Commander of the Navy (Belgium)

The Commander of the Belgian Navy () is the head of the Naval operations and the administrative head in the Belgian Navy, and is under the Chief of Defence. The current commander is Jan De Beurme.

List of officeholders 1831–1862

1939–present Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office Flotilla admiralL. J. J. Robins 1 July 1955 31 March 1962 Flotilla admiralLouis F. R. Petijean 1 April 1962 19 December 1963 Flotilla admiralL. L. J. Lurquin 20 December 1963 31 March 1973 Flotilla admiralVam J. P. L. Van Dyck 1 April 1973 30 September 1980 Vice admiralAvi A. J. P. Schlim 1 October 1980 31 December 1985 Vice admiralEdmond Poullet 1 January 1986 30 September 1989 Vice admiralJozef De Wilde 1 October 1989 31 December 1992 Vice admiralWilly Herteleer 1 January 1993 30 September 1995 Vice admiralMichel Verhulst 1 October 1995 30 June 2001 Vice admiralMichel Hellemans 1 July 2001 31 December 2001 Divisional admiralWilly Goethals 1 January 2002 31 December 2005 Divisional admiralJean-Paul Robyns 1 January 2006 30 June 2011 Divisional admiralMichel Hofman 30 June 2011 6 May 2015 Divisional admiralGeorges Heeren 6 May 2015 20 September 2016 Divisional admiralWim Robberecht 20 September 2016 28 September 2020 Divisional admiralJan De Beurme 28 September 2020 Incumbent

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