Chief of Navy (Singapore)

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]

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

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	8 December 1992	30 June 1996	3–4 years	[3]
10		Rear-Admiral Richard Lim Cherng Yih	1 July 1996	30 June 1999	2–3 years	[3]
11		Rear-Admiral Lui Tuck Yew (born 1961)	1 July 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	2 years, 160 days	[1]