* Peter MacKay, lawyer, Canadian Minister of National Defence

Chiang appointed a Muslim General, Bai Chongxi, as the Minister of National Defence of the Republic of China, which controlled the ROC military.

On 15 February 2008 Serbian Minister of Defence Dragan Sutanovac was pictured testing a Barnett crossbow during a public exercise of the Serbian army's Special Forces in Nis, 200 km south of capital Belgrade.

* that the Defence portfolio not be given to the Prime Minister

Queen Margrethe II is the de jure Commander-in-Chief per the Danish constitution, however according to the Danish Defense Law the Minister of Defence serves as the commander of the Danish Defence ( through the Chief of Defence and the Defence Command ) and the Danish Home Guard ( through the Home Guard Command ).

The Coordinating Minister of Internal and External Security accords the policies and actions that will be adopted by the following institutions as regards internal and external security: the Ministry of Government and Police, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence, and the Secretariat General for the Public administration.

Thirdly, the president appointed the head of the military intelligence, Abdel Fatah El-Sisi, as Minister of Defence to replace Tantawi.

This is similar to the system in Germany, where article 65a of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany vests it with the Federal Minister of Defence.

On October 27, President Mirza swore in a twelve-member cabinet that included Army Commander General Ayub Khan as Defence Minister as well as chief martial law administrator of the country, along with three other senior military officers in ministerial positions.

Within the government, preparative discussions are conducted in the government committee of foreign and security policy ( ulko-ja turvallisuuspoliittinen ministerivaliokunta ), which includes the Prime Minister and at least the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Defence, and at most four other ministers as necessary.

The Minister of National Defence Art Eggleton advised Governor General Adrienne Clarkson to authorize more than 100 Canadian Forces members serving on military exchange programs in the United States and other countries to participate in U. S. operations in Afghanistan.

In practice, that role is ceremonial, with actual authority in the hands of the Defence Minister and the Chief of the Defence Force ( CDF ).

The then Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, and the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, were also in attendance, and Clark was accompanied by the official NZ Defence Force party, veterans of several past wars, and 10 New Zealand college students who won the New Zealand ' Prime Minister's Essay Competition ' with their work on Gallipoli.

Röhm lobbied Hitler to appoint him Minister of Defence, a position held by conservative General Werner von Blomberg.

In Germany, the Basic Law of the Federal Republic vests this authority in the Minister of Defence in normal peace-time ( article 65a ), and that command authority is transferred to the Federal Chancellor when a state of defence is invoked ( article 115b ): something which has never happened so far.

* Allen Fairhall ( LP ), Minister for Defence

After the end of his viceregal tenure, Alexander was sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and thereafter, in order to serve as the British Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of Winston Churchill, into the Imperial Privy Council.

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* Aleksandar Vučić, Defence Minister of Serbia

The President of Serbia and Montenegro was a member of the Supreme Defence Council together with President of Serbia and President of Montenegro.

In this situation and with the danger that the Allies would proclaim Thessalonica capital of the Kingdom of Serbia, the Committee of National Defence on 17 August 1916 decided to mount their coup d ' état.

* Ministry of Defence ( Serbia )

*- Serbia has shown interest to buy S-400 system to upgrade Serbian Air Defence capability's.

The Serbian Air Force and Air Defence () is the air force of Serbia and service branch of the Serbian Armed Forces.

* In February 2009, Serbian Defence Minister Dragan Šutanovac met with his Portuguese counterpart Nuno Severiano Teixeira.

Regina Dubey, Acting Director for the Department of Defence Task Force for Business and Stability Operations ( TFBSO ) stated that " this is just one more piece of evidence that Afghanistan's mineral sector has a bright future.

The British Ministry of Defence and Clarence House made a joint announcement on 22 February 2007 that Prince Harry would be deployed with his regiment to the front line in Iraq, to serve as part of the 1st Mechanised Brigade of the 3rd Mechanised Divisiona move supported by Harry, who had stated that he would leave the army if he was told to remain in safety while his regiment went to war ; he said: " There's no way I'm going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country.

While laying the foundation stone of the National Defence Academy ( India ) in 1949, he stated: " We, who for generations had talked about and attempted in everything a peaceful way and practiced non-violence, should now be, in a sense, glorifying our army, navy and air force.

British policy, stated in the Naval Defence Act of 1889, was to maintain a navy superior to Britain's two largest rivals combined.

The Strategic Defence and Security Review of October 2010 stated " As soon as possible after 2020 the Type 23 will be replaced by Type 26 frigates, designed to be easily adapted to change roles and capabilities depending on the strategic circumstances ".

In August 2006 Australian Defence Minister Brendan Nelson stated to the Australian Parliament:

Notable persons to have publicly stated that UFO evidence is being suppressed include Senator Barry Goldwater, Admiral Lord Hill-Norton ( former NATO head and chief of the British Defence Staff ), Brigadier-General Arthur Exon ( former commanding officer of Wright-Patterson AFB ), Vice-Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter ( first CIA director ), astronauts Gordon Cooper and Edgar Mitchell, former Canadian Defence Minister Paul Hellyer, and the 1999 French COMETA report by various French generals and aerospace experts.

Following the decommissioning the Ulster Political Research Group, the UDA's political representatives, stated that the " Ulster Defence Association was formed to defend our communities ; we state quite clearly and categorically that this responsibility now rests with the Government and its institutions where legitimacy resides ".

Furthermore, on February 10, 2010, DRDO Director-General and Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, Dr VK Saraswat stated that India had " all the building blocks necessary " to integrate an anti-satellite weapon to neutralize hostile satellites in low earth and polar orbits.

By the early 1960s the Ministry of Defence thought the Pugwash Conferences were “ now a very respectable organization ” and the Foreign Office stated that it had " official blessing " and that any breakthrough may well originate at such gatherings.

Greenland natives have used the island for centuries " and which linked to a Danish foreign affairs webpage that stated that Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs had sent a note to Canada's ambassador to Denmark on July 25, 2005 expressing Denmark's regret that " the Canadian Minister of National Defence had paid a visit to Hans Island without prior notification of the Danish Government.

The Sri Lankan government apparently stated that, " the LTTE's biggest supporter in India is Defence Minister George Fernandes.

Very little is known on JTF2 operations in Afghanistan, but during a conference the former Chief of Defence Staff, General Rick Hillier, stated that JTF2 is in " high demand " and that they are considered to be " world class.

In early November 2000, Conservative Defence Critic David Price stated that JTF2 had been deployed to Kosovo, however, this was denied by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and Defence Minister Art Eggleton.

Former Sri Lankan Army chief Sarath Fonseka was later prosecuted for an interview which he gave to Frederica Jansz, editor of the Sunday Leader, in which he is stated to have said that surrendering LTTE fighters were executed on the orders of Defence Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Dr Phelps stated at the meeting that he thought Dr Kelly was using the Nuremberg Defence, and compared it to the kind of defence used by guards at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

On 17 May 1945, Minister for Defence Oscar Traynor stated that he proposed introducing legislation which would deprive deserters of any right " for a long time to come " to employment paid for from public funds.

In 1968 a Canadian Department of National Defence Paper ( November 27, 1968 ) stated no further funding for research on the DEW Line or air space defense would be allocated due in part to lack of commercial activity The Canadian Government also limit U. S. air activity, base activity, soldier numbers, and contractor numbers ; and the overall operation would be considered and called in all formalities a " joint operation ".

The Freedom Association has expressed an interest in establishing a British equivalent of the American Tea Party movement, though its director, Simon Richards, stated in October 2010 that he was worried that such a project could be hijacked by extremist groups such as the English Defence League.

The theory stated that Waldemar Milewicz was killed because he shared a name with another Waldemar Milewicz, who was a member of the political cabinet of ministers of National Defence along with Romuald Sheremetev and Bronislaw Komorowski, and then a board member of Cenzinu, an arms trading company.

In July 2012, the Secretary of State for Defence stated that an initial 48 F-35Bs will be purchased to equip the carrier fleet.

In 1990, when asked about British involvement in Gladio, the Ministry of Defence stated that they did not comment on security matters.