The Commander-in-Chief (Navy) () is the highest-ranking officer in the Defence Services (Navy), the navy branch of Myanmar Defence Services or Tatmadaw. The officeholder reports directly to the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and is a member of the highest defence leadership within the country. After the unification of Army, Navy, and Air Force in 1955, the Tatmadaw had the Chief of Staff system and the branches were led by Vice Chief of Staff (Army), Vice Chief of Staff (Navy), and Vice Chief of Staff (Air), respectively,၁၉၅၉ခုနှစ်၊ တပ်မတော်နည်းဥပဒေများ [The Defence Services Rules, 1959] (Bilingual; English and Burmese) until 1989. A new system was introduced in 1989 during the reorganisation and each branch is now led by its own Commander-in-Chief.၁၉၅၉ ခုနှစ်၊ တပ်မတော်နည်းဥပဒေများကို ပြင်ဆင်သည့် နည်းဥပဒေများ [The Rules Amending the Defence Services Rules, 1959]; in Burmese and EnglishSelth, Andrew (2002): Burma's Armed Forces: Power Without Glory, Eastbridge. Following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, leadership changes in the Navy have been closely tied to wider military reshuffles.
List of CO/ CNS/ VCS(Navy)/ C-in-C(Navy)
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office Commanding Officer, Burma Navy 1 CommanderKhin Maung Bo 4 January 1948 8 May 1948 Chief of Naval Staff (1) CommanderKhin Maung Bo 8 May 1948 13 June 1952 2 CommodoreThan Phe 14 June 1952 28 September 1955 Vice Chief of Staff, Defence Services (Navy) (2) CommodoreThan Phe 28 September 1955 21 May 1962 3 CommodoreThaung Tin 30 May 1962 7 March 1973 4 Rear AdmiralChit Hlaing 8 March 1974 15 October 1980 5 Rear AdmiralMaung Maung Win 16 October 1980 4 November 1985 6 Vice AdmiralMaung Maung Khin 5 November 1985 10 May 1989 Commander-in-Chief (Navy) (6) Vice AdmiralMaung Maung Khin 10 May 1989 4 February 1992 7 Vice AdmiralThan Nyunt 5 February 1992 15 June 1995 8 Vice AdmiralTin Aye 16 June 1995 13 November 1997 9 Vice AdmiralNyunt Thein 24 November 1997 29 July 2000 10 Vice AdmiralKyi Min 9 August 2000 1 January 2004 11 Vice AdmiralSoe Thein 2 January 2004 20 June 2008 12 AdmiralNyan Tun 21 June 2008 15 August 2012 13 Admiral Thet Swe 31 August 2012 10 August 2015 14 AdmiralTin Aung San 11 August 2015 1 February 2021 15 AdmiralMoe Aung 2 February 2021 9 January 2024 16 Vice AdmiralZwe Win Myint 9 January 2024 13 July 2024 17 AdmiralHtein Win 14 July 2024 Incumbent
Existing positions named C-in-C and CS Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Chief of the General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Commander-in-Chief (Air) 7. Chief of Staff (Army) Chief of Staff (Navy) Chief of Staff (Air)
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