Chief of Navy (Singapore)

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Chief of Navy of the
Singapore Armed Forces
Singapore navy Lt. Col. Aaron Beng 140629-N-IU636-171 (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Rear-Admiral Aaron Beng
since 23 March 2020
 Republic of Singapore Navy
TypeCommanding general
AbbreviationCNV
Reports toChief of Defence Force
NominatorPrime Minister
AppointerPresident
Term lengthNo term limit
Formation1966; 56 years ago (1966)
First holderJaswant Singh Gill

The chief of Navy is the head of the Republic of Singapore Navy. The incumbent chief is Aaron Beng, who was appointed on 23 March 2020.[1]

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 TCH 2008 crop.jpg Rear-Admiral
Teo Chee Hean
(born 1954) 		1991 7 December 1992 0–1 years [3]
9 Rear-Admiral
Kwek Siew Jin 		1992 1996 3–4 years [3]
10 Rear-Admiral
Richard Lim Cherng Yih 		1996 1999 2–3 years [3]
11 Lui Tuck Yew giving the Partner of the Year award to Paul Daff of Jetstar Asia at the Changi Airline Awards, Singapore - 20120510 (version 2).jpg Rear-Admiral
Lui Tuck Yew
(born 1961) 		1999 1 April 2003 3–4 years [3]
12 Rear Adm. Ronnie Tay (070724-N-6512M-035) (cropped).jpg Rear-Admiral
Ronnie Tay
(born 1963) 		1 April 2003 31 August 2007 4 years, 152 days [3]
13 Chew Men Leong (090514-N-1488S-067) (cropped).jpg Rear-Admiral
Chew Men Leong 		31 August 2007 29 March 2011 3 years, 210 days [3]
14 Ng Chee Peng.jpg Rear-Admiral
Ng Chee Peng 		29 March 2011 1 August 2014 3 years, 125 days [4]
15 Lai Chung Han (150209-N-DC018-225) (cropped).jpg Rear-Admiral
Lai Chung Han 		1 August 2014 16 June 2017 2 years, 319 days [5][6]
16 Radm. Lew Chuen Hong, Chief of Navy, Singapore Armed Forces.jpg Rear-Admiral
Lew Chuen Hong
(born 1976) 		16 June 2017 23 March 2020 2 years, 281 days [7][8]
17 Singapore navy Lt. Col. Aaron Beng 140629-N-IU636-171 (cropped).jpg Rear-Admiral
Aaron Beng
(born 1981) 		23 March 2020 Incumbent 2 years, 0 days [9][1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Aaron Beng named new Chief of Navy as part of leadership renewal". Channel News Asia. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Yong, Clement (21 December 2020). "Singapore's first head of navy Jaswant Singh Gill dies, aged 97". straitstimes.com. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Past Leadership". mindef.gov.sg. Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ Loke, Kok Fai (1 August 2014). "Singapore Navy welcomes new chief". Channel News Asia. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  5. ^ "SAF Leadership". MINDEF. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  6. ^ Loke, Kok Fai (1 August 2014). "Singapore Navy welcomes new chief". Channel News Asia. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Singapore Navy chief Lai Chung Han to step down, Rear-Admiral Lew Chuen Hong taking over". The Straits Times. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  8. ^ "New Chief of Navy at the Helm" (Press release). Ministry of Defence of Singapore. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Change in Chief of Navy" (PDF). MINDEF – National Archives of Singapore. 25 February 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
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