Mozambique Defence Armed Forces

Mozambique Defence Armed Forces
Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique
Founded1975
Current formAugust 1994
Service branchesArmy
Naval Command
Air and Air Defence Forces
Militia
HeadquartersMinistry of National Defence, Avenida Martires de Mueda, Maputo[1]
Websitemdn.gov.mz/index.php/fadm
Leadership
PresidentFilipe Nyusi
Prime MinisterAdriano Maleiane
National Defence MinisterCristovão Chume [2]
Chief of General StaffJoaquim Mangrasse
Personnel
Military age18
Active personnel~11,200[3]
Expenditure
Budget$245 million (2020 est.)
Percent of GDP2.5% (2008 est.)
Industry
Foreign suppliers Portugal
 India
 China
Related articles
HistoryMozambican War of Independence
Mozambican Civil War
Rhodesian Bush War
Angolan Civil War
Uganda-Tanzania War
1999 East Timorese crisis
RENAMO insurgency (2013–2019)
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado
RanksMilitary ranks of Mozambique
Mozambican soldiers

The Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (Portuguese: Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique) or FADM are the national armed forces of Mozambique. They include the General Staff of the Armed Forces and three branches of service: Army, Air Force and Navy.

The FADM were formed in mid August 1994, by the integration of the Forças Armadas de Moçambique/FPLM with the military wing of RENAMO, following the end of the civil war.

  1. ^ Military Technology, World Defence Almanac, Vol. XXXII, Issue 1, 2008, p.323
  2. ^ ""You don't need to be a military officer to be defence minister" – Jaime Bessa Neto | Club of Mozambique". Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  3. ^ IISS2021, p. 478.