"FADM" redirects here. For the U.S. naval rank, see fleet admiral.
Mozambique Defence Armed Forces
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.gov.mz/index.php/fadm
Leadership
President
Filipe Nyusi
Prime Minister
Adriano Maleiane
National Defence Minister
Jaime Bessa Neto[2]
Chief of General Staff
Joaquim Mangrasse
Personnel
Military age
18
Active personnel
~11,200[3]
Expenditures
Budget
$245 million (2020 est.)
Percent of GDP
2.5% (2008 est.)
Industry
Foreign suppliers
Portugal China
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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
Mozambican soldiers
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