Commander of the Navy (Belgium)

Commander of the Navy

Ensign of the Navy

Incumbent
Jan De Beurme

since 28 September 2020

Reports to| Chief of Defence
Admiral Benelux
Formation| 1831
1939
Abolished| 1862

The Commander of the Belgian Navy (French: Commandant de la Composante Marine) is the head of the Naval operations and the administrative head in the Belgian Navy, and is under the Chief of Defence. The current commander is Jan De Beurme.

## List of officeholders

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### 1831–1862

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### 1939–present

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No. | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term of office  | Ref.

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Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
|  | Flotilla admiral
L. J. J. Robins | 1 July 1955  | 31 March 1962  | 6 years, 273 days  | [1]
|  | Flotilla admiral
Louis F. R. Petijean
(1901–?) | 1 April 1962  | 19 December 1963  | 1 year, 262 days  | [1]
|  | Flotilla admiral
L. L. J. Lurquin
(1914–?) | 20 December 1963  | 31 March 1973  | 9 years, 101 days  | [1]
|  | Flotilla admiral
Vam J. P. L. Van Dyck
(1919–?) | 1 April 1973  | 30 September 1980  | 7 years, 182 days  | [1]
|  | Vice admiral
Avi A. J. P. Schlim
(1926–?) | 1 October 1980  | 31 December 1985  | 5 years, 91 days  | [1]
|  | Vice admiral
Edmond Poullet
(1928–2020) | 1 January 1986  | 30 September 1989  | 3 years, 272 days  | [1]
|  | Vice admiral
Jozef De Wilde
(1931–?) | 1 October 1989  | 31 December 1992  | 3 years, 91 days  | [1]
|  | Vice admiral
Willy Herteleer
(born 1941) | 1 January 1993  | 30 September 1995  | 2 years, 272 days  | [1]
|  | Vice admiral
Michel Verhulst
(born 1942) | 1 October 1995  | 30 June 2001  | 5 years, 272 days  | [1]
|  | Vice admiral
Michel Hellemans
(born 1951) | 1 July 2001  | 31 December 2001  | 183 days  | [1]
|  | Divisional admiral
Willy Goethals | 1 January 2002  | 31 December 2005  | 3 years, 364 days  | [1]
|  | Divisional admiral
Jean-Paul Robyns | 1 January 2006  | 30 June 2011  | 5 years, 180 days  | [1]
|  | Divisional admiral
Michel Hofman
(born 1961) | 30 June 2011  | 6 May 2015  | 3 years, 310 days  | [1]
|  | Divisional admiral
Georges Heeren | 6 May 2015  | 20 September 2016  | 1 year, 137 days  | [2]
|  | Divisional admiral
Wim Robberecht
(born 1962) | 20 September 2016  | 28 September 2020  | 4 years, 8 days  | [2][3]
|  | Divisional admiral
Jan De Beurme
(born 1965) | 28 September 2020  | Incumbent | 4 years, 311 days  | [3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Amiraux de la Marine". marinebelge.be (in French). Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. ^ a b "Admiral Wim Robberecht is the new Chief of the Belgian Navy". Navy Recognition. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
3. ^ a b Gain, Nathan (2 October 2020). "Admiral Jan De Beurme Is The Belgian Navy's New Chief Of Staff". navalnews.com. Naval News. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

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Chiefs of the navy by country

* Chief of the Naval Staff

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* DR Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Former|

* Biafra
* Bophuthatswana
* Ciskei
* British Egypt
* Ethiopian Empire
* Rhodesia
* Transkei
* Venda
* Zaire

Americas|

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Former|

* Confederate States of America

Asia|

* Abkhazia
* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* PR of China
* East Timor
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* NEDAJA
* NEDSA
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Republic of China (Taiwan)
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Former|

* Democratic Kampuchea
* Imperial Japan
* Mengjiang
* Manchukuo
* South Vietnam

Europe|

* Albania
* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* Vatican

Former|

* Austria–Hungary
* Independent State of Croatia
* Czechoslovakia
* Prussia
* Imperial Germany
* Nazi Germany
* East Germany
* Ottoman Empire
* Russian Empire
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

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* Naval Component
* Medical Component
* Gendarmerie (defunct)

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