Mozambique Defence Armed Forces | |
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Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique | |
Founded | 1975 |
Current form | August 1994 |
Service branches | Army Naval Command Air and Air Defence Forces Militia |
Headquarters | Ministry of National Defence, Avenida Martires de Mueda, Maputo[1] |
Website | mdn |
Leadership | |
President | Filipe Nyusi |
Prime Minister | Adriano Maleiane |
National Defence Minister | Cristovão Chume [2] |
Chief of General Staff | Joaquim Mangrasse |
Personnel | |
Military age | 18 |
Active personnel | ~11,200[3] |
Expenditure | |
Budget | $245 million (2020 est.) |
Percent of GDP | 2.5% (2008 est.) |
Industry | |
Foreign suppliers | Portugal India China |
Related articles | |
History | Mozambican 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 |
Ranks | Military ranks of Mozambique |
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.