The Chief of Navy ( ms, Panglima Tentera Laut) is the most senior appointment in the

Royal Malaysian Navy The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN, ms, Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia; TLDM; Jawi: ) is the naval arm of the Malaysian Armed Forces. RMN is the main agency responsible for the country's maritime surveillance and defense operations. RMN's area of o ...

and has been held by a

four-star officer A four-star rank is the rank of any four-star officer described by the NATO OF-9 code. Four-star officers are often the most senior commanders in the armed services, having ranks such as (full) admiral, (full) general, colonel general, army g ...

in the rank of

Admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...

since 2002. The Chief of Navy is a member of the

Malaysian Armed Forces Council The Malaysian Armed Forces Council is a Malaysian military body established under Article 137 of the Constitution of Malaysia and is the constitutional body responsible (under the general authority of the King as Supreme Commander) for the comma ...

and directly reports to the Chief of Defence Forces. The current Chief of Navy is

Laksamana The Laksamana ( Jawi: ) is a position within the armed forces, similar to the position of admiral in Malay sultanates and in present-day countries like Indonesia and Malaysia. Since South East Asia was part of Indosphere of Greater India since earl ...

Tan Sri The Malay language has a complex system of styles, titles and honorifics which are used extensively in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the southern Philippines. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and several provinces in Indonesia regul ...

Mohd Reza bin Mohd Sany who succeeded Laksamana Tan Sri Ahmad Kamarulzaman Hj Ahmad Badaruddin on 30 November 2018.

Appointees

Living former Chiefs of Navy

* K. Thanabalasingam * Mohammad Zain Mohammad Salleh * Abdul Wahab Nawi * Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor * Abu Bakar Abdul Jamal * Mohd Ramly Abu Bakar *

Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor Mohd Anwar bin Mohd Nor ( December 3, 1951, in Alor Gajah, Malacca, is the 15th and the former Chief of Defence Forces (). He is the first head of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) to be appointed from the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). For over f ...

* Ramlan Mohamed Ali * Abdul Aziz Jaafar * Ahmad Kamarulzaman Hj Ahmad Badaruddin

References

kepimpinan - Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia
(in Malay) {{Chief of the navy by country Royal Malaysian Navy Military of Malaysia Ministry of Defence (Malaysia)

Appointees

Living former Chiefs of Navy

See also

References