Ministry of Defence (Singapore)

Ministry of Defence

Agency overview
Formed	11 August 1970; 53 years ago (1970-08-11)
Preceding agency	Ministry of Interior and Defence
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	303 Gombak Drive, MINDEF Building, Singapore (669645)
Motto	Safeguarding Singapore's Peace
Employees	282 (2018)[1]
Annual budget	S$16.36 billion US$12.6 billion (2022)[1]
Ministers responsible	Ng Eng Hen, Minister Heng Chee How, Senior Minister of State Zaqy Mohamad, Senior Minister of State
Agency executives	Chan Heng Kee, Permanent Secretary (Defence) Melvyn Ong Permanent Secretary (Defence Development) BG Ng Chad-Son, Deputy Secretary (Technology)/Future Systems and Technology Architect Elaine Ng, Deputy Secretary (Administration) Tan Peng Yam, Chief Defence Scientist Teo Eng Dih, Deputy Secretary (Policy) BG Mark Tan Ken-Li, Defence Cyber Chief
Child agency	Defence Science and Technology Agency
Website	www.mindef.gov.sg

The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF; Malay: Kementerian Pertahanan; Chinese: 新加坡國防部; Tamil: தற்காப்பு அமைச்சு) is a ministry under the Government of Singapore responsible for overseeing the national defence of Singapore.