| Commander of the Navy | |
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 Ensign of the Navy | |
| Incumbent Jan De Beurme since 28 September 2020 | |
| Reports to | Chief of Defence Admiral Benelux |
| Formation | 1831 1939 |
| Abolished | 1862 |
The Commander of the Belgian Navy (French: Commandant de la Composante Marine) is the head of the Naval operations and the administrative head in the Belgian Navy, and is under the Chief of Defence. The current commander is Jan De Beurme.
List of officeholders
1831–1862
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1939–present
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Ref. | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| Flotilla admiral L. J. J. Robins |
1 July 1955 | 31 March 1962 | 6 years, 273 days | |||
| Flotilla admiral Louis F. R. Petijean (1901–?) |
1 April 1962 | 19 December 1963 | 1 year, 262 days | |||
| Flotilla admiral L. L. J. Lurquin (1914–?) |
20 December 1963 | 31 March 1973 | 9 years, 101 days | |||
| Flotilla admiral Vam J. P. L. Van Dyck (1919–?) |
1 April 1973 | 30 September 1980 | 7 years, 182 days | |||
| Vice admiral Avi A. J. P. Schlim (1926–?) |
1 October 1980 | 31 December 1985 | 5 years, 91 days | |||
| Vice admiral Edmond Poullet (1928–2020) |
1 January 1986 | 30 September 1989 | 3 years, 272 days | |||
| Vice admiral Jozef De Wilde (1931–?) |
1 October 1989 | 31 December 1992 | 3 years, 91 days | |||
| Vice admiral Willy Herteleer (born 1941) |
1 January 1993 | 30 September 1995 | 2 years, 272 days | |||
| Vice admiral Michel Verhulst (born 1942) |
1 October 1995 | 30 June 2001 | 5 years, 272 days | |||
| Vice admiral Michel Hellemans (born 1951) |
1 July 2001 | 31 December 2001 | 183 days | |||
| Divisional admiral Willy Goethals |
1 January 2002 | 31 December 2005 | 3 years, 364 days | |||
| Divisional admiral Jean-Paul Robyns |
1 January 2006 | 30 June 2011 | 5 years, 180 days | |||
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Divisional admiral Michel Hofman (born 1961) |
30 June 2011 | 6 May 2015 | 3 years, 310 days | ||
| Divisional admiral Georges Heeren |
6 May 2015 | 20 September 2016 | 1 year, 137 days | |||
| Divisional admiral Wim Robberecht (born 1962) |
20 September 2016 | 28 September 2020 | 4 years, 8 days | |||
| Divisional admiral Jan De Beurme (born 1965) |
28 September 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 100 days | |||
References
- ^ "Amiraux de la Marine". marinebelge.be (in French). Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Admiral Wim Robberecht is the new Chief of the Belgian Navy". Navy Recognition. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ Gain, Nathan (2 October 2020). "Admiral Jan De Beurme Is The Belgian Navy's New Chief Of Staff". navalnews.com. Naval News. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
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