Mozambique Defence Armed Forces

Mozambique Defence Armed Forces
Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique
Founded	1975
Current form	August 1994
Service branches	Army Naval Command Air and Air Defence Forces Militia
Headquarters	Ministry of National Defence, Avenida Martires de Mueda, Maputo[1]
Website	mdn.gov.mz/index.php/fadm
Leadership
President	Filipe Nyusi
Prime Minister	Adriano Maleiane
National Defence Minister	Jaime Bessa Neto[2]
Chief of General Staff	Joaquim Mangrasse
Personnel
Military age	18
Active personnel	~11,200[3]
Expenditures
Budget	$245 million (2020 est.)
Percent of GDP	2.5% (2008 est.)
Industry
Foreign suppliers	Portugal  China
Related articles
History	Mozambican War of Independence Mozambican Civil War Rhodesian Bush War Angolan Civil War Uganda-Tanzania War 1999 East Timorese crisis RENAMO insurgency (2013–2019) Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
Ranks	Military ranks of Mozambique

The Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (Portuguese: Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique) or FADM are the national armed forces of Mozambique. They include the General Staff of the Armed Forces and three branches of service: Army, Air Force and Navy.

The FADM were formed in mid August 1994, by the integration of the Forças Armadas de Moçambique/FPLM with the military wing of RENAMO, following the end of the civil war.