate 
** Legal Directorate 
*[[Chief of Staff, Bundeswehr|Inspector General]] of the Bundeswehr
**Plans & Policies Directorate 
**Strategy & Operations Directorate 
**Armed Forces Command & Control Directorate

===Departments of the Federal armed forces===
The Bundeswehr is divided into a military part (armed forces or Streitkräfte) and a civil part with the armed forces administration (Wehrverwaltung) and consists of 11 Departments/Services:
*Armed Forces 
**[[German Army]] (Heer)
**[[German Navy]] (Marine)
**[[German Air Force]] (Luftwaffe)
**[[Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service]] (Zentraler Sanitätsdienst)
**[[Streitkräftebasis|Joint Support Service]] (Streitkräftebasis) including the [[Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr]]
**[[Cyber and Information Domain Service (Germany)|Cyber- and Information Domain Service]] (Cyber- und Informationsraum)(founded in 2017 from parts of the Joint Support Service) 
*Armed Forces Administration 
**Personnel Management (Personal)
**Information Technology & In-Service Management (Ausrüstung, Informationstechnologie und Nutzung)
**Infrastructure, Antipollution & Administrative Services (Infrastruktur, Umweltschutz und Dienstleistungen)
**Judicature (Recht)
**Military Chaplaincy (Militärseelsorge)

===Directly subordinated Offices & Agencies===
*Armed Forces Operational Command (Einsatzführungskommando der Bundeswehr)
*Office for Military Aviation (Luftfahrtamt der Bundeswehr)
*Office for Plans & Policies (Planungsamt der Bundeswehr)
*Command & Control Academy (Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr)
*[[Center of Leadership Culture]] (Zentrum Innere Führung)
*[[Militärischer Abschirmdienst|Military Counter-intelligence Service]] (Bundesamt für den Militärischen Abschirmdienst)

==History==
((unreferenced section|date=October 2009)) 
===19th century===
From the [[Unification of Germany]] in 1871 until the end of [[World War I]], the [[German Empire]] did not have a national [[Ministry of defence|Ministry of War]]. Instead the larger German states (such as the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Kingdom of Bavaria|Bavaria]], [[Kingdom of Saxony|Saxony]] and [[Kingdom of Württemberg|Württemberg]]), insisting on their autonomy, each had an own war ministry. According to the military agreements the Prussian minister president [[Otto von Bismarck]] had forged with the South German states on the eve of the [[Franco-Prussian War]] of 1870/71, the major states were responsible also for the defence of the smaller states. However, the [[Kaiserliche Marine|Imperial Navy]] from 1889 was overseen by a federal department, the [[German Imperial Naval Office|Imperial Naval Office]].

===Weimar and Nazi Germany===
((see also|Ministry of the Reichswehr))
[[File:Berlin, Tiergarten, Reichpietschufer, Bendler-Block 02.jpg|thumb|right|Bendlerblock, Berlin-Tiergarten, secondary seat since 1993]]
After the war and the [[German Revolution of 1918–19]], the [[Weimar Constitution]] provided for a unified, national ministry of defence, which was created largely from the [[Prussian Minister of War|Prussian Ministry of War]] and the Imperial Naval Office. The [[Ministry of the Reichswehr]] was established in October 1919, and had its seat in the [[Bendlerblock]] building.

In the context of the [[Treaty of Versailles]] and the "Law for the Creation of a provisional [[Reichswehr]]" of March 1919, the Reichspräsident became the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, whilst the Reich Minister of Defence exercised military authority. Only in the [[Free State of Prussia]] did military authority remain with the State Minister of War. After the Weimar Constitution came into force, the remaining war ministries in the states of Bavaria, Saxony, Württemberg and Prussia were abolished and military authority was concentrated in the [[German Reich|Reich]] Minister of Defence. Command was exercised respectively by the Chief of the ''Heeresleitung'' (Army Command) and the Chief of the ''Marineleitung'' (Navy Command, see ''[[Reichsmarine]]''). In 1929 a third office was established: the Ministerial Office, whose Chief functioned as the political representative of the Minister. The role of the General Staff was filled by the ''Truppenamt''.

The [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic]] politician [[Gustav Noske]] became the first Minister of Defence of Germany. After the Nazi ''[[Machtergreifung]]'', when the ''Reichswehr'' was recreated as the [[Wehrmacht]] in 1935, the ministry was renamed ''Reichskriegsministerium'' (Reich Ministry of War); also, the ''Heeresleitung'' became the [[Oberkommando des Heeres]] (OKH), the ''Marineleitung'' became the [[Oberkommando der Marine]] (OKM) and the [[Oberkommando der Luftwaffe]] (OKL) was newly created. The ''Ministeramt'' (Ministerial Office) was renamed the ''Wehrmachtsamt''.

In 1938, following the [[Blomberg-Fritsch Affair]], Hitler himself exercised the functions of the Reich War Minister. The ''Wehrmachtsamt'' was turned into the [[Oberkommando der Wehrmacht]] (OKW; High Command of the Armed Forces), which formally existed until the end of [[World War II]]. The High Command was not a government ministry, but a military command, however.

===Post-WW2===
After World War II, [[West Germany]] started with preparations for rearmament (''[[Wiederbewaffnung]]'') in 1950, as ordered by Chancellor [[Konrad Adenauer]]. After the outbreak of the [[Korean War]], the [[United States]] called for a West German contribution to the defence of Western Europe (against the [[Soviet Union]]). Initially [[Gerhard Graf von Schwerin]], a former Wehrmacht General, advised the Chancellor on these issues and led the preparations, but after Count Schwerin had talked to the press about his work, he was replaced by [[Theodor Blank]], who was appointed as "Special Representative" of the Chancellor. As the rearmament plans met with harsh opposition by a wide circle within the West German population and contradicted the [[occupation statute]], the government office responsible for the rearmament acted secretly, unofficially known as ''Amt Blank''. By 1955, the number of employees had surpassed 1,300. On 7 June 1955 the office became the Ministry of Defence, or ''Bundesministerium für Verteidigung'' in German. The [[Bundeswehr]] was established and Germany joined the [[NATO]] the same year. In 1956, Germany reintroduced [[Conscription in Germany|conscription]], and the German military force quickly became the largest conventional military force in Western Europe. To confirm the ministry's importance, it was renamed ''Bundesministerium '''der''' Verteidigung'' on 30 December 1961, similar to the German names of the "classic" ministries of [[Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany)|Finance]], [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|the Interior]] and [[Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany)|Justice]] &mdash; though the federal minister is still denoted as ''Bundesminister '''für''' Verteidigung'' in Article 65a of the German Constitution.

Until 1960, the ministry had its seat in the Ermekeil barracks in Bonn. From 1960 onwards, it was moved to a new building complex at Hardthöhe.

===Post-reunification===
After [[German reunification]], the Bendlerblock, former seat of its Weimar Republic predecessor, became the secondary seat of the ministry in 1993. The German military has become increasingly engaged in international operations since the early 1990s, and saw combat in the 1999 [[1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia|Kosovo War]].

===21st century===
[[File:Resolute Support Map.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Map of Resolute Support Mission that  documents the partition of responsibilities between allies: [[Train Advise Assist Command – Capital|TAAC – Capital]], [[Train Advise Assist Command – North|TAAC – North]], [[Train Advise Assist Command – South|TAAC – South]], [[Train Advise Assist Command – East|TAAC – East]], [[Train Advise Assist Command – West|TAAC – West]]]]
Until the [[Fall of Kabul (2021)|Fall of Kabul]] in August 2021, Germany deployed for nearly 20 years its armed forces in [[Afghanistan]] as part of the [[International Security Assistance Force]] (2001-2015) and later the [[Resolute Support Mission]] (2015-2021). [[Resolute_Support_Mission#Contributing_nations|German forces withdrew on 29 June]].<ref name="dwaf">((cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-pulls-last-troops-from-afghanistan-ending-nearly-20-year-mission/a-58097894 |title=Germany pulls last soldiers from Afghanistan |date=29 June 2021 |publisher=Deutsche Welle))</ref>

==List of Federal Ministers of Defence (since 1955)==
((main|List of German defence ministers))
'''Political Party:'''
((legend2|((party color|CDU/CSU))|[[CDU/CSU]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA))
((legend2|((party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany))|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA))

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan=2| Name<br /><small>(Born-Died)</small>
! Portrait
! Party
! colspan=2|Term of Office
! Duration
! [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]]<br /><small>(Cabinet)</small>
|-  
! style="background:#EEEEFF" colspan="8" | Federal Minister for Defence <small>(1955–1961)</small><br>Federal Minister of Defence <small>(1961–present)</small>
|-  
! style="background:((party color|CDU/CSU)); color:white;" | 1
| '''[[Theodor Blank]]'''<br><small>(1905–1972)</small>
| [[File:Bundeswehr-Foto BVM001 Theodor Blank.jpg|75px]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
| 7 June 1955
| 16 October 1956
| ((age in years and days|1955|6|7|1956|10|16))
| [[Konrad Adenauer|Adenauer]]<br><small>([[Second Adenauer cabinet|II]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|CDU/CSU)); color:white;" | 2
| '''[[Franz Josef Strauß]]'''<br><small>(1915–1988)</small>
| [[File:Verteidigungsminister Franz Josef Strauß (4909816836).jpg|75px]]
| [[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]]
| 16 October 1956
|  9 January 1963
| ((age in years and days|1956|10|16|1963|1|9))
| [[Konrad Adenauer|Adenauer]]<br><small>([[Second Adenauer cabinet|II]] • [[Third Adenauer cabinet|III]] • [[Fourth Adenauer cabinet|IV]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|CDU/CSU)); color:white;" | 3
| '''[[Kai-Uwe von Hassel]]'''<br><small>(1913–1997)</small>
| [[File:Verteidigungsminister Kai Uwe von Hassel (4909218489).jpg|75px]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
| 9 January 1963
| 1 December 1966
| ((age in years and days|1963|1|9|1966|12|1))
| [[Ludwig Erhard|Erhard]]<br><small>([[First Erhard cabinet|I]] • [[Second Erhard cabinet|II]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|CDU/CSU)); color:white;" | 4
| '''[[Gerhard Schröder (CDU)|Gerhard Schröder]]'''<br><small>(1910–1989)</small>
| [[File:Verteidigungsminister Dr. Gerhard Schröder (4909218775).jpg|75px]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
| 1 December 1966
| 21 October 1969
| ((age in years and days|1966|12|1|1969|10|21))
| [[Kurt Georg Kiesinger|Kiesinger]]<br><small>([[Kiesinger cabinet|cabinet]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany)); color:white;" | 5
| '''[[Helmut Schmidt]]'''<br><small>(1918–2015)</small>
| [[File:Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt.jpg|75px]]
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
| 22 October 1969
| 7 July 1972
| ((age in years and days|1969|10|22|1972|7|7))
| [[Willy Brandt|Brandt]]<br><small>([[First Brandt cabinet|I]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany)); color:white;" | 6
| '''[[Georg Leber]]'''<br><small>(1920–2012)</small>
| [[File:Verteidigungsminister Georg Leber.jpg|75px]]
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
| 7 July 1972
| 16 February 1978
| ((age in years and days|1972|7|7|1978|2|16))
| [[Willy Brandt|Brandt]] <small>([[First Brandt cabinet|I]] • [[Second Brandt cabinet|II]])</small><br> [[Helmut Schmidt|Schmidt]] <small>([[First Schmidt cabinet|I]] • [[Second Schmidt cabinet|II]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany)); color:white;" | 7
| '''[[Hans Apel]]'''<br><small>(1932–2011)</small>
| [[File:Verteidigungsminister Dr. Hans Apel (4909219537).jpg|75px]]
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
| 17 February 1978
| 1 October 1982
| ((age in years and days|1978|2|17|1982|10|1))
| [[Helmut Schmidt|Schmidt]]<br><small>([[Second Schmidt cabinet|II]] • [[Third Schmidt cabinet|III]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|CDU/CSU)); color:white;" | 8
| '''[[Manfred Wörner]]'''<br><small>(1934–1994)</small>
| [[File:Verteidigungsminister Dr.Manfred Wörner (4909819218).jpg|75px]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
| 4 October 1982
| 18 May 1988
| ((age in years and days|1982|10|4|1988|5|18))
| [[Helmut Kohl|Kohl]]<br><small>([[First Kohl cabinet|I]] • [[Second Kohl cabinet|II]] • [[Third Kohl cabinet|III]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|CDU/CSU)); color:white;" | 9
| '''[[Rupert Scholz]]'''<br><small>(born 1937)</small>
| [[File:Verteidigungsminister Prof. Dr. Rupert Scholz (4909221281).jpg|75px]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
| 18 May 1988
| 21 April 1989
| ((age in years and days|1988|5|18|1989|4|21))
| [[Helmut Kohl|Kohl]]<br><small>([[Third Kohl cabinet|III]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|CDU/CSU)); color:white;" | 10
| '''[[Gerhard Stoltenberg]]'''<br><small>(1928–2001)</small>
| [[File:Verteidigungsminister Dr. Gerhard Stoltenberg (4909220253).jpg|75px]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
| 21 April 1989
| 31 March 1992
| ((age in years and days|1989|4|21|1992|3|31))
| [[Helmut Kohl|Kohl]]<br><small>([[Third Kohl cabinet|III]] • [[Fourth Kohl cabinet|IV]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|CDU/CSU)); color:white;" | 11
| '''[[Volker Rühe]]'''<br><small>(born 1942)</small>
| [[File:Verteidigungsminister Volker Rühe (4909819408).jpg|75px]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
| 1 April 1992
| 26 October 1998
| ((age in years and days|1992|4|1|1998|10|26))
| [[Helmut Kohl|Kohl]]<br><small>([[Fourth Kohl cabinet|IV]] • [[Fifth Kohl cabinet|V]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany)); color:white;" | 12
| '''[[Rudolf Scharping]]'''<br><small>(born 1947)</small>
| [[File:Bundeswehr-Foto BVM012 Rudolf Scharping.jpg|75px]]
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
| 27 October 1998
| 19 July 2002
| ((age in years and days|1998|10|27|2002|7|19))
| [[Gerhard Schröder|Schröder]]<br><small>([[First Schröder cabinet|I]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany)); color:white;" | 13
| '''[[Peter Struck (politician)|Peter Struck]]'''<br><small>(1943–2012)</small>
| [[File:Peter Struck-2010-01.jpg|75px]]
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
| 19 July 2002
| 22 November 2005
| ((age in years and days|2002|7|19|2005|11|22))
| [[Gerhard Schröder|Schröder]]<br><small>([[First Schröder cabinet|I]] • [[Second Schröder cabinet|II]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|CDU/CSU)); color:white; color:white;" | 14
| '''[[Franz Josef Jung]]'''<br><small>(born 1949)</small>
| [[File:Verteidigungsminister Dr. Franz Josef Jung (4909819994).jpg|75px]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
| 22 November 2005
| 28 October 2009
| ((age in years and days|2005|11|22|2009|10|28))
| [[Angela Merkel|Merkel]]<br><small>([[First Merkel cabinet|I]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|CDU/CSU)); color:white;" | 15
| '''[[Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg]]'''<br><small>(born 1971)</small>
| [[File:Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg (4909820318).jpg|75px]]
| [[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]]
| 28 October 2009
| 3 March 2011
| ((age in years and days|2009|10|28|2011|3|3))
| rowspan=2|[[Angela Merkel|Merkel]]<br><small>([[Second Merkel cabinet|II]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|CDU/CSU)); color:white; color:white;" | 16
| '''[[Thomas de Maizière]]'''<br><small>(born 1954)</small>
| [[File:120216-D-TT977-152 cropped.jpg|75px]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
| 3 March 2011
| 17 December 2013
| ((age in years and days|2011|3|3|2013|12|17))
|- 
! style="background:((party color|CDU/CSU)); color:white; color:white;" | 17
| '''[[Ursula von der Leyen]]'''<br><small>(born 1958)</small>
| [[File:Von der Leyen 2010.jpg|75px]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
| 17 December 2013
| 17 July 2019
| ((age in years and days|2013|12|17|2019|7|17))
|[[Angela Merkel|Merkel]]<br><small>([[Third Merkel cabinet|III]] • [[Fourth Merkel cabinet|IV]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|CDU/CSU)); color:white; color:white;" | 18
| '''[[Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer]]'''<br><small>(born 1962)</small>
| [[File:AV0A3388 Dr. Frauke Gerlach, Armin Laschet Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (Hintergrund retuschiert).jpg|75px]]
| [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]
| 17 July 2019
| 8 December 2021
| ((age in years and days|2019|7|17|2021|12|8))
|[[Angela Merkel|Merkel]]<br><small>([[Fourth Merkel cabinet|IV]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany)); color:white; color:white;" | 19
| '''[[Christine Lambrecht]]'''<br><small>(born 1965)</small>
| [[File:Christine Lambrecht 220216-D-TT977-0386 (51885643496) (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
| 8 December 2021
| 19 January 2023
| ((age in years and days|2021|12|8|2023|1|19))
| rowspan=2|[[Olaf Scholz|Scholz]]<br><small>([[Scholz cabinet|cabinet]])</small>
|- 
! style="background:((party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany)); color:white; color:white;" | 20
| '''[[Boris Pistorius]]'''<br><small>(born 1960)</small>
| [[File:Boris Pistorius (2019) (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
| 19 January 2023
| ''Incumbent''
| ((age in years and days|2023|1|19|duration=on))
|}

==See also==
*[[List of German defence ministers]]

== References ==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*((Official website|http://www.bmvg.de)) ((in lang|de|en))

((German Federal Ministries))

((Authority control))

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