| Chief of the Naval staff | |
|---|---|
 Naval Ensign of Ghana | |
 Ghana Navy | |
| Style | Admiral/Sir |
| Reports to | Chief of Defence |
| Seat | Navy HQ, Burma Camp |
| Appointer | President of Ghana |
| Term length | No fixed length |
| Formation | January 1959 |
| First holder | D. A. Foreman |
The Chief of the Naval Staff is the head of the Naval operations and the administrative head in the Ghana Navy. The current Chief of Naval Staff is Rear Admiral Issah Yakubu.
| No. | Picture | Chief of Naval Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commodore D. A. Foreman (1910–1967) | Jan 1959 | Jun 1961 | 2 years, 5 months | [1] | |
| 2 | Rear Admiral David Animle Hansen (1923–2008) First Ghanaian Chief of Naval Staff | Sep 1961 | Jun 1967 | 5 years, 9 months | [1] | |
| 3 | Air Vice Marshal Michael Otu (1925–2006) | Jun 1967 | Mar 1968 | 9 months | [1] | |
| 4 | Commodore Philemon Quaye (1924–2010) | Apr 1968 | May 1972 | 4 years, 1 month | [1] | |
| 5 | Commodore Joy Amedume (?–1979) | May 1972 | Jan 1973 | 8 months | [1] | |
| 6 | Commodore Chemogoh Kevin Dzang (1941–2009) | Feb 1973 | Aug 1974 | 1 year, 6 months | [1] | |
| 7 | Commodore G. Bedu-Addo | Aug 1974 | Jul 1975 | 10 months | [1] | |
| (6) | Rear Admiral Chemogoh Kevin Dzang (1941–2009) | Jul 1975 | Jun 1977 | 1 year, 11 months | [1] | |
| (5) | Rear Admiral Joy Amedume (?–1979) | Jun 1977 | Jun 1979 | 2 years | [1] | |
| 8 | Commander Ken Dadzie | Jun 1979 | Jun 1979 | 0 months | [1] [2] | |
| 9 | Commodore Stephen Obimpeh (born 1941) | Jun 1979 | Dec 1981 | 2 years, 5 months | [1] | |
| 10 | Captain J. W. Boateng | Jan 1982 | Mar 1982 | 2 months | [1] | |
| 11 | Commodore J. K. Oppong | Mar 1982 | Jul 1985 | 3 years, 4 months | [1] | |
| 12 | Rear Admiral Benjamin Ohene-Kwapong | Jul 1985 | Jun 1990 | 4 years, 11 months | [1] | |
| 13 | Rear Admiral Tom Annan | Jun 1990 | Sept 1996 | 6 years, 3 months | [1] | |
| 14 | Vice Admiral E. O. Owusu-Ansah | Oct 1996 | Mar 2001 | 4 years, 6 months | [1] | |
| 15 | Rear Admiral John Gbenah | Mar 2001 | June 2005 | 4 years, 3 months | [1] [3] | |
| 16 | Rear Admiral Arthur Nunoo | May 2005 | Mar 2009 | 3 years, 10 months | [1] [4] | |
| 17 | Rear Admiral Matthew Quashie (1951–2020) | Apr 2009 | Mar 2013 | 3 years, 11 months | [5] [6] | |
| 18 | Rear Admiral Geoffrey Mawuli Biekro (born 1952) | Mar 2013 | 15 January 2016 | 2 years, 10 months | [7] | |
| 19 | Rear Admiral Peter Faidoo | 15 January 2016 | 21 December 2018 | 2 years, 11 months | [8] | |
| 20 | Rear Admiral Seth Amoama | 21 December 2018 | 5 February 2021 | 2 years, 1 month | [9] | |
| – | Rear Admiral Issah Yakubu Acting | 5 February 2021 | Incumbent | 1 year, 5 months | [10] |
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