18 Germany's Minister of Defense and commander-in-chief previously served as Minister of Consumer Protection and Minister of Family Affairs, and has never held a real job outside politics (en.wikipedia.org) posted 2 years ago by scata90x 2 years ago by scata90x +18 / -0 7 comments share 7 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Dutch Minister of Defense: a loony far-left woman who studied economics at university. I'm noticing a trend.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajsa_Ollongren
Meanwhile non-western countries appoint actual military leaders with combat experience as their Minister of Defense
China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Fenghe
Wei Fenghe (Chinese: 魏凤和; pinyin: Wèi Fènghé; born February 1954) is a general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army who served as commander of the PLA Rocket Force, formerly known as the Second Artillery Corps. He is Minister of National Defence.