Chief of Staff of the Navy | |
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Emblem of the General Staff of the Navy
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Nominator | Council of Ministers |
Appointer | The King |
Deputy | Second Chief of Staff of the Navy |
Website | (in Spanish) Website of the Spanish Navy Staff |
The Chief of Staff of the Navy of Spain (Spanish: Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Armada, AJEMA) or Admiral Chief of the Naval Staff is the chief of staff of the Spanish Navy. Its jurisdiction extends over the entire maritime branch of the armed forces and it is subordinate to the Chief of the Defence Staff. The position is currently held by General admiral Teodoro E. López Calderón.
The functions of the Chief of Staff of the Spanish Navy are collected in the Title I of the Royal Decree 872/2014, of October 10, about the basic organization of the Armed Forces: