List of Belgian Defense Ministers
This is the list of Belgian Defense Ministers .
| Term of office | minister | Political party | title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1831 | Albert Goblet d'Alviella | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1831 | Charles d'Hane de Steenhuyze | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1831 | V. de Failly | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1831-1832 | Charles de Brouckere | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1832 | Felix de Merode | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1832-1836 | Louis Evain | independent | Minister of War |
| 1836-1840 | Jean-Pierre-Christine Willmar | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1840-1842 | Gérard Buzen | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1842-1843 | Henri de Liem | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1843 | Léandre Desmaisières | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1843-1846 | Pierre Dupont | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1846 | Jules Joseph d'Anethan | Catholic party | Minister of War |
| 1846-1847 | Albert Prisse | Catholic party | Minister of War |
| 1847-1850 | Felix Chazal | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1850-1851 | Mathieu Brialmont | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1851-1855 | Victor Anoul | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1855-1857 | Léonard Greindl | independent | Minister of War |
| 1857-1859 | Edouard Berten | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1859-1866 | Felix Chazal | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1866-1868 | Auguste Goethals | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1868-1870 | Bruno Renard | independent | Minister of War |
| 1870-1873 | Henri Guillaume | independent | Minister of War |
| 1873-1878 | Séraphin Thiebault | independent | Minister of War |
| 1878-1879 | Bruno Renard | independent | Minister of War |
| 1879-1880 | Jean-Baptiste Liagre | independent | Minister of War |
| 1880-1884 | Guillaume Gratry | independent | Minister of War |
| 1884-1893 | Charles Pontus | independent | Minister of War |
| 1893-1896 | Jacques Brassine | independent | Minister of War |
| 1896-1899 | Jules Vandenpeereboom | Catholic party | Minister of War |
| 1899-1907 | Alexandre Cousebandt d'Alkemade | independent | Minister of War |
| 1907-1912 | Joseph Hellebaut | independent | Minister of War |
| 1912 | Charles de Broqueville | Catholic party | Minister of War |
| 1912 | Victor Michel | independent | Minister of War |
| 1912-1917 | Charles de Broqueville | Catholic party | Minister of War |
| 1917-1918 | Armand De Ceuninck | independent | Minister of War |
| 1917-1918 | Émile Vandervelde | POB-BWP | Civil and military directorship |
| 1918-1920 | Fulgence Masson | liberal | Minister of War |
| 1920 | Paul-Émile Janson | liberal | Defense Minister |
| 1920-1923 | Albert Devèze | liberal | Defense Minister |
| 1923-1925 | Pierre Forthomme | liberal | Defense Minister |
| 1925 | Albert Hellebaut | independent | Defense Minister |
| 1925-1926 | Prosper Kesten | independent | Defense Minister |
| 1926 | Prosper Poullet | Catholic party | Defense Minister |
| 1926-1931 | Charles de Broqueville | Catholic party | Defense Minister |
| 1931-1932 | Léon Dens | liberal | Defense Minister |
| 1932 | Paul Crokaert | Catholic party | Defense Minister |
| 1932 | Georges Theunis | Catholic party | Defense Minister |
| 1932-1936 | Albert Devèze | liberal | Defense Minister |
| 1936-1940 | Henri Denis | independent | Defense Minister |
| 1940-1944 | Hubert Pierlot | Catholic party | Defense Minister |
| * 1942 | Henri Rolin | POB-BWP | Undersecretary of State for Defense |
| 1944-1945 | Fernand Demets | liberal | Defense Minister |
| 1945-1946 | Léon Mundeleer | liberal | Defense Minister |
| 1946-1949 | Raoul de Fraiteur | independent | Defense Minister |
| 1949-1950 | Albert Devèze | liberal | Defense Minister |
| 1950 | Henri Moreau de Melen | PSC | Defense Minister |
| 1950-1954 | Etienne De Greef | independent | Defense Minister |
| 1954-1958 | Antoon Spinoy | E.G | Defense Minister |
| 1958-1961 | Arthur Gilson | PSC | Defense Minister |
| 1961-1965 | Paul-Willem Segers | CVP | Defense Minister |
| 1965-1966 | Ludovic Moyersoen | CVP | Defense Minister |
| 1966-1968 | Charles Poswick | PLP | Defense Minister |
| 1968-1972 | Paul-Willem Segers | CVP | Defense Minister |
| 1972-1979 | Paul Vanden Boeynants | PSC | Defense Minister |
| 1979-1980 | José Desmarets | PSC | Defense Minister |
| 1980 | Charles Poswick | PRL | Defense Minister |
| 1980-1981 | Frank Swaelen | CVP | Defense Minister |
| 1981-1985 | Alfred Vreven | PVV | Defense Minister |
| 1985-1988 | François-Xavier de Donnea | PRL | Defense Minister |
| 1988-1992 | Guy Coëme | PS | Defense Minister |
| 1992-1994 | Leo Delcroix | CVP | Defense Minister |
| 1994-1995 | Karel Pinxten | CVP | Defense Minister |
| 1995 | Melchior Wathelet | PSC | Defense Minister |
| 1995-1999 | Jean-Pol Poncelet | PSC | Defense Minister |
| 1999-2007 | André Flahaut | PS | Defense Minister |
| 2007-2014 | Pieter De Crem | CD&V | Defense Minister |
| 2014-2018 | Steven Vandeput | N-VA | Defense Minister |
| 2018 | Sander Loones | N-VA | Defense Minister |
| 2018-2019 | Didier Reynders | MR | Defense Minister |
| since 2019 | Philippe Goffin | MR | Defense Minister |