Commodore is a senior naval rank used in many navies which is equivalent to brigadier or brigadier general and air commodore. It is superior to a navy captain,but below a rear admiral. It is either regarded as the most junior of the flag officers rank or may not hold the jurisdiction of a flag officer at all depending on the officer's appointment. Non-English-speaking nations commonly use the rank of flotilla admiral,counter admiral,or senior captain as an equivalent,although counter admiral may also correspond to rear admiral lower half abbreviated as RDML.
Admiral of the Fleet Michael Cecil Boyce,Baron Boyce,was a British Royal Navy officer who also sat as a crossbench member of the House of Lords until his death in November 2022.
Juan Williams Rebolledo was a Chilean rear admiral who was the organizer and commander-in-chief of the Chilean navy in 1879 at the beginning of the War of the Pacific. As a politician,he was elected from Valparaiso to the national Congress in 1867,and in 1873 he was elected as city councillor.
Jonathan William Greenert is a former United States Navy admiral who served as the 30th Chief of Naval Operations from September 23,2011,to September 18,2015. He previously served as the 36th Vice Chief of Naval Operations from August 13,2009,to August 22,2011. Prior to that,he served as Commander,U.S. Fleet Forces Command from September 29,2007,to July 29,2009,deputy chief of Naval Operations for Integration of Capabilities and Resources from September 2006 to September 2007,and commander of U.S. Seventh Fleet from August 2004 to September 2006. He retired from the navy after over 40 years of service. In March 2016,the National Bureau of Asian Research announced that Greenert would become the third holder of the John M. Shalikashvili Chair in National Security Studies at NBR. In April 2016,Greenert was appointed to the board of directors for BAE Systems for a three-year term.
The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) is a statutory office held by the professional head of the Indian Navy (IN),the naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces. Customarily held by a four-star admiral,the CNS is the senior-most operational officer of the IN,tasked with the roles of overseeing the force's overall functioning during states of peace and conflict,along with the realization of India's strategic maritime objectives,namely,the defence of the country's sovereignty against maritime threats and the security of international sea lines in the Indo-Pacific.
Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope,is a retired Royal Navy officer. After serving as a submarine commander,he commanded a frigate and then commanded an aircraft carrier on operational patrol off Sierra Leone. He went on to be Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and then Commander-in-Chief Fleet. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval staff,the professional head of the Royal Navy,from July 2009 to April 2013. In this role he advised the British Government on the deployment of naval forces during operations around Libya. He was succeeded by Admiral Sir George Zambellas in April 2013.
Admiral Sir George Michael Zambellas,is a British retired Royal Navy officer. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from April 2013 before handing over duties to Admiral Sir Philip Jones in April 2016.
Tariq Kamal KhanNI(M) HI(M) SI(M) LoM,is a retired four-star rank admiral who served as a Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from being appointed in 1983 until retiring from his service in 1986.
Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma is a former senior naval officer who served as the Chief of the Naval Staff of Indian Navy,from 31 August 2009 to 31 August 2012. In November 2012,he was appointed the High Commissioner to Canada.
Admiral Edmundo González Robles is a Chilean admiral,former commander in chief of the Chilean Navy,appointed by the Supreme Government of Chile for the period June 2009 - June 2013.
Admiral Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne,WV,RWP and Bar,RSP,VSV,USP,NI(M),ndc,psn,is a retired Sri Lankan admiral,and former Chief of Defence Staff of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. He has also served as the Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy,Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy,the Director General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard and held,at various times,four of the seven Naval Commands of the SLN. Wijegunaratne has also served as Director Naval Operations,and is a recipient of the Weerodara Vibhushanaya.
Zafar Mahmood AbbasiNI(M) HI(M) SI(M) BJSN is a retired four-star admiral of the Pakistan Navy who served as the 16th Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) of Pakistan Navy from 7 October 2017 until 7 October 2020.
Admiral Sir Philip Andrew Jones,is a retired senior Royal Navy officer. After service in the South Atlantic in 1982 during the Falklands War,he commanded the frigates HMS Beaver and HMS Coventry. He went on to be Flag Officer,Scotland,Northern England and Northern Ireland,Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff before being appointed Fleet Commander and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff. Jones served as First Sea Lord from April 2016 to June 2019.
Admiral Adhar Kumar Chatterji was an Admiral in the Indian Navy. He served as the 5th Chief of the Naval Staff,from 4 March 1966,until 28 February 1970. He was the first Indian officer of the navy to hold the rank of full Admiral. He is credited with the transformation of the Indian Navy. He made sweeping changes and restructured the navy,creating the Western and Eastern Naval Commands and the Western Fleet. Under him,the Indian Navy also entered the submarine age,with the commissioning of INS Kalvari (S23) in 1967.
Vice Admiral Glen Syndercombe was a former Chief of the South African Navy.
Vice Admiral Stuart Campbell Mayer,is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy. He joined the navy via the Royal Australian Naval College at HMAS Creswell in 1984 and qualified as a Principal Warfare Officer in 1994. He commanded HMAS Canberra (2002–04),HMAS Anzac (2007–09) and the International Stabilisation Force (2009–10),and deployed on operations to the Persian Gulf,East Timor,and the Arabian Sea during the Iraq War. He served as Commander Australian Fleet from 2014 to 2018,Head Force Design within the Vice Chief of Defence Force Group from 2018 to 2019,and Deputy Commander United Nations Command,based in South Korea,from 2019 to 2021. He retired from the navy in 2022 and was appointed a partner in Ernst &Young's consulting division.
Admiral Sir Benjamin John Key,is a senior Royal Navy officer. He has served as First Sea Lord since November 2021. He has commanded HM Ships Sandown,Iron Duke and Lancaster,and deployed on operations to Kosovo and Iraq. He was appointed Fleet Commander in 2016,and the Chief of Joint Operations in 2019.
Vice-Admiral Craig Alan Baines is a retired senior Royal Canadian Navy officer who served as Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy from 2021 to 2022.
Vice Admiral Andrew Paul Burns,is a senior Royal Navy officer. He has served as Fleet Commander since September 2021.
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