| No. | Portrait | Minister
(Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political Party |
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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| 1 | | Risto Damjanovski [mk]
(born 1937) | 20 March 1991 | 10 January 1992 | 296 days | Independent |
| 2 | | Trajan Gocevski [mk]
(born 1950) | 10 January 1992 | 4 September 1992 | 238 days | SDSM |
| 3 | | Vlado Popovski [mk]
(born 1941) | 4 September 1992 | 21 December 1994 | 2 years, 108 days | SDSM |
| 4 | | Blagoja Handzhiski [mk]
(born 1948) | 21 December 1994 | 29 May 1997 | 2 years, 159 days | SDSM |
| 5 | | Lazar Kitanovski [mk]
(1948–2011) | 29 May 1997 | 1 December 1998 | 1 year, 186 days | SDSM |
| 6 | | Nikola Kljusev
(1927–2008) | 1 December 1998 | 28 July 2000 | 1 year, 240 days | VMRO-DPMNE |
| 7 | | Ljuben Paunovski [mk]
(born 1958) | 28 July 2000 | 13 May 2001 | 289 da Minister of Defence (North Macedonia) - Wikipedia NEGE
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