| Post: | Chief |
| Body: | Navy |
| Native Name: | Malay: {{Script|Arab|ڤڠليما تنترا لا{{Jawi-HamzaThreeQuarter |
| Flag: | Bendera Laksamana TLDM.png |
| Flagborder: | yes |
| Incumbent: | Admiral Datuk Zulhelmy Ithnain |
| Incumbentsince: | 23 September 2024 |
| Style: | Yang Berbahagia (The Honorable) |
| Type: | Chief |
| Member Of: | Malaysian Armed Forces Council |
| Reports To: | Chief of Defence Forces |
| Termlength: | Not fixed |
| Formation: | 15 May 1957 |
| First: | Commodore Edward Dudley Norman |
| Salary: | TURUS II |
| Website: | www.navy.mil.my - leadership |
The Chief of Navy (ms|Panglima Tentera Laut) is the most senior appointment in the Royal Malaysian Navy and has been held by a four-star officer in the rank of admiral since 2002. The Chief of Navy is a member of the Malaysian Armed Forces Council and directly reports to the Chief of Defence Forces.
The current Chief of Navy is Laksamana Datuk Zulhelmy Ithnain who succeeded Laksamana Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Ayob on 23 September 2024.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| Senior Officer, Royal Malayan Navy | |||||||
| 1 | Commodore Edward Dudley Norman | ||||||
| Captain of the Navy, Malaya | |||||||
| 2 | Captain William John Dovers | ||||||
| Chief of Navy | |||||||
| 3 | Commodore Anthony Monckton Synnot | ||||||
| 4 | Commodore Allen Nelson Dollard | ||||||
| 5 | Rear Admiral K. Thanabalasingam | ||||||
| 6 | Vice Admiral Mohd Zain Mohd Salleh | ||||||
| 7 | Vice Admiral Abdul Wahab Nawi | ||||||
| 8 | Vice Admiral Mohd Shariff Ishak | ||||||
| 9 | Vice Admiral Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor | ||||||
| 10 | Admiral Abu Bakar Abdul Jamal | ||||||
| 11 | Admiral Mohd Ramly Abu Bakar | ||||||
| 12 | Admiral Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor | ||||||
| 13 | Admiral Ilyas Din | ||||||
| 14 | Admiral Ramlan Mohamed Ali | ||||||
| 15 | Admiral Abdul Aziz Jaafar | ||||||
| 16 | Admiral Ahmad Kamarulzaman Ahmad Badaruddin | 29 November 2018 | |||||
| 17 | Admiral Mohd Reza Mohd Sany | ||||||
| 18 | Admiral Abdul Rahman Ayob | ||||||
| 19 | Admiral Zulhelmy Ithnain | Incumbent | |||||