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Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict

French Defense Minister Hervé Morin also held discussions with Djibouti's Defense Minister Ougoureh Kifleh Ahmed, promising to strengthen the French military presence in the country in case there is "an escalation in the current border row."

Eliyahu Winograd

--which were?--> to then-Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai

Foreign relations of the Comoros

Together with the Chinese defense minister Liang Guanglie, and Chief of Staff of the Comoros armed forces Salimou Mohamed Amiri, pledged to increase cooperation between the military of the two nations.

Meles Zenawi

After Meles signed a United Nations peace treaty, Defense Minister Siye Abraha, disagreed with those aligned with Meles over "key issues of ideology" and accused Meles' supporters of corruption and of Zenwai for failing to act quickly or decisively enough over the crisis with Eritrea.

Mohammad Salimi

Salimi was the defense minister in the cabinet of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, replacing Javad Fakoori.

National Defense Mobilization Commission

Currently, Premier Li Keqiang serves as chairman of the Commission, with Defense Minister Chang Wanquan as vice chairman and General Ge Zhenfeng as secretary-general.

People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

Later in March 1990 Defense Minister and Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Shahnawaz Tanai tried to seize power in a military coup.

Premiership of Meles Zenawi

The faction critical of Meles, led by Defense Minister Siye Abraha, disagreed with those aligned with Meles over "key issues of ideology" and accused Meles' supporters of corruption and Meles for failing to act quickly or decisively enough over the crisis with Eritrea.


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2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines

In May 2005, Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili stated that "many Georgian wine producers exported falsified wine to Russia, because Russia is a market where you can sell even turds".

2009 Strasbourg–Kehl summit

Pre-summit speculation about the next NATO Secretary-General focused on five candidates: Bulgaria's former Foreign Minister Solomon Passy, Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, Canada's Defense Minister Peter MacKay, and Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

2010 IAF Sikorsky CH-53 crash

Defense Minister Gabriel Oprea also conveyed his sorrow over the deaths, as well as his condolences to the families of the soldiers.

Abd al-Karim Qasim

After seizing power, Qasim assumed the post of Prime Minister and Defense Minister, while Colonel Arif was selected Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister.

Afshar Operation

According to a Human Rights Watch report, "credible and consistent" accounts from several officials who worked in Shura-e-Nazar (the informal politico-military organization headed by Rabbani's defense minister, Ahmad Shah Massoud) and the Rabbani interim government reveal that a military campaign against Hizb-i Wahdat was planned and approved by officials at the "highest levels" of the Rabbani government.

Ahmed Yassin

Shaul Mofaz, the Israeli Defense Minister, branded Yassin "the Palestinian Bin Laden" and said, "If we have to balance how many more terrorists Yassin would have sent, how many terror attacks he would have approved, if we weigh this on the scales, we acted rightly".

Ali Abdullah Ayyoub

The appointment of Ayyoub as Chief of the General Staff was a result of Fahd Jassem al-Freij promotion to the post of Defense Minister and Deputy Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, in the wake of the 2012 Damascus bombing.

Andrey Sychyov

This case caused public opinion in Russia and especially NGOs like the Union of the Committees of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia (CSMR) to blame the current administration, in particular Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov, for tolerating the practice of dedovshchina, an organized system of hazing, inside the military ranks.

Arndt Pekurinen

In 1930, an international petition on his behalf was sent to the Finnish defense minister Juho Niukkanen, which included the signatures of sixty British MPs and notables such as Albert Einstein, Henri Barbusse and H. G. Wells.

Basir

These shells were unveiled on January 30, 2012, on the first day of the so-called "Daheye Fajr", a key point during the Islamic Revolution by defense minister Ahmad Vahidi.

Birtukan Mideksa

During that time, she presided over a high profile case of the former defense minister and top ranking official of TPLF, Siye Abraha who was accused of corruption.

BTR-80

The corresponding order was signed by Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu in early 2013.

Charles Mwando Simba

In October 2008, he was appointed as Defense Minister in Adolphe Muzito's cabinet, succeeding Chikez Diemu.

Colombia–Russia relations

Defense minister (and future president) Juan Manuel Santos arrived in Russia on Oct. 6 to attend an Interpol police conference and meet with his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov, along with Colombia's Ambassador to Russia, Diego José Tobón Echeverri.

David S. Goodman

Goodman became known for helping to break the news that Soviet Defense Minister Dmitriy Ustinov was dead.

Davison Maruziva

Five of Mugabe's cabinet ministers eventually resigned due to implication in the scandal, including Defense Minister Enos Nkala and Maurice Nyagumbo, the third highest-ranking official in Mugabe's party, the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU).

Death of Yehuda Shoham

In the meantime, Israel took a variety of measures to reduce tension, with Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer citing a "significant reduction in the number of attacks".

Edwin Donayre

On November 28, in response to this incident, a Chilean government spokesman stated that a scheduled visit to Chile by the Peruvian defense minister, Antero Flores Aráoz, might be inopportune given the circumstances.

First Intifada

Public statements calling for transfer of the Palestinian population were made by Deputy Defense minister Michael Dekel, Cabinet Minister Mordechai Tzipori and government Minister Yosef Shapira among others.

France–Israel relations

In Michael Karpin's 2001 documentary A Bomb in the Basement, Abel Thomas, chief of political staff for France's defense minister at the time said Francis Perrin, head of the French Atomic Energy Commission, advised then-Prime Minister Guy Mollet that Israel should be provided with a nuclear bomb.

Igor Britanov

While waiting for his trial in Sverdlovsk in May 1987, Defense Minister Sergei Sokolov resigned and was replaced by Dmitry Yazov; subsequently, the charges against Britanov were dropped.

Igor Sergeyev

Sergeyev was dismissed as defense minister in March 2001 and was replaced by Sergey Ivanov.

Manuel Freire de Andrade

Manuel Alberto Freire de Andrade y Armijo (4 November 1767 – 7 March 1835) was a Spanish cavalry officer and general officer during the Peninsular War, and later Defense Minister.

Movement to impeach Pervez Musharraf

Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar announced that "the charge sheet will be presented in parliament by Tuesday."

Parwan Province

No one was injured in the attack, but it came hours after a visit by South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, raising suspicions of Taliban involvement.

Qaher-313

A press presentation about the project was made by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi on 2 February 2013, as part of the Ten-Day Dawn ceremonies.

Sherman Skolnick

The show was taken off the airwaves, despite very high market ratings, following a controversial interview with former German Defense Minister Andreas von Bülow, in which Von Bulow claimed that the terrorist September 11, 2001 attacks were an inside job.

Shimon Agranat

The findings of this commission led to the resignation of Prime Minister Golda Meir, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, and IDF Chief of Staff David Elazar.

Unit 669

Former unit commander (1978-1980) Dr. Efraim Sneh, rose to become a Brigadier General, a Knesset member and government minister (Health; Transportation; deputy Defense Minister).

United Somali Parliamentarians

It consists of 126 MPs, including Minister of Constitution Affairs and Federalism Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail, Deputy Defense Minister Salad Ali Jelle, Reconciliation Minister Mohamed Abdi Mareye and lawmakers Mohamed Qanyare and Muse Sudi Yalahow.

Văn Tiến Dũng

Văn Tiến Dũng (2 May 1917 – 17 March 2002), born Co Nhue commune, Từ Liêm District, Hanoi, was a Vietnamese general in the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), PAVN chief of staff (1954–74); PAVN commander in chief (1974–80); and Socialist Republic of Vietnam defense minister (1980–86).

Vicente Piccio, Jr.

that provided air cover for the rebel troops under then Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Lt. Gen. Fidel V. Ramos, then head of the now defunct paramilitary group known as the Philippine Constabulary.

Yamada Corporation

Other members of the group include the current PM Yasuo Fukuda; current Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba; a former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan Seiji Maehara; Ex-Defense Ministers Fumio Kyuma, Tokuichiro Tamazawa, Fukushiro Nukaga, Tsutomu Kawara and Gen Nakatani; Ex-Agriculture Ministers Tsutomu Takebe and Norihiko Akagi.

Ziyad Cattan

According to an article published in The Independent (UK), on September 19, 2005, Hazim al-Shaalan, Defense Minister of Iyad Allawi's interim administration, appointed Ziyad Cattan, as the Defence Ministry's procurement chief.