Minister of Defense of the Republic of Macedonia is a post (minister) to lead the Ministry of Defense of Macedonia. First ministerin independent Macedonia was Trajan Gocevski (in office: 1992-1992), while currently the function is possessed by Fatmir Besimi (in office: 2011 – ). Vlado Popovski и Vlado Buchkovski were re-elected for the post that means they have served for two mandates each. Minister for shortest time was the first one, Trajan Gocevski, while for lonest period Vlado Popovski.
A list of all hitherto Ministers of Defense of Macedonia follows:
| Name | From | To | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risto Damjanovski | 1991 | 10 January 1992 | independent |
| Trajan Gocevski | 10 January 1992 | 4 September 1992 | SDSM |
| Vlado Popovski (first mandate) | 4 September 1992 | 21 December 1994 | |
| Blagoja Handzhiski | 21 December 1994 | 29 May 1997 | SDSM |
| Lazar Kitanovski | 29 May 1997 | 1 December 1998 | SDSM |
| Nikola Kljusev | 1 December 1998 | 28 July 2000 | VMRO-DPMNE |
| Ljuben Paunovski | 28 July 2000 | 13 May 2001 | VMRO-DPMNE |
| Vlado Buchkovski (first mandate) | 13 May 2001 | 26 November 2001 | SDSM |
| Vlado Popovski (second mandate) | 26 November 2001 | 1 November 2002 | |
| Vlado Buchkovski (second mandate) | 1 November 2002 | 17 December 2004 | SDSM |
| Jovan Manasievski | 17 December 2004 | 26 August 2006 | LDP |
| Lazar Elenovski | 26 August 2006 | 27 July 2008 | NSDP |
| Zoran Konjanovski | 27 July 2008 | 28 July 2011 | VMRO-DPMNE |
| Fatmir Besimi | 28 July 2011 | present | DUI |
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The original article can be found at Minister of Defense (Macedonia) and the edit history here.