Ministry of DefenseGovernment

The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Moldova is the central executive body responsible for developing national defense policy and exercising civilian oversight over the Armed Forces. Its mandate is to safeguard the nation's sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, as well as to coordinate defense modernizations and international peacekeeping missions. Established on February 5, 1992, following the reorganization of the earlier Military State Department, the institution had to immediately mobilize to oversee forces during the Transnistria conflict that same year.