The Chief of Navy is the head of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), who holds the rank of Rear-Admiral. The current Chief of Navy is Sean Wat, who was appointed on 10 March 2023.
List of chiefs of Navy Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office Commander, Singapore Naval Volunteer Force 1 Lieutenant-ColonelJaswant Singh Gill 1966 1968 years Commander, Maritime Command 2 Mohamed Bin Mohd Salleh 1969 1969 years 3 Geoffrey Vernon Dennis 1969 1970 years 4 James Aeria 1970 1975 years Commander, Republic of Singapore Navy 5 Khoo Eng Ann 1975 1985 years 6 CommodoreJames Leo November 1985 April 1990 years Chief of Navy 7 CommodoreJames Leo May 1990 May 1991 years 8 Rear-AdmiralTeo Chee Hean 1991 7 December 1992 years 9 Rear-AdmiralKwek Siew Jin 8 December 1992 30 June 1996 years 10 Rear-AdmiralRichard Lim Cherng Yih 1 July 1996 30 June 1999 years 11 Rear-AdmiralLui Tuck Yew 1 July 1999 1 April 2003 years 12 Rear-AdmiralRonnie Tay 1 April 2003 31 August 2007 13 Rear-AdmiralChew Men Leong 31 August 2007 29 March 2011 14 Rear-AdmiralNg Chee Peng 29 March 2011 1 August 2014 15 Rear-AdmiralLai Chung Han 1 August 2014 16 June 2017 16 Rear-AdmiralLew Chuen Hong 16 June 2017 23 March 2020 17 Rear-AdmiralAaron Beng 23 March 2020 10 March 2023 18 Rear-AdmiralSean Wat 10 March 2023 Incumbent
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