Commander of the Yugoslav Navy
Commander of the Yugoslav Navy | |
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Zapovjednik jugoslavenske mornarice | |
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![]() Admiral Mate Jerković [hr] 1950 – 1967 | |
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Reports to | Chief of the General Staff |
Seat | Split, Croatia |
Term length | No fixed length |
Precursor | Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian Navy |
Formation | 31 October 1918 |
First holder | Dragutin Prica |
Final holder | Mile Kandić |
Abolished | 20 May 1992 |
Succession | Commander of the Croatian Navy Commander of Montenegrin Navy Serbian Navy Commander Chief of the Slovenian Navy |
The Commander of the Yugoslav Navy was the highest ranking officer and official head of the Royal Yugoslav Navy and its successor.
List of commanders
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1929)
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() | Prica, DragutinKontraadmiral Dragutin Prica (1867–1960) | 31 October 1918 | 30 November 1918 | 30 days | |
2 | ![]() | Koch, MetodKontraadmiral Metod Koch [hr] (1874–1952) | 1 December 1918 | 1 September 1920 | 1 year, 275 days | |
3 | ![]() | Wikerhauser, ViktorAdmiral Viktor Wikerhauser [sr] (1866–1940) | 2 September 1920 | 17 October 1923 | 3 years, 46 days | |
(1) | ![]() | Prica, DragutinAdmiral Dragutin Prica (1867–1960) | 22 October 1923 | 18 October 1929 | 5 years, 361 days |
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1945)
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() | Wikerhauser, ViktorAdmiral Viktor Wikerhauser [sr] (1866–1940) | 18 October 1929 | 7 April 1932 | 2 years, 172 days | |
2 | ![]() | Stanković, NikolaViceadmiral Nikola Stanković (1875–?) | 7 April 1932 | 6 March 1934 | 1 year, 333 days | [1] |
3 | ![]() | Polić, MarijanViceadmiral Marijan Polić [hr] (1876–1958) | 7 March 1934 | 17 April 1940 | 6 years, 41 days | |
4 | ![]() | Luterotti, JulijanViceadmiral Julijan Luterotti | 18 April 1940 | 3 April 1941 | 350 days | |
5 | ![]() | Domainko, EmilKontraadmiral Emil Domainko (1889–?) | 3 April 1941 | 17 April 1941 | 14 days | [2] |
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992)
No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() | Kern, IvanKontraadmiral Ivan Kern (1898–1991) | 1945 | 22 December 1945 | 0 years | |
2 | ![]() | Černi, JosipViceadmiral Josip Černi [sl] (1903–2000) | 1945 | 1950 | 4–5 years | |
3 | ![]() | Jerković, MateAdmiral Mate Jerković [hr] (1915–1980) | 1950 | 1967 | 16–17 years | |
4 | ![]() | Admiral Bogdan Pecotić [sr] (1912–1998) | 1967 | 1968 | 0–1 years | |
5 | ![]() | Admiral Ljubo Truta [sr] (1915–1991) | 1968 | 1969 | 0–1 years | |
6 | ![]() | Purišić, IvoAdmiral Ivo Purišić (1920–1976) | 1969 | 1976 | 6–7 years | |
7 | ![]() | Mamula, BrankoAdmiral Branko Mamula (1921–2021) | 1976 | 1979 | 5–6 years | |
8 | ![]() | Vilović, TihomirViceadmiral Tihomir Vilović [hr] (1924–2008) | 1979 | 1984 | 4–5 years | |
9 | ![]() | Grubišić, BožidarAdmiral Božidar Grubišić [hr] (1932–2021) | 1984 | 1991 | 6–7 years | |
10 | ![]() | Kandić, MileAdmiral Mile Kandić (1933–2017) | 1991 | 20 May 1992 | 0–1 years |
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- Commander-in-Chief
- Minister of the Army and Navy
- Chief of the General Staff
- Supreme Command
- Royal Yugoslav Army
- 1st Army Group
- 4th and 7th Armies
- 2nd Army Group
- 1st and 2nd Armies
- 3rd Army Group
- 3rd and 3rd Territorial Armies
- 5th Army
- 6th Army
- Coastal Defence Command
- 1st Army Group
- Royal Yugoslav Navy
- Royal Yugoslav Air Force