| Border: | parliamentary |
| Minister: | not_prime |
| Post: | Minister for Defence Personnel |
| Incumbent: | Matt Keogh |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Appointer: | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
| Department: | Department of Defence |
In the Government of Australia, the Minister for Defence Personnel is a position which is currently held by Matt Keogh, after the Albanese ministry was sworn in on 1 June 2022, following the 2022 Australian federal election.[1]
The ministerial portfolio has existed under various names since 1987. The Minister appointed is responsible for oversight of defence personnel and administered the portfolio through the Department of Defence, the Australian Defence Force, the Australian Defence Force Academy, and a range of other agencies.
While ultimately responsible to the Commonwealth of Australia and the Parliament, in practical terms, the minister reports to the Minister for Defence.
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Defence Personnel, or any of its precedent titles:[2]
| width=5 | Order | width=150 | Minister | width=125 colspan="2" | Party | width=75 | Prime Minister | width=350 | Title | width=150 | Term start | width=150 | Term end | width=130 | Term in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ros Kelly | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Defence Science and Personnel | align=center | align=center | align=right | ||||||||
| 2 | David Simmons | align=center | align=center | align=right | days | ||||||||||
| 3 | Gordon Bilney | align=center | align=center | ||||||||||||
| Keating | align=center | align=center | |||||||||||||
| 4 | John Faulkner | align=center | align=center | align=right | |||||||||||
| 5 | Gary Punch | align=center | align=center | align=right | |||||||||||
| 6 | Bronwyn Bishop | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Defence Industry, Science and Personnel | align=center | align=center | align=right | ||||||||
| 7 | Warren Snowdon | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Defence Science and Personnel | align=center | align=center | align=right | ||||||||
| 8 | Greg Combet | Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science | align=center | align=center | align=right | days | |||||||||
| 9 | Alan Griffin | Minister for Defence Personnel | align=center | align=center | days | ||||||||||
| Gillard | align=center | align=center | |||||||||||||
| (7) | Warren Snowdon | Minister for Defence Science and Personnel | align=center | align=center | |||||||||||
| Rudd | align=center | align=center | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Mal Brough | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Defence Materiel and Science | days | ||||||||||
| acting | Marise Payne | Acting Minister for Defence Materiel and Science | align=center | align=center | align=right | ||||||||||
| 11 | Dan Tehan | Liberal | Turnbull | Minister for Defence Personnel | align=center | align=center | align=right | ||||||||
| 12 | Michael McCormack | Nationals | align=center | align=center | align=right | days | |||||||||
| 13 | Darren Chester | align=center | align=center | ||||||||||||
| Morrison | align=center | align=center | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Andrew Gee | align=center | align=center | align=right | |||||||||||
| 15 | Matt Keogh | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Defence Personnel Minister for Veterans' Affairs | align=center | align=center | incumbent | align=right |
a Minister Mal Brough temporarily stood aside on 29 December 2015. Subsequently, Senator Marise Payne served as Acting Minister for Defence Materiel and Science. Brough later resigned from the Ministry on 13 February 2016 and Payne remained acting in the role until the rearranged ministry was sworn on 18 February 2016.