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Chief of Navy
Incumbent Rear-Admiral Sean Wat since 10 March 2023
Republic of Singapore Navy
Type	Commanding general
Abbreviation	CNV
Reports to	Chief of Defence Force
Nominator	Prime Minister of Singapore
Appointer	President of Singapore
Term length	No term limit
Formation	1966; 59 years ago (1966)
First holder	Jaswant 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, who was appointed on 10 March 2023.

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
Commander, Maritime Command
2		Mohamed Bin Mohd Salleh	1969	1969	0 years
3		Geoffrey Vernon Dennis	1969	1970	0–1 years
4		James Aeria	1970	1975	4–5 years
Commander, Republic of Singapore Navy
5		Khoo Eng Ann	1975	1985	9–10 years
6		Commodore James Leo	November 1985	April 1990	4–5 years
Chief of Navy
7		Commodore James Leo	May 1990	May 1991	0–1 years
8		Rear-Admiral Teo Chee Hean (born 1954)	1991	7 December 1992	0–1 years
9		Rear-Admiral Kwek Siew Jin	8 December 1992	30 June 1996	3–4 years
10		Rear-Admiral Richard Lim Cherng Yih	1 July 1996	30 June 1999	2–3 years
11		Rear-Admiral Lui Tuck Yew (born 1961)	1 July 1999	1 April 2003	3–4 years
12		Rear-Admiral Ronnie Tay (born 1963)	1 April 2003	31 August 2007	4 years, 152 days
13		Rear-Admiral Chew Men Leong	31 August 2007	29 March 2011	3 years, 210 days
14		Rear-Admiral Ng Chee Peng	29 March 2011	1 August 2014	3 years, 125 days
15		Rear-Admiral Lai Chung Han	1 August 2014	16 June 2017	2 years, 319 days
16		Rear-Admiral Lew Chuen Hong (born 1976)	16 June 2017	23 March 2020	2 years, 281 days
17		Rear-Admiral Aaron Beng (born 1981)	23 March 2020	10 March 2023	2 years, 352 days
18		Rear-Admiral Sean Wat	10 March 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 297 days

References

1. ^ "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. ^ "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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