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The Ministry of Defence (Arabic: وزارة الدفاع الاردنية) of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is the ministry in the Government of Jordan responsible for defence of Jordan. It is also involved with internal security.^[1][2]

Prime Minister Rashid Al-Madfai was the first to assume the position of Minister of Defense in Jordan in the government Tawfik Abu Al-Huda in 1939.^[3]

Following the king’s direction in August 2014, the government established the Ministry of Defense which assumed the political, economic, legal and logistic functions related to national defence.^[4] The ministry also took control of non-military logistic, administrative, investment and development duties. Furthermore, the General Command of the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) handed over control of those duties not associated with specialized professional military services.^[4] The Ministry was also given the responsibility to regulate the relationship with retired military personnel and veterans.^[5]