Rear Admiral Koos Louw PG PS SM MMM SAN (Rtd) (born 17 July 1952)[1] is a retired South African Navy officer.

He served as Flag Officer Commanding Naval Base Simon's Town twice, first from 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2005 and again from November 2006 to July 2012.

[2] An investigative report published in 1994 by The Mail & Guardian exposes Louw as a former member of an apartheid-era covert intelligence and assassination unit, the Directorate of Covert Collections (DCC).

[3] In 2010 Louw was awarded the Order of Prince Henry by Portugal's ambassador to South Africa.

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