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Commandant's CV
Commodore Pavlos Angelopoulos HN NMIOTC Commandant
Commodore Pavlos Angelopoulos HN, was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1971. He joined the Hellenic Naval Academy in 1990 and graduated in 1994 as Ensign of the Hellenic Navy.
His operational service includes assignments on board surface units of the Hellenic Fleet, mainly on Frigates. He served as Executive Officer of HS NAVARINON (F-461), and as Commanding Officer of FPB XENOS (P-27). During his sea-service he took part in operations “SHARP GUARD”, “OCEAN SHIELD”, and “UNIFIL”.
His staff assignments include tours in the Hellenic Navy General Staff (HNGS), as Aide-de-camp to the Chief of HNGS, and as Staff Officer responsible for NATO & EU affairs, in the Policy Section. He also served as Deputy Director in the Executive Office of the Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (HNDGS), as Staff Officer in the D3 Directorate in HNDGS, responsible for the US-Greece bilateral Defence Cooperation, as Section Head in the Armaments Directorate/HNGS, responsible for the FDI HN frigates procurement program, and as Director in the Strategy, Policy & Defence Planning Directorate (A1), in the HNGS.
Stationed abroad, he served as Maritime Operations Section Head, in the Combined Joined Operations from the Sea Center of Excellence (CJOS COE), in Norfolk, USA.
On 12 January 2026 he was promoted to Commodore (OF-6) and assumed the Command of the NMIOTC on 22 January 2026.
He is a graduate of the Hellenic Joint War College and the Hellenic National Defence College.
He holds Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) and Engineering Acoustics (MSEA), both obtained by the US Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey, CA, USA.
He has received all the Hellenic medals, decorations, and commendations appropriate to an officer of his rank, including the Meritorious Service Medal of the United States.
Commodore Angelopoulos is married to Natassa Rangou and has one son and one daughter.
DCOM's CV
Captain (OF-5) Adem Yayla TUR (N), NMIOTC Deputy Commandant
Captain Adem YAYLA, TUR (N) was born in İstanbul, Türkiye in 1977, joined Naval High School in 1991 and graduated from Turkish Naval Academy in 1999.
His seagoing career has been spent in Yavuz/Barbaros class frigates and Kılıç class fast attack craft, serving as a weapon electronic officer, anti-air warfare officer, gunnery officer, principal warfare officer and then executive officer. He commanded the fast attack craft TCG MIZRAK.
During assignments ashore, he worked at the Turkish Fleet Headquarters. He served as instructor in Karamürselbey Naval Training Center and Turkish Naval Academy.
He served as naval plan officer at The Qatari-Turkish Combined Joint Task Force Command in Qatar.
He holds a M.Sc. in Electronics and Communication (electromagnetic wave propagation) from Kocaeli University, Türkiye (2014-2016). He is a Ph.D. student at the same university.