The Navy has been led by Admirals ever since it acquired military functions in 15th century during the Venetian rule. Even later on in the 19th century, when the Navy lost its military functions, it continued to elect admirals. Based on records from the historical archive in Kotor, here are the names of all the known admirals from 1440 onwards:  

  1. ŽIVKO MACE (1440)

  2. LUKA RATKOVIĆ (1453)

  3. MARIN BIZANTI (1471)

  4. ALEGRETO NIGRO (1493)

  5. BOŽO DENTALI (1503)

  6. IVAN BELLI (1527)

  7. JAKOV BELLI (1543)

  8. ĐURO MICHIELI (1554)

  9. STJEPAN MICHIELI (1568)

10. NIKOLA Ivanov DENTALI (1574)

11. IVAN DENTALI (1583)

12. IVAN LAZZARI (1630–1631)

13. NIKO DENTALI (1632)

14. ĐORĐE SCURA (1644–1652)

15. TRIPUN de LUCA (Luković) (1652–1656)

16. NIKOLA KALCETA (1656–1661)

17. LUKA LAZZARI (1668–1671)

18. RADOSLAV RAŠKOVIĆ (1682)

19. NIKO CUCCARACCI (1688)

20. PETAR CUCCARACCI (1689)

21. NIKO SIPCI (1724)

22. IVAN ZIFFRA (1750)

23. VICKO BUCCARIN (1750–1795)

24. ANTUN ROSSI (Admiral 1795–1806)

25. NIKO OGNJENOVIĆ (1833–1836)

27. ANDRIJA NIKOLIĆ (1848–1849)

28. Dr. TRIPO SMEKJA, Count (1859)

29. LUKA PEZZI (1860–1862)

30. Knight NIKO de MATTEI (1862–1878)

31. Count MARKO LUKOVIĆ (1878–1897)

32. Count ANTUN TRIPUN LUKOVIĆ (1897–1911)

33. Captain BOGDAN vitéz TRIPKOVIĆ (1913–1921)

34. Commodore MARKO vitéz DABČEVIĆ (1922–1935)

35. Dr. KARLO RADONIČIĆ (1935)

36. Captain LUKA MATOVIĆ (1936–1941)

37. RUDOLF GIUNIO (1938–1959)

38.  Dr. VLADISLAV BRAJKOVIĆ (1964–1984)

39.  Dr. MILOŠ MILOŠEVIĆ (1991–2012)

40.  Dr. ANTUN SBUTEGA (2016–)