The Ministry of Defense (MD; Portuguese: Ministério da Defesa, Tetum: Ministériu Defeza) is the government department of Timor-Leste accountable for the defence of the country and related matters.

The Ministry is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination and evaluation of policy for the areas of national defense and military cooperation.

[1] The incumbent Minister of Defense is Pedro Klamar Fuik [de].

[2][3] Media related to Ministry of Defense (Timor-Leste) at Wikimedia Commons