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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.[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 1 year, 97 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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