| Armed Forces of Uruguay | |
|---|---|
| Fuerzas armadas del Uruguay (Spanish) | |
 Coat of Arms of Uruguay | |
| Founded | 1828 |
| Service branches |  National Army of Uruguay National Navy of Uruguay Uruguayan Air Force |
| Headquarters | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Leadership | |
| President of the Republic | Luis Lacalle Pou |
| Ministry of National Defense | Armando Castaingdebat |
| Chief of the Defence Staff | Rodolfo Pereyra Martínez |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 18-49 |
| Available for military service | 831,297, age 15–49 (2003 est.) |
| Fit for military service | 672,030, age 15–49 (2003 est.) |
| Reaching military age annually | (2003 est.) |
| Active personnel | 24,000 (2001[1]) |
| Expenditure | |
| Budget | $492 million (2008) |
| Percent of GDP | 2.3% (2020)[2] |
| Industry | |
| Foreign suppliers |  Argentina Brazil Canada Israel Russia United States |
| Related articles | |
| Ranks | Ranks of the Armed Forces of Uruguay |
 Uruguay topics |
|---|
 Uruguay portal |
The Armed Forces of Uruguay (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas del Uruguay or FF.AA. del Uruguay) consist of the National Army of Uruguay, the National Navy of Uruguay, and the Uruguayan Air Force. These three independent branches are constitutionally subordinate to the President of the Republic through the Minister of Defense. The government has trimmed the armed forces to about 16,800 for the Army; 6,000 for the Navy; and 3,000 for the Air Force. As of February 2003, Uruguay has more than 2,500 soldiers deployed on 12 UN Peacekeeping missions. The largest groups are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti. There is also a 58-man contingent in the MFO in the Sinai.[3]
- ^ IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies), 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Op. cit. Nationmaster.com, 2008. [1] Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 3, 2008.
- ^ "Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product, 1988-2020" (PDF). SIPRI. 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-04-05.
- ^ "MFO - the Multinational Force & Observers". Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-03-02.