Back وزارة الدفاع (سنغافورة) Arabic משרד ההגנה (סינגפור) HE Kementerian Pertahanan (Singapura) ID 国防省 (シンガポール) Japanese Kementerian Pertahanan (Singapura) Malay Министерство обороны Сингапура Russian 新加坡国防部 Chinese Sin-ka-pho Kok-hông Pō͘ ZH-MIN-NAN

Ministry of Defence (Singapore)

"Mindef" redirects here. For Bruneian defence ministry, see Ministry of Defence (Brunei). For Peruvian defence ministry, see Ministry of Defence (Peru).

Ministry of Defence
Agency overview
Formed11 August 1970 (1970-08-11)
Preceding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters303 Gombak Drive, MINDEF Building, Singapore (669645)
MottoSafeguarding Singapore's Peace
Employees282 (2024)[1]
Annual budgetIncrease S$20.25 billion (2024)[1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executives
  • Chan Heng Kee,
    Permanent Secretary (Defence)
    Melvyn Ong Permanent Secretary (Defence Development)
  • BG Yew Chee Leung,
    Deputy Secretary (Technology)/Future Systems and Technology Architect
  • Elaine Ng,
    Deputy Secretary (Administration)
  • Tan Peng Yam,
    Chief Defence Scientist
  • BG Choo Wei Yee, Frederick,
    Deputy Secretary (Policy)
  • BG Chen Juncheng, Edward,
    Defence Cyber Chief
Child agency
Websitewww.mindef.gov.sg
Agency IDT08GA0011B

The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF; Malay: Kementerian Pertahanan; Chinese: 新加坡國防部; Tamil: தற்காப்பு அமைச்சு) is a ministry under the Government of Singapore responsible for overseeing the national defence of Singapore.

  1. ^ a b "Singapore Budget".

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