the president of india is the defence minister of india currently.
who is the defence minister of india currently?
the president of india
nirmala sitharaman (born 18 august 1959) is an indian politician of the bharatiya janata party (bjp), who is currently serving as the minister of finance and minister of corporate affairs. she is a member of the rajya sabha, upper house of the indian parliament, since 2014. sitharaman formerly served as the defence minister of india, thereby becoming india's second female defence minister and also the second female finance minister after indira gandhi. she has served as the minister of state for finance and corporate affairs under the ministry of finance and the minister for commerce and industry with independent charge. prior to that, she has served as a national spokesperson for the bjp..
nirmala sitharaman
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the minister of defence is the head of the ministry of defence of the government of india. they are often assisted by a minister of state for defence and less-commonly, the lower-ranked deputy minister of defence. the defence minister additionally serves as president of the institute for defence studies and analyses, and as chancellor of the defence institute of advanced technology and of the national defence university.





























the first defence minister of independent india was baldev singh, who served in prime minister jawaharlal nehru's cabinet during 1947–52. rajnath singh is the current defence minister of india.
minister of defence (india)