| Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy | |
|---|---|
| Capo di Stato Maggiore della Marina Militare | |
 Flag of the Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy | |
| Ministry of Defence | |
| Member of |  Italian Navy |
| Reports to | Chief of the Defence Staff |
| Formation | 1927 |
| First holder | Ernesto Burzagli |
The Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy (Italian : Capo di Stato Maggiore della Marina Militare) is the commander of the Italian Navy
| No. | Portrait | Chief of the Navy | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ammiraglio d'armata Ernesto Burzagli (1873–1944) | 1927 | 1931 | 3–4 years | |
| 2 | Ammiraglio d'armata Gino Ducci (1872–1962) | 1931 | 1934 | 2–3 years | |
| 3 | Ammiraglio d'armata Domenico Cavagnari (1876–1966) | 1934 | 1940 | 5–6 years | |
| 4 | Ammiraglio d'armata Arturo Riccardi (1878–1966) | 1940 | 1943 | 2–3 years | |
| 5 | Ammiraglio di squadra Raffaele de Courten (1888–1978) | 1943 | 1946 | 2–3 years |
| No. | Portrait | Chief of the Navy | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Ammiraglio di squadra Raffaele de Courten (1888–1978) | 1946 | 1947 | 0–1 years | |
| 6 | Ammiraglio di squadra Francesco Maugeri (1898–1978) | 1947 | 1948 | 0–1 years | |
| 7 | Ammiraglio di squadra Emilio Ferreri | 1948 | 1955 | 6–7 years | |
| 8 | Ammiraglio di squadra Corso Pecori Giraldi | 1955 | 1962 | 6–7 years | |
| 9 | Ammiraglio di squadra Ernesto Giuriati | 1962 | 1965 | 2–3 years | |
| 10 | Ammiraglio di squadra Alessandro Michelagnoli (1905–1969) | 9 October 1965 | 9 September 1968 | 2 years | |
| 11 | Ammiraglio di squadra Virgilio Spigai (1907–1976) | 10 September 1968 | 21 October 1970 | 2 years | |
| 12 | Ammiraglio di squadra Giuseppe Roselli Lorenzini (1910–1987) | 22 October 1970 | 4 May 1973 | 2 years | |
| 13 | Ammiraglio di squadra Gino De Giorgi (1914–1979) | 5 May 1973 | 1977 | 3–4 years | |
| 14 | Ammiraglio di squadra Giovanni Torrisi (1917–1992) | 1977 | 1980 | 2–3 years | |
| 15 | Ammiraglio di squadra Mario Bini | 1980 | 1981 | 0–1 years | |
| 16 | Ammiraglio di squadra Angelo Monassi (1920–2000) | 1981 | 1984 | 2–3 years | |
| 17 | Ammiraglio di squadra Vittorio Marulli | 1984 | 15 November 1985 | 0–1 years | |
| 18 | Ammiraglio di squadra Giasone Piccioni (1923–2002) | 16 November 1985 | 31 March 1988 | 2 years | |
| 19 | Ammiraglio di squadra Sergio Majoli | 1 April 1988 | 1989 | 0–1 years | |
| 20 | Ammiraglio di squadra Filippo Ruggiero | 1989 | 21 April 1992 | 2–3 years | |
| 21 | Ammiraglio di squadra Guido Venturoni (born 1934) | 22 April 1992 | 13 May 1993 | 1 years | |
| 22 | Ammiraglio di squadra Angelo Mariani (born 1935) | 1994 | 1998 | 3–4 years | |
| 23 | Ammiraglio di squadra Umberto Guarnieri (born 1937) | 1998 | 2001 | 2–3 years | |
| 24 | Ammiraglio di squadra Marcello De Donno [1] | 2001 | 2004 | 2–3 years | |
| 25 | Ammiraglio di squadra Sergio Biraghi (born 1941) | 2004 | 2006 | 1–2 years | |
| 26 | Ammiraglio di squadra Paolo La Rosa (born 1947) | 2006 | 22 February 2010 | 3–4 years | |
| 27 | Ammiraglio di squadra Bruno Branciforte (born 1947) | 23 February 2010 | 1 March 2012 | 2 years, 7 days years | |
| 28 | Ammiraglio di squadra Luigi Binelli Mantelli (born 1950) [2] | 2 March 2012 | 27 January 2013 | 335 days years | |
| 29 | Ammiraglio di squadra Giuseppe De Giorgi (born 1953) | 28 January 2013 | 21 June 2016 | 3 years, 145 days years | |
| 30 | Ammiraglio di squadra Valter Girardelli (born 1955) | 22 June 2016 | 21 June 2019 | 2 years, 364 days years | |
| 31 | Ammiraglio di squadra Giuseppe Cavo Dragone (born 1957) | 21 June 2019 | 19 October 2021 | 2 years, 120 days | |
| 32 | Ammiraglio di squadra Enrico Credendino (born 1963) | 19 October 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 7 days |
The Italian Navy is one of the four branches of Italian Armed Forces and was formed in 1946 from what remained of the Regia Marina after World War II. Historically the Italian Navy traces its roots back to the navy of Ancient Rome. As of August 2014, the Italian Navy had a strength of 30,923 active personnel, with approximately 184 vessels in service, including minor auxiliary vessels. It is considered a multiregional and a blue-water navy.
The Ministry of Defence is the government body of the Italian Republic responsible for military and civil defence matters and managing the Italian Armed Forces. It is led by the Italian Minister of Defence, a position occupied by Guido Crosetto since October 2022.
The 213th Coastal Division was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. Royal Italian Army coastal divisions were second line divisions formed with reservists and equipped with second rate materiel. Recruited locally, they were often commanded by officers called out of retirement.
Operation Grog was the name assigned to the British naval and air bombardment of Genoa and La Spezia on 9 February 1941, by the Royal Navy's Force H, consisting of the battleship HMS Malaya, aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, battlecruiser HMS Renown, and light cruiser HMS Sheffield screened by ten fleet destroyers including HMS Fearless, HMS Foxhound, HMS Foresight, HMS Fury, HMS Firedrake and HMS Jersey.
Augusto Aubry was an Italian naval officer and politician. Part of the naval fortifications at Taranto were later named after him.
The Gruppo Sportivo della Marina Militare is the sport section of the Italian armed force, Italian Navy.
Mario Aramu was an Italian aviator.
Giuseppe de Giorgi is an Italian admiral and naval aviator. He was Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy from 28 January 2013 to 22 June 2016. He was Commander of the Maritime Task Force of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from August 2006 to October 2006. He then became Chief of Staff of the Italian Joint Operations Headquarter, a position he held from 2007 to 2009, before serving as Chief of Staff to the Commander of the Italian Naval Fleet from 2009 to 2011. He served as Commander in Chief Naval Fleet from February 2012 to January 2013.
Admiral Valter Girardelli is a retired Italian Naval officer who served as Chief of the Italian Navy from 2016 to 2019.
Vice Admiral Maurizio Gimignani is an Italian Navy officer, currently serving as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy.
The Thaon di Revel class is a class of multipurpose offshore ships built by Fincantieri for the Italian Navy.
The Simeto class is a class of three auxiliary ships built for the Italian Navy for emergency water replenishment of islands. One ship of the class, the Simeto, was transferred to the Tunisian Navy in 2003.
Orsa Maggiore is an ocean ketch, serving as a sail training vessel for the Italian Navy. It is an oceanic yacht racing armed as ketch of the Italian Navy's sail section.
The Cabrini class is a new high-speed multipurpose patrol boat class of the Italian Navy, also known as Unità Navale Polifunzionale ad Alta Velocità (UNPAV) or K-180.
USSP is a planned Submarine rescue ship of the Marina Militare, financed with 2017's balance law.
It is expected to replace Italian ship Anteo.
Bruto Brivonesi was an Italian admiral during World War II.
The following is the structure of the Italian Navy as of June 2020. It is considered a multiregional and a blue-water navy.
Comando Supremo was the highest command echelon of the Italian Armed Forces between June 1941 and May 1945. Its predecessor, the Stato Maggiore Generale, was a purely advisory body with no direct control of the several branches of the armed forces and with very little staff. Created amidst the exigencies of World War II, Comando Supremo was a large organization with several departments and operational command of the armed forces on the active fronts. At the end of the war, it was reduced to a purely advisory role again.
Francesco Maugeri was an Italian admiral, head of the Servizio Informazioni Segrete during World War II and Chief of Staff of the Marina Militare between 1947 and 1948.
| Components |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Fleet Command | ||
| Equipment | ||
| Schools | ||
| History and traditions | ||
| Related | ||
 Esercito Italiano (Army)  Marina Militare (Navy)  Aeronautica Militare (Air Force)  Arma dei Carabinieri (Gendarmerie) | |||||||
| Leadership | |||||||
| Ranks |
| ||||||
