List of Namibian admirals

The following is a list of people who have attained admiral rank within the Namibian Navy (NN).

This list is complete and up to date as of April 2018.

Key

Abbreviation	Rank
Cdre	Commodore
R Adm (JG)	Rear Admiral (Junior Grade)
R Adm	Rear Admiral
V Adm	Vice Admiral

The ranks of Flag Officers changed in 2007 when the rank previously called Commodore became known as Rear Admiral (Junior Grade).

Rank	Name	Last position held	Notes	Dates of service
R Adm	Peter Vilho	Navy Commander	first navy Commander[1]	1990-2017
R Adm	Sinsy Nghipandua	Navy Commander	second navy Commander[2]	1990-2020
R Adm	Alweendo Amungulu	Navy Commander	Third Navy Commander[3]	1990-currently
R Adm	Sacheus !Gonteb	Navy Commander	Fourth Navy Commander	1996-currently
R Adm(JG)	Setson Hangula	Chief of Staff Defence Intelligence	First Navy Admiral to get appointed as COS at Defence HQ's	1990-Currently
R Adm(JG)	Gottlieb Pandeni	Commander Naval Operations	Third Commander of Naval OPS	1996-currently
R Adm(JG)	Nehemia Shikongo	Commander Naval Support	Second Commander of Naval Support	1990-2020
R Adm(JG)	Lazarus Shitaleni	Commander Naval Support	Third Commander of Naval Support	1990-currently
R Adm(JG)	Lazarus Erastus	Commander Naval Support	Fourth Commander of Naval Support	1990-currently
R Adm(JG)	Petrus Tjandja	Deputy Chief of Staff Joint Operations	first Navy Admiral to get appointed as Deputy COS at Defence HQ'	1990-currently
R Adm(JG)	Naftal Shuumbwa	Commander Naval Support	fifth Commander of Naval Support, Is a Marine	1990-currently