| Commander of the Israeli Navy | |
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| מפקד זרוע הים | |
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 Israeli Navy | |
| Member of | The General Staff |
| Reports to | Chief of the General Staff |
| Appointer | Chief of the General Staff |
| Formation | 17 March 1948 |
| First holder | Gershon Zak |
| Website | www |
The Commander of the Israeli Navy is the head and highest-ranking officer of the Israeli Navy, and has operational control and is responsible for overall operations of the navy. The current Commander David Saar Salama.
| No. | Picture | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gershon Zak (1913–1989) | 17 March 1948 | April 1949 | 1 year | [1] | |
| 2 | Paul Shulman (1922–1994) | April 1949 | May 1949 | 1 month | [1] | |
| 3 | Aluf Shlomo Shamir (1915–2009) | May 1949 | December 1950 | 1 year, 7 months | [1] | |
| 4 | Aluf Mordechai Limon (1924–2009) | 14 December 1950 | 30 June 1954 | 3 years, 6 months | [1] | |
| 5 | Aluf Shmuel Tankus (1914–2012) | 1 July 1954 | 1960 | 5–6 years | [1] | |
| 6 | Aluf Yohai Ben-Nun (1924–1994) | 1960 | 1966 | 5–6 years | [1] | |
| 7 | Aluf Shlomo Erell (1920–2018) | January 1966 | September 1968 | 2 years, 8 months | [1] | |
| 8 | Aluf Avraham Botzer (1929–2012) | September 1968 | 1 September 1972 | 4 years | [1] | |
| 9 | Aluf Benjamin Telem (1928–2008) | 1 September 1972 | 1976 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
| 10 | Aluf Michael Barkai (1935–1999) | 1976 | 10 January 1979 | 2–3 years | [1] [2] | |
| 11 | Aluf Ze'ev Almog (born 1935) | 10 January 1979 | February 1985 | 6 years | [1] | |
| 12 | Aluf Avraham Ben-Shoshan (born 1940) | February 1985 | 1989 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
| 13 | Aluf Micha Ram (1942–2018) | 1989 | 1992 | 2–3 years | [1] | |
| 14 | Aluf Ami Ayalon (born 1945) | 1992 | 1995 | 2–3 years | [1] | |
| 15 | Aluf Alex Tal (born 1946) | 1995 | 1999 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
| 16 | Aluf Yedidya Ya'ari (born 1947) | 1999 | September 2004 | 4–5 years | [1] | |
| 17 | Aluf David Ben-Besht (born 1950) | September 2004 | 2007 | 2–3 years | [1] | |
| 18 | Aluf Eli Marom (born 1955) | 2007 | 2011 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
| 19 | Aluf Ram Rothberg (born 1964) | 10 October 2011 | 12 September 2016 | 4 years, 11 months | [1] [3] | |
| 20 | Aluf Eli Sharvit (born 1964) | 12 September 2016 | 2 September 2021 | 4 years, 11 months | [4] [5] | |
| 21 | Aluf David Saar Salama (born 1969) | 2 September 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 6 months | [6] |
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