| Chief of Staff of the Navy | |
|---|---|
| Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Armada | |
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Incumbent since 25 April 2023Antonio Piñeiro Sánchez | |
| Naval Staff Ministry of Defence | |
| Style | The Most Excellent |
| Type | Highest-ranking officer in the Navy |
| Abbreviation | AJEMA |
| Member of | Naval Staff National Defence Council Council of Chiefs of Staff |
| Reports to | Minister of Defence |
| Seat | Spanish Navy Headquarters, Madrid |
| Nominator | Defence Minister After being discussed in the Council of Ministers |
| Appointer | Monarch Countersigned by the Defence Minister |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Constituting instrument | Royal Decree of 13 July 1895 |
| Formation | 13 July 1895 |
| First holder | Zoilo Sánchez de Ocaña y Vieitiz |
| Deputy | Second Admiral Chief of Staff of the Navy |
| Website | (in Spanish) Website of the Spanish Navy Staff |
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The Chief of Staff of the Navy or Admiral Chief of Staff of the Navy (AJEMA) is the highest-ranking military officer of the Spanish Navy that, under the authority of the Defence Minister, exercises command over the naval branch and, as such, is the principal military advisor to the Chief of the Defence Staff, the Minister of Defence, the Secretary of State for Defence, the Under-Secretary of Defence and the National Defence Council.
The JEMA has two main roles: the support role by which advice the Minister of Defence about the naval military policy, the JEMAD about how to use the personnel and their operative status, the SEDEF about the economic, armamentistic and infraestructure policies and the SUBDEF about the personnel and teaching policy and the operative role by which prepare the force for combat, instructs the military personnel, establishes the organization of its military branch and watches over the welfare of the personnel under his command and evaluates the needs of the Navy.[1]
The AJEMA calls the meetings and coordinates the efforts of the Naval Staff (EMA), the main auxiliary body of the AJEMA, which assists him in the exercise of its competences and in the responsibilities assigned to it over the organization of the Navy, preparation of the troops and administration of the assigned resources. The EMA has a whole body of military officers at its service, and among the main officers include the Second Admiral Chief of Staff of the Navy, the Admiral of the Fleet (ALFLOT), the Admiral of Naval Action (ALNAV), the Admiral of Maritime Action (ALMART), the General Commander of the Marines (COMGEIM), the Commander of the Naval Air Fleet (COMFLOAN) and the General Commander of the Submarines Fleet (COMSUBMAR).[2]
After the death of Admiral General Antonio Martorell Lacave on 31 March 2023, Admiral Carlos Martínez-Merello y Díaz de Miranda, second admiral chief of staff of the navy assumes the office ad interim.
- ^ "Royal Decree 872/2014, of October 10, which establishes the basic organization of the Armed Forces". www.boe.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Legislative Collection of the Ministry of Defense - Year 2016" (PDF). Official Gazette of the Ministry of Defence. 2016.