Secretary of State for Defence
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The Secretary of State for Defence is the senior United Kingdom government minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence.
The post was created on 1 April 1964 and replaced the previous office of Minister of Defence. The former cabinet positions of First Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Air were incorporated into it and the offices of the Admiralty, War Office and the Air Ministry were abolished and their functions transferred to an expanded Ministry of Defence.
- Peter Thorneycroft (1 April, 1964–16 October, 1964)
- Denis Healey (16 October, 1964–19 June, 1970)
- Peter Carington, Lord Carrington (20 June, 1970–8 January, 1974)
- Ian Gilmour (8 January, 1974–4 March, 1974)
- Roy Mason (March 5, 1974–September 10, 1976)
- Frederick Mulley (September 10, 1976–May 4, 1979)
- Francis Pym (May 5, 1979–January 5, 1981)
- John Nott (January 5, 1981–January 6, 1983)
- Michael Heseltine (January 6, 1983–January 7, 1986) (Resigned)
- George Younger (January 9, 1986–July 24, 1989)
- Tom King (July 24, 1989–April 10, 1992)
- Malcolm Rifkind (April 10, 1992–July 5, 1995)
- Michael Portillo (July 5, 1995–May 2, 1997)
- George Robertson (May 3, 1997–October 11, 1999)
- Geoff Hoon (October 11, 1999–May 6, 2005)
- John Reid (May 6, 2005—May 5, 2006)
- Des Browne (May 5, 2006 — present)pl:Ministrowie obrony Wielkiej Brytanii
