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 UK/Minister/Defence  (Minister of Defence) | |
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| Start | 1 April 1964 |
| Leader of | UK/Ministry/Defence |
| Deputy | Minister of State for the Armed Forces |
| Website | http://www.gov.uk/mod |
| Predecessors | Secretary of State for War |
| Minister in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Ministry of Defence.Boss of the Minister/State for the Armed Forces. | |
The secretary of state for defence, also known as the defence secretary, is a minister in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Ministry of Defence.
Formerly known as the Secretary of State for War.
Office Holders on Wikispooks
| Name | From | To | Boss | Deputy | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Streeting | 20 July 2026 | ||||
| Dan Jarvis | 11 June 2026 | ||||
| John Healey | 5 July 2024 | 11 June 2026 | |||
| Grant Shapps | 31 August 2023 | 5 July 2024 | |||
| Ben Wallace | 24 July 2019 | 31 August 2023 | |||
| Penny Mordaunt | 1 May 2019 | 24 July 2019 | |||
| Gavin Williamson | 2 November 2017 | 1 May 2019 | |||
| Michael Fallon | 15 July 2014 | 1 November 2017 | |||
| Philip Hammond | 14 October 2011 | 15 July 2014 | |||
| Liam Fox | 12 May 2010 | 14 October 2011 | |||
| Bob Ainsworth | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | |||
| John Hutton | 3 October 2008 | 5 June 2009 | |||
| Des Browne | 5 May 2006 | 3 October 2008 | |||
| John Reid | 6 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 | advised by Josh Arnold-Foster, later of the Institute for Statecraft | ||
| Geoff Hoon | 11 October 1999 | 6 May 2005 | |||
| George Robertson | 3 May 1997 | 11 October 1999 | |||
| Michael Portillo | 5 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | |||
| Malcolm Rifkind | 10 April 1992 | 5 July 1995 | |||
| Tom King | 24 July 1989 | 11 April 1992 | |||
| George Younger | 7 January 1986 | 24 July 1989 | |||
| Michael Heseltine | 6 January 1983 | 7 January 1986 | |||
| John Nott | 5 January 1981 | 6 January 1983 | |||
| Francis Pym | 4 May 1979 | 5 January 1981 | |||
| Fred Mulley | 10 September 1976 | 4 May 1979 | |||
| William Rodgers | 4 March 1974 | 10 September 1976 | |||
| Roy Mason | 4 March 1974 | 10 September 1976 | |||
| Ian Gilmour | 8 January 1974 | 4 March 1974 | |||
| Peter Carrington | 20 June 1970 | 8 January 1974 | |||
| Denis Healey | 16 October 1964 | 19 June 1970 | |||
| Peter Thorneycroft | 13 July 1962 | 16 October 1964 | |||
| Duncan Sandys | 14 January 1957 | 14 October 1959 | |||
| Walter Monckton | 20 December 1955 | 18 October 1956 | |||
| Selwyn Lloyd | 7 April 1955 | 20 December 1955 | |||
| Harold Macmillan | 19 October 1954 | 7 April 1955 | |||
| Winston Churchill | 28 October 1951 | 1 March 1952 | |||
| Winston Churchill | 10 May 1940 | 26 July 1945 |
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