Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (Pakistan) explained

Post:Vice Chief
Body:the Naval Staff
Native Name:وائس چیف آف دی نیول اسٹاف
Flag:Pakistan Navy Vice Admiral.svg
Flagcaption:Flag of the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
Incumbent:Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami
Incumbentsince:December 2023
Department:Ministry of Defence
Navy Secretariat-III at MoD
Reports To:Chief of the Naval Staff
Succession:On basis of seniority, subjected to the decision of the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Abbreviation:VCNS
Unofficial Names:Vice Naval chief
Deputy:Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (DCNS)
Salary:According to Pakistan Military officer's Pay Grade(BPS-22)
Website:Official website

The Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS) is the post that is, in principle, the deputy and the second-in-command (S-in-C) of the Pakistan Navy and is also the most senior Principal Staff Officer (PSO) at NHQ, reporting and functioning under the Chief of the Naval Staff.[1] This post is usually held by a senior flag officer of Vice Admiral rank.

Office holders

OrderNameRankPhotoAppointment dateLeft officeUnit of commissionDecorations
± 25 March 1969 20 December 1971 Executive Branch
1 Rear-Admiral1974 1975 Executive Branch

Khaled Jamil was chief of naval staff until his retirement in 1956

2 1975 1977 Operations Branch
3 1977 1979 Submarine Command
4 Vice-Admiral1980 1983 Operations Branch
5 19851988 Engineering BranchNI(M)
6 1988 1991 Surface Branch NI(M)
7 1992 1993 Operations Branch NI(M)
? 7 Nov 2005[2] 2007? Operations Branch NI(M)
? 30 Oct 2008[3] 26 Dec 2009 Operations Branch NI(M)
? 30 Dec 2009 12 Aug 2010 Operations Branch NI(M)
? 10 Aug 2010 6 October 2011 Operations Branch NI(M)
? October 2011 2012? Operations Branch NI(M)
? 10 November 2014 ? Operations Branch HI(M), SI (M)
? ? Operations Branch NI(M)
? 17 November 2019 Operations Branch
? ? 7 October 2020 Operations Branch NI(M)
? 3 September 2021Operations Branch
? March 2023 October 2023Operations Branch
Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami Vice-AdmiralOctober 2023IncumbentOperations Branch

See also

Notes and References

  1. Pakistan Navy Official Website PN Organizations
  2. Web site: Admiral Haroon appointed Vice Chief of Naval Staff. 8 November 2005.
  3. Web site: Vice Admiral (Retd) Asaf Humayun HI(M) – NCMPR.