Martin Dzúr (12 July 1919 – 15 January 1985) was a Slovak military officer and a communist politician, who served as defense minister from 1968 to 1985.

[1] In the late 1940s he graduated from a military school, a higher academic course and the General Staff Academy in Moscow.

[5] He was appointed defense minister under President Ludvík Svoboda in April 1968, replacing Bohumír Lomský in the post.

[8] On 28 September 1968 Dzúr increased the number of Czechoslovak military areas accessible to Soviet troops.

[4] His term as defense minister ended on 11 January 1985 when he retired from office due to ill health.