Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Navy
Jefe del Estado Mayor General de la Armada
Seal of the Argentine Navy
Flag of the Chief
Incumbent Rear Admiral Julio Guardia since 28 February 2020
Argentine Navy
Reports to	Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Appointer	President of Argentina
Term length	2 years
Formation	1 May 1958
First holder	Adolfo B. Estévez [es]

This article lists the chiefs of the General Staff of the Argentine Navy and their preceding offices, between 1958 and the present day. The Argentine Navy (Spanish: Armada Argentina) is the naval force of Argentina.

The current Chief of the Navy General Staff is Rear Admiral Julio Guardia. He was appointed by President Alberto Fernández on 28 February 2020 by Decree 179/2020.^[1][2]

List

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Commander of the Naval Operations of the Navy (Comandante de Operaciones Navales de la Armada)
1		Admiral Adolfo B. Estévez [es] (1908–1982)	1 May 1958	14 July 1959	1 year, 74 days
2		Admiral Alberto P. Vago [es] (born 1910)	15 July 1959	29 December 1961	2 years, 167 days
3		Admiral Agustín Penas [es] (1910–1970)	29 December 1961	2 October 1962	277 days
4		Admiral Leandro Maloberti [es] (1912–2000)	2 October 1962	11 December 1962	70 days
5		Vice Admiral Enrique Grünwaldt [es] (1913–1986)	12 December 1962	2 April 1963	111 days
6		Rear Admiral Eladio Vázquez [es] (1916–2000)	2 April 1963	26 October 1963	207 days
Commander-in-Chief of the Navy (Comandante en jefe de la Armada)
7		Admiral Benigno Varela [es] (1917–1996)	29 October 1963	4 October 1968	4 years, 344 days
8		Admiral Pedro Gnavi [es] (1917–1990)	4 October 1968	3 January 1972	3 years, 91 days
9		Admiral Carlos Coda [es] (1918–2004)	3 January 1972	25 May 1973	1 year, 142 days
General Commander of the Navy (Comandante general de la Armada)
10		Admiral Carlos Álvarez [es] (1924–2003)	25 May 1973	6 December 1973	195 days
Commander-in-Chief of the Navy (Comandante en jefe de la Armada)
11		Admiral Emilio Eduardo Massera (1925–2010)	6 December 1973	15 September 1978	4 years, 283 days
12		Admiral Armando Lambruschini (1924–2004)	15 September 1978	11 September 1981	2 years, 361 days
13		Admiral Jorge Anaya (1926–2008)	11 September 1981	1 October 1982	1 year, 20 days
14		Admiral Rubén Oscar Franco [es] (born 1927)	1 October 1982	5 December 1983	1 year, 65 days
Chief of the General Staff of the Navy (Jefe del Estado Mayor General de la Armada)
15		Admiral Ramón Arosa [es] (born 1931)	16 December 1983	14 July 1989	5 years, 210 days
16		Admiral Jorge Ferrer [es] (1933–2009)	14 July 1989	13 July 1993	3 years, 364 days
17		Admiral Enrique Molina Pico [es] (born 1938)	13 July 1993	24 July 1996	3 years, 11 days
18		Admiral Carlos Marrón [es] (1938–2003)	24 July 1996	13 December 1999	3 years, 142 days
19		Admiral Joaquín Stella [es] (1942–2017)	13 December 1999	6 June 2003	3 years, 175 days
20		Admiral Jorge Godoy (born 1946)	6 June 2003	22 December 2011	8 years, 199 days
21		Admiral Carlos Paz [es] (born 1953)	22 December 2011	15 October 2012	298 days
22		Admiral Daniel Alberto Martin [es] (born 1955)	15 October 2012	3 July 2013	261 days
23		Admiral Gastón Erice [es] (born 1955)	3 July 2013	14 January 2016	2 years, 195 days
24		Admiral Marcelo Srur (born 1957)	14 January 2016	18 December 2017	1 year, 338 days
–		Vice Admiral José Luis Villán [es] (born 1960) Acting	18 December 2017	28 September 2018	284 days
25		Admiral José Luis Villán [es] (born 1960)	28 September 2018	28 February 2020	1 year, 153 days
26		Rear Admiral Julio Guardia (born 1962)	28 February 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 63 days