Chief of Navy
Incumbent
Rear-Admiral Sean Wat
since 10 March 2023
 Republic of Singapore Navy
TypeCommanding general
AbbreviationCNV
Reports toChief of Defence Force
NominatorPrime Minister of Singapore
AppointerPresident of Singapore
Term lengthNo term limit
Formation1966; 58 years ago (1966)
First holderJaswant Singh Gill

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 Jianwen, who was appointed on 10 March 2023.[1]

List of chiefs of Navy

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
Commander, Singapore Naval Volunteer Force
1 Lieutenant-Colonel
Jaswant Singh Gill
(1923–2020) 		1966 1968 1–2 years [2]
Commander, Maritime Command
2 Mohamed Bin Mohd Salleh 1969 1969 0 years [3]
3 Geoffrey Vernon Dennis 1969 1970 0–1 years [3]
4 James Aeria 1970 1975 4–5 years [3]
Commander, Republic of Singapore Navy
5 Khoo Eng Ann 1975 1985 9–10 years [3]
6 Commodore
James Leo 		November 1985 April 1990 4–5 years [3]
Chief of Navy
7 Commodore
James Leo 		May 1990 May 1991 0–1 years [3]
8 Rear-Admiral
Teo Chee Hean
(born 1954) 		1991 7 December 1992 0–1 years [3]
9 Rear-Admiral
Kwek Siew Jin 		1992 1996 3–4 years [3]
10 Rear-Admiral
Richard Lim Cherng Yih 		1996 1999 2–3 years [3]
11 Rear-Admiral
Lui Tuck Yew
(born 1961) 		1999 1 April 2003 3–4 years [3]
12 Rear-Admiral
Ronnie Tay
(born 1963) 		1 April 2003 31 August 2007 4 years, 152 days [3]
13 Rear-Admiral
Chew Men Leong 		31 August 2007 29 March 2011 3 years, 210 days [3]
14 Rear-Admiral
Ng Chee Peng 		29 March 2011 1 August 2014 3 years, 125 days [4]
15 Rear-Admiral
Lai Chung Han 		1 August 2014 16 June 2017 2 years, 319 days [5][6]
16 Rear-Admiral
Lew Chuen Hong
(born 1976) 		16 June 2017 23 March 2020 2 years, 281 days [7][8]
17 Rear-Admiral
Aaron Beng
(born 1981) 		23 March 2020 10 March 2023 2 years, 352 days [9][10]
18 Rear-Admiral
Sean Wat 		10 March 2023 Incumbent 328 days [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "New Chief of Navy at the Helm". Ministry of Defence. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  2. ^ Yong, Clement (21 December 2020). "Singapore's first head of navy Jaswant Singh Gill dies, aged 97". straitstimes.com. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Past Leadership". mindef.gov.sg. Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ Loke, Kok Fai (1 August 2014). "Singapore Navy welcomes new chief". Channel News Asia. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  5. ^ "SAF Leadership". MINDEF. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  6. ^ Loke, Kok Fai (1 August 2014). "Singapore Navy welcomes new chief". Channel News Asia. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Singapore Navy chief Lai Chung Han to step down, Rear-Admiral Lew Chuen Hong taking over". The Straits Times. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  8. ^ "New Chief of Navy at the Helm" (Press release). Ministry of Defence of Singapore. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Change in Chief of Navy" (PDF). MINDEF – National Archives of Singapore. 25 February 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Aaron Beng named new Chief of Navy as part of leadership renewal". Channel News Asia. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
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