| Post: | Minister of Defence |
| Body: | the Soviet Union |
| Native Name: | Russian: Министр обороны СССР |
| Flag: | USSR, Flag commander 1964 minister.svg |
| Flagborder: | yes |
| Flagcaption: | Standard of the Minister of Defence (1964–1991) |
| Department: | Ministry of Defense |
| Status: | Abolished |
| Reports To: | Premier |
| Nominator: | Council of Defence |
| Appointer: | Politburo |
| Precursor: | Minister of War |
| Formation: | 8 November 1917 |
| First: | Council on War and Navy Affairs |
| Last: | Yevgeny Shaposhnikov |
| Abolished: | 14 February 1992[1] |
| Succession: | Commander-in-Chief of the CIS Armed Forces (1992–1993) Minister of Defence |
The Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (Russian: Министр обороны СССР) refers to the head of the Ministry of Defence who was responsible for defence of the socialist/communist Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 to 1922 and the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1992.
| width=50% valign=top | People's Commissars for Defence (1934–1946) | width=50% valign=top | People's Commissars for the Navy (1937–1946) |
| width=50% valign=top | Minister of War (1950–1953) | width=50% valign=top | Ministers of the Navy (1950–1953) |