Maritime Action Admiral

Vice Admiral Victoriano Gilabert Agote was appointed Maritime Action Admiral on December 11th 2023.

He was born in Orihuela (Alicante) in 1964, He joined the Naval Academy in August 1983 graduating as Lieutenant Junior Grade in July 1988. He is a specialist in Submarine Weapons and attended the Specialty Course of Tactical Action. In 2001 he received the Staff diploma of 2nd Course of the Armed Forces’ Staff. In addition, he got a Degree in Law from the ‘Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia’ (Open University).

He has been Commanding Officer of the patrol vessel ‘Toralla’, minesweeper ‘Tajo’, minehunter ‘Sella’, F-100 frigate ‘Méndez Núñez’ and the training tall ship ‘Juan Sebastián de Elcano’.

Other sea assignments as naval officer include the corvettes ‘Descubierta’ and ‘Cazadora’ and Executive Officer of minehunter ‘Guadalete’. He has also served at the CEVACO (Spanish Fleet Sea Training and Qualification Centre) and has been Operations’ Chief of the Mine Countermeasures Force.

VA Gilabert was also assigned to the Spanish Navy Staff in both, the Logistics and the Plans Divisions. He likewise served in the Joint Staff (Operations Division); the Spanish Military Committee of the European Union (Brussels); and twice in the Chief of Staff of the Spanish Navy’s Private Office (2005 and 2007) first as Technical Advisor and then as Chief of his Private Office before being promoted to Rear Admiral.

As Rear Admiral he was Director of Naval Education from October 2018 to October 2021 when he was appointed Director of Personnel Affairs until his promotion to Vice Admiral and appointment Maritime Action Admiral (ALMART).

Vice Admiral Gilabert is married to María Rosa Herráiz and has 5 children, the two eldest are Navy Officers and a third is currently a student at the Naval Academy.