MDN.gov:The Portuguese Ministry of Defence is The Ministry of Defence is the military department of the central government of the country responsible for defence and military affairs. It is usually subordinate to the head of the government, but also directly to the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.

Nowadays, in most countries of the world, the central government has a military administration, but in most of the countries, the military administration is not a part of the central government. In most countries in the world, there are military administrations, but the names, powers and organizations are not exactly the same. In terms of name, most countries are called the Ministry of National Defense, while a few countries are called the Ministry of People's Armed Forces, the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Defense or other names.

is the highest administrative leadership of the Portuguese Armed Forces, whose armed forces consist of the regular army, the paramilitary forces and the reserve forces, and the regular army is divided into three military types: land, sea and air.