The Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff ( el, Αρχηγός του Γενικού Επιτελείου Ναυτικού, Archigós tou Genikoú Epiteleíou Naftikoú, abbrev. Α/ΓΕΝ) is the head of the Hellenic Navy General Staff and commander of the

Hellenic Navy The Hellenic Navy (HN; el, Πολεμικό Ναυτικό, Polemikó Naftikó, War Navy, abbreviated ΠΝ) is the naval force of Greece, part of the Hellenic Armed Forces. The modern Greek navy historically hails from the naval forces of var ...

. The position is customarily held by a three-star

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( vice admiral). As part of Greece's membership in

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, from 1967 until 1999 the Chief of the HNGS was also commander of NATO's COMEDEAST.

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