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The Secretary of State for Defence is the senior United Kingdom government minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence. It is a Cabinet position.
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 (responsible for the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force respectively) 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.

Secretaries of State for Defence

	Entered office	Left office	Political party
Peter Thorneycroft	1 April 1964	16 October 1964	Conservative
Denis Healey	16 October 1964	19 June 1970	Labour
Peter Carrington, Lord Carrington	20 June 1970	8 January 1974	Conservative
Ian Gilmour	8 January 1974	4 March 1974	Conservative
Roy Mason	5 March 1974	10 September 1976	Labour
Frederick Mulley	September 10 1976	May 4 1979	Labour
Francis Pym	5 May 1979	5 January 1981	Conservative
John Nott	5 January 1981	6 January 1983	Conservative
Michael Heseltine	6 January 1983	7 January 1986	Conservative
George Younger	9 January 1986	24 July 1989	Conservative
Tom King	24 July 1989	10 April 1992	Conservative
Malcolm Rifkind	10 April 1992	5 July 1995	Conservative
Michael Portillo	5 July 1995	2 May 1997	Conservative
George Robertson	3 May 1997	11 October 1999	Labour
Geoff Hoon	11 October 1999	6 May 2005	Labour
John Reid	May 6 2005	May 5 2006	Labour
Des Browne	May 5 2006	Incumbent	Labour

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