Chief of Navy
Panglima Tentera Laut ڤڠليما تنترا لاءوت‎
Incumbent Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Ayob since 27 January 2023
Royal Malaysian Navy
Style	Yang Berbahagia (The Honorable)
Type	Chief
Member of	Malaysian Armed Forces Council
Reports to	Chief of Defence Forces
Term length	Not fixed
Formation	15 May 1957
First holder	Commodore Edward Dudley Norman
Salary	TURUS II
Website	www.navy.mil.my - leadership

The Chief of Navy (Malay: Panglima Tentera Laut) is the most senior appointment in the Royal Malaysian Navy and has been held by a four-star officer in the rank of admiral since 2002. The Chief of Navy is a member of the Malaysian Armed Forces Council and directly reports to the Chief of Defence Forces.

The current Chief of Navy is Laksamana Datuk Abdul Rahman bin Ayob who succeeded Laksamana Tan Sri Mohd Reza Mohd Sany on 27 January 2023.

Appointees

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Senior Officer, Royal Malayan Navy
1		Commodore Edward Dudley Norman[a] (1910–1998)	15 May 1957	7 February 1960	2 years, 268 days
Captain of the Navy, Malaya
2		Captain William John Dovers[b] (1918–2007)	8 February 1960	13 July 1962	2 years, 155 days
Chief of Navy
3		Commodore Anthony Monckton Synnot[b] (1922–2001)	14 July 1962	March 1965	2 years, 7 months
4		Commodore Allen Nelson Dollard[b] (1917–2009)	March 1965	30 November 1968	3 years, 8 months
5		Rear Admiral Tan Sri Dato' Seri K. Thanabalasingam (born c. 1936)	1 December 1968	31 December 1976	8 years, 30 days
6		Vice Admiral Dato' Mohd Zain Mohd Salleh (born 1935)	1 January 1977	31 December 1985	8 years, 364 days
7		Vice Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Wahab Nawi (–)	1 January 1986	31 October 1991	5 years, 303 days
8		Vice Admiral Tan Sri Mohd Shariff Ishak (1941–1995)	1 November 1991	12 October 1996	4 years, 346 days
9		Vice Admiral Tan Sri Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor (born 1943)	13 October 1996	14 October 1998	2 years, 1 day
10		Admiral Tan Sri Dato' Seri Abu Bakar Abdul Jamal (born 1946)	15 October 1998	12 August 2001	2 years, 301 days
11		Admiral Tan Sri Mohd Ramly Abu Bakar (born 1948)	13 August 2001	13 October 2003	2 years, 61 days
12		Admiral Tan Sri Dato' Seri Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor (born 1950)	13 October 2003	28 April 2005	1 year, 197 days
13		Admiral Tan Sri Ilyas Din (1951–2018)	29 April 2005	13 November 2006	1 year, 206 days
14		Admiral Tan Sri Ramlan Mohamed Ali (born 1952)	15 November 2006	31 March 2008	1 year, 137 days
15		Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar (born 1956)	1 April 2008	6 May 2016	8 years, 35 days
16		Admiral Tan Sri Ahmad Kamarulzaman Ahmad Badaruddin (born 1977)	7 May 2016	29 November 2018	2 years, 206 days
17		Admiral Tan Sri Mohd Reza Mohd Sany (born 1963)	30 November 2018	26 January 2023	4 years, 57 days
18		Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Ayob (born 1964)	27 January 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 6 days