Commander of the Yugoslav Navy

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Commander of the Yugoslav Navy
Zapovjednik jugoslavenske mornarice
Longest serving Viceadmiral  [hr] 7 March 1934 – 17 April 1940
Royal Yugoslav Navy (until 1945)  Yugoslav Navy (after 1945)
Reports to	Chief of the General Staff
Seat	Split, Croatia
Term length	No fixed length
Precursor	Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
Formation	31 October 1918
First holder	Dragutin Prica
Final holder	Miodrag Jokić
Abolished	1992
Succession	Commander of the Croatian Navy

The Commander of the Yugoslav Navy was the highest ranking officer and official head of the Royal Yugoslav Navy and its successor.

List of commanders[]

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1929)[]

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Prica, DragutinAdmiral Dragutin Prica (1867–1960)	31 October 1918	30 November 1918	30 days
2		Koch, MetodKontraadmiral  [hr] (1874–1952)	1 December 1918	1 September 1920	1 year, 275 days
3		Wikerhauser, ViktorAdmiral  [sr] (1866–1940)	2 September 1920	17 October 1923	3 years, 46 days
(1)		Prica, DragutinAdmiral Dragutin Prica (1867–1960)	22 October 1923	18 October 1929	5 years, 361 days

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1945)[]

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Wikerhauser, ViktorAdmiral  [sr] (1866–1940)	18 October 1929	7 April 1932	2 years, 172 days
2		Stanković, NikolaViceadmiral Nikola Stanković (1875–?)	7 April 1932	6 March 1934	1 year, 333 days	[1]
3		Polić, MarijanViceadmiral  [hr] (1876–1958)	7 March 1934	17 April 1940	6 years, 41 days
4		Luterotti, JulijanViceadmiral Julijan Luterotti	18 April 1940	3 April 1941	350 days
5		Domainko, EmilKontraadmiral Emil Domainko (1889–?)	3 April 1941	17 April 1941	14 days	[2]

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992)[]

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Kern, IvanKontraadmiral Ivan Kern (1898–1991)	1945	22 December 1945	0 years
?		Truta, LjuboAdmiral  [hr] (1915–1991)	?	?	? years
?		Jerković, MateAdmiral  [hr] (1915–1980)	September 1970	1975	4–5 years
?		Mamula, BrankoFleet Admiral Branko Mamula (born 1921)	1983	May 1988	4–5 years
?		Jokić, MiodragViceadmiral Miodrag Jokić (born 1935)	?	1992	3–4 years

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