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The secretary of state for defence, also known as the defence secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Ministry of Defence. [3] As a senior minister, the incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom .
Ministry Minister of State for Strategic Defence Acquisition Reform Paul Drayson The Lord Drayson [3] 9 June 2009 6 May 2010 10 months and 27 days Labour: Brown: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State For Defence John Astor The Lord Astor of Hever [4] 28 May 2010 7 May 2015 4 years, 11 months and 9 days Conservative: Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)
The Ministry of Defence is one of the United Kingdom's largest landowners, owning 227,300 hectares of land and foreshore (either freehold or leasehold) at April 2014, which was valued at "about £20 billion". The MOD also has "rights of access" to a further 222,000 hectares.
This is a list of current defence ministers of the 193 United Nations member states, Holy See (Vatican City) and the State of Palestine. Defence ministers of sovereign countries with limited recognition are included in a separate table.
John Healey (born 13 February 1960) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Defence since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough, previously Wentworth and Wentworth and Dearne, since 1997.
This post was created in 2007 to reflect the establishment of the Defence Equipment and Support organisation of the UK Ministry of Defence. Lord Drayson was appointed as its first incumbent. [ 2 ] Whilst Lord Drayson held the role as a Minister of State , all of his successors were Parliamentary Under-Secretaries , the most junior ministerial ...
Prime Minister (joint with the HM Treasury – the prime minister is the First Lord of the Treasury ex officio) [n 1] [1] First Lord of the Treasury First Secretary of State
Vernon Rodney Coaker, Baron Coaker (born 17 June 1953) is a British politician and life peer serving as Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence since 2024. [1] A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Gedling from 1997 to 2019.