Commander of the Navy (Namibia)

The commander of the Navy is the professional head of the Namibian Navy. The current commander of the Navy is Rear Admiral Sacheus !Gonteb. It is a position equivalent to that of Chief of the Navy in South Africa or Chief of Naval Operations in the United States Navy.

By convention, serving Navy commanders hold the rank of rear admiral.

List of commanders

The following officers have held the appointment of Navy Commander or its previous title Maritime Wing Commander since the commissioning of the Maritime Wing on 11 September 1998.

Navy Commanders
Rank Name Term Start Term End President
Captain Phestus Sacharia[1] 1998 2002 Sam Nujoma
Rear Admiral Peter Vilho[2] 2002 2017 Sam Nujoma

Hifikepunye Pohamba

Rear Admiral Sinsy Nghipandua[3] 2017 2020 Hage Geingob
Rear Admiral Alweendo Amungulu[4] 2020 2024
Rear Admiral Sacheus !Gonteb 2024[5] Present Nangolo Mbumba

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.mod.gov.na/documents/264813/460948/STATEMENT+BY+H.E+POHAMBA+AT+THE+COMMISSIONING+OF+THE+NAVAL+BASE%2C+NAVAL+JETTY+AND+THE+LOGISTICS+SUPPORT+VESSEL%2C+THE+NS+ELEPHANT+ON+07+SEPTEMBER+2012%2C+WALVIS+BAY.pdf/ece5bd43-75a7-4b86-86e5-10d17bc85791
  2. ↑ "Permanent Secretary". Ministry of Defence of the Government of Namibia. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  3. ↑ "New commander at helm of Navy - Ministries - Erongo". 31 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Marketing, Intouch Interactive (2 September 2020). "Namibian navy gets new broom - Local News - Namibian Sun". www.namibiansun.com.
  5. ↑ "!Gonteb appointed new navy commander". 24 December 2024.
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