| Commander of the Croatian Navy | |
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| Zapovjednik Hrvatske ratne mornarice | |
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Incumbent | |
 Croatian Navy | |
| Reports to |  Chief of the General Staff |
| Term length | No fixed length |
| Precursor | Commander of the Yugoslav Navy |
| Formation | 12 September 1991 |
| First holder | Sveto Letica |
| Deputy | Deputy Commander, Chief of Naval Staff |
The Commander of the Croatian Navy is the official head of the Croatian Navy. Ivo Raffanelli is the current commander and was appointed in 2018.[1]
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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| 1 |
| Letica, SvetoAdmiral flote Sveto Letica (1926–2001) | 12 September 1991 | 1 June 1996 | 4 years, 263 days | [2] |
| 2 |
| Letica, SvetoAdmiral Vid Stipetić [hr] (1937–2011) | 1 June 1996 | 31 December 2002 | 6 years, 213 days | [3] |
| 3 |
| Kardum, ZdravkoViceadmiral Zdravko Kardum [hr] (born 1953) | 31 December 2002 | 19 March 2007 | 4 years, 78 days | [4] |
| 4 |
| Urlić, AnteViceadmiral Ante Urlić [hr] (born 1956) | 19 March 2007 | 1 November 2012 | 5 years, 227 days | [5] |
| 5 |
| Hranj, RobertAdmiral Robert Hranj (born 1962) | 1 November 2012 | 30 January 2015 | 2 years, 90 days | [6] |
| 6 |
| Stipanović, PredragKontraadmiral Predrag Stipanović (born 1964) | 30 January 2015 | 18 December 2017 | 2 years, 320 days | [7][8] |
| 7 |
| Raffanelli, IvoKontraadmiral Ivo Raffanelli (born 1965) | 18 December 2017 | Incumbent | 6 years, 213 days | [9][10] |
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![Ante Urlić [hr]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Admiral_Ante_Urli%C4%87.jpg)
