Chief of Navy (Singapore) explained

Post:	Chief of Navy
Incumbent:	Rear-Admiral Sean Wat
Incumbentsince:	10 March 2023
Type:	Commanding general
Abbreviation:	CNV
Reports To:	Chief of Defence Force
Nominator:	Prime Minister of Singapore
Appointer:	President of Singapore
Termlength:	No term limit
First:	Jaswant Singh Gill

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.

List of chiefs of Navy

	Portrait	Name	Term of office
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Commander, Singapore Naval Volunteer Force
1		Lieutenant-Colonel Jaswant Singh Gill	1966	1968	years	^[1]
Commander, Maritime Command
2		Mohamed Bin Mohd Salleh	1969	1969	years	^[2]
3		Geoffrey Vernon Dennis	1969	1970	years
4		James Aeria	1970	1975	years
Commander, Republic of Singapore Navy
5		Khoo Eng Ann	1975	1985	years
6		Commodore James Leo	November 1985	April 1990	years
Chief of Navy
7		Commodore James Leo	May 1990	May 1991	years
8		Rear-Admiral Teo Chee Hean	1991	7 December 1992	years
9		Rear-Admiral Kwek Siew Jin	1992	1996	years
10		Rear-Admiral Richard Lim Cherng Yih	1996	1999	years
11		Rear-Admiral Lui Tuck Yew	1999	1 April 2003	years
12		Rear-Admiral Ronnie Tay	1 April 2003	31 August 2007
13		Rear-Admiral Chew Men Leong	31 August 2007	29 March 2011
14		Rear-Admiral Ng Chee Peng	29 March 2011	1 August 2014		^[3]
15		Rear-Admiral Lai Chung Han	1 August 2014	16 June 2017		^[4] ^[5]
16		Rear-Admiral Lew Chuen Hong	16 June 2017	23 March 2020		^[6] ^[7]
17		Rear-Admiral Aaron Beng	23 March 2020	10 March 2023		^[8] ^[9]
18		Rear-Admiral Sean Wat	10 March 2023	Incumbent		^[10]

Notes and References

1. News: Yong . Clement . Singapore's first head of navy Jaswant Singh Gill dies, aged 97 . 21 September 2021 . straitstimes.com . 21 December 2020.
2. Web site: Past Leadership. mindef.gov.sg. Ministry of Defence. https://web.archive.org/web/20190321103823/https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal/mindef/about-us/leadership-biographies/past-leadership. 21 March 2019. live. 23 January 2019.
3. Web site: Loke. Kok Fai. Singapore Navy welcomes new chief. Channel News Asia. 3 August 2014. 1 August 2014. 8 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044321/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-navy-welcomes/1292636.html. dead.
4. Web site: SAF Leadership. MINDEF. 15 November 2013.
5. Web site: Loke . Kok Fai . Singapore Navy welcomes new chief . Channel News Asia . 10 August 2014 . 1 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044321/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-navy-welcomes/1292636.html . 8 August 2014 .
6. News: Singapore Navy chief Lai Chung Han to step down, Rear-Admiral Lew Chuen Hong taking over. The Straits Times. 22 May 2017. 22 May 2017.
7. New Chief of Navy at the Helm. Ministry of Defence of Singapore. 16 June 2017. 16 June 2017.
8. Web site: 25 February 2020. Change in Chief of Navy. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210223202514/https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/MINDEF_20200225001.pdf. 23 February 2021. 23 February 2021. MINDEF – National Archives of Singapore.
9. News: 25 February 2020. Aaron Beng named new Chief of Navy as part of leadership renewal. Channel News Asia. 23 February 2021.
10. Web site: New Chief of Navy at the Helm . Ministry of Defence . 11 March 2023 . 10 March 2023.