| Post: | Minister for National Defence |
| Native Name: | Υπουργός Εθνικής Άμυνας |
| Insignia: | Coat of Arms of Greece (Monochromatic).svg |
| Insigniasize: | 85px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of the Hellenic Republic |
| Incumbent: | Nikos Dendias |
| Incumbentsince: | 27 June 2023 |
| Appointer: | Prime Minister of Greece |
| Formation: | 1899 |
| Inaugural: | Konstantinos Koumoundouros |
The minister for national defence of Greece (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Υπουργός Εθνικής Άμυνας) is a government minister responsible for the running of the Ministry of National Defence. The current minister is Nikos Dendias in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
See main article: List of defence ministers of Greece.
| Name | Took office | Left office | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akis Tsochatzopoulos | 24 September 1996 | 23 October 2001 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Yiannos Papantoniou | 23 October 2001 | 10 March 2004 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Spilios Spiliotopoulos | 10 March 2004 | 15 February 2006 | New Democracy | |
| Evangelos Meimarakis | 15 February 2006 | 7 October 2009 | New Democracy | |
| Evangelos Venizelos | 7 October 2009 | 17 June 2011 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Panos Beglitis | 17 June 2011 | 11 November 2011 | Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| Dimitris Avramopoulos | 11 November 2011 | 17 May 2012 | New Democracy | |
| Frangoulis Frangos | 17 May 2012 | 21 June 2012 | Independent, former Chief of Army General Staff; caretaker cabinet | |
| Panos Panagiotopoulos | 21 June 2012 | 25 June 2013 | New Democracy | |
| Dimitris Avramopoulos | 25 June 2013 | 3 November 2014 | New Democracy | |
| Nikos Dendias | 3 November 2014 | 27 January 2015 | New Democracy | |
| Panos Kammenos | 27 January 2015 | 27 August 2015 | Independent Greeks | |
| Ioannis Giangos | 28 August 2015 | 21 September 2015 | Independent, former Chief of National Defence General Staff; caretaker cabinet | |
| Panos Kammenos | 23 September 2015 | 14 January 2019 | Independent Greeks | |
| Evangelos Apostolakis | 14 January 2019 | 9 July 2019 | Independent, former Chief of National Defence General Staff | |
| Nikos Panagiotopoulos | 9 July 2019 | 26 May 2023 | New Democracy | |
| Alkiviadis Stefanis | 26 May 2023 | 27 June 2023 | Independent, former Chief of Army General Staff;caretaker cabinet | |
| Nikos Dendias | 27 June 2023 | Incumbent | New Democracy |