Ministry of National Defence (East Germany)

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Ministry of National Defence

Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung
Flag of the Ministry of National Defence
Agency overview
Formed	1 March 1956
Dissolved	23 April 1990
Jurisdiction	National People's Army
Headquarters	Strausberg

The Ministry of National Defense (‹See Tfd›German: Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung – MfNV) was the chief administrative arm of the East German National People's Army. The MND was modeled on the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union. The headquarters of the Ministry was in Strausberg near East Berlin. The Guard Regiment Hugo Eberlein provided security and guard services to the Ministry. The Ministry also had its own publishing house, Military publishing house of the German Democratic Republic [de].