defense minister
Armed forces chief
A defense minister is the government official responsible for a country's military forces and national security policy.
The position oversees armed forces, military spending, and defense strategy.
In parliamentary systems, the defense minister typically sits in the cabinet: The defense minister announced new troop deployments.
The American equivalent is Secretary of Defense.
- armed forcesNation's combined military services
- boots on the groundMilitary presence in area
- diplomatic relationsFormal state interactions
- general staffSenior military planning officers
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
wartime leadership · military strategy · intelligence agency · treaties · military alliances · United Nations Security Council · NATO · national security · nuclear deterrent · war planning · military-industrial complex · peacekeeping operations · geopolitical strategy · Cold War politics · international law · military operations · war room · troop deployment
- defenseprotecting, protection, security, safety, guard
- executive branchexecutive branch, Oval Office, executive power, executive orders, cabinet secretary
- ministerspremier, foreign secretary, cabinet secretary, secretary of state
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- Cabinetcabinet member, cabinet secretary, cabinet position, cabinet meetings, cabinet shuffle
- Canadian MilitaryCanadian Armed Forces, Canadian Army, DND, military branches, service branches
defense ministerforeign minister
Head of diplomacy
war minister · finance minister · education minister · interior minister · health minister
defense ministergeneral
Widespread, not specialized
chief of staff · military commander · commanding general · field marshal · admiral
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