The Ministry performs the specific functions of the technical department for military defence, centering its efforts on planning and politico-military matters, the supreme command, the supreme authority for Bundeswehr administration including the armaments organization with a focus on procurement for the armed forces.
It consists of the executive group, the civilian directorates and the military staffs.
The Federal Minister of Defence, the Parliamentary State Secretaries and the Permanent State Secretaries form the Ministry’s Executive Group.
The Ministry's Executive Group is supported by five staffs and the Special Investigations Branch.
The military organization of the Ministry of Defence is structured into five service staffs.
The civilian sector of the Federal Ministry of Defence encompasses the Directorate General of Armaments (Rü) as well as the Personnel, Social Services and Central Affairs Directorate (PSZ), the Budget Directorate (H), the Legal Affairs Directorate (R) and the Defence Administration, Infrastructure and Environmental Protection Directorate (WV).
