Ronnie Gil Latorilla Gavan[1] is a Filipino admiral who serves as the incumbent commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard.

[1] Gavan earned his Master of Maritime Studies by Research Degree, wherein his thesis focused on Philippine Maritime Border Security and the Law of the Sea at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, Faculty of Law, in the University of Wollongong in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

[3] After his graduation in the PMA in 1993, Gavan briefly joined the Philippine Army before fully serving at the Philippine Coast Guard, where he was assigned under various Coast Guard and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessels, and later commanded the PCG and the BFAR capital ships.

During his term as commander of the Task Force Pagsasanay, which was launched on 6 April 2021, Gavan enhanced the Public-Private Partnership of the PCG on Humanitarian and Disaster Response Operations, as well as strengthened the branch's capacity building and preparedness in humanitarian missions, navigation skills, and maintenance operations.

[9] President Bongbong Marcos appointed Gavan as Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard on October 19, 2023, succeeding Artemio Abu.