Chuang Ming-yao (Chinese: ???; 16 November 1938 β 6 January 2002) was a Taiwanese admiral, diplomat, and politician.
Chuang served as the Vice Minister of National Defense under Chen Li-an and was named commander of the Republic of China Navy in 1992.
He stepped down from that position in 1994 as a result of the La Fayette-class frigate scandal.
Two years later, Chuang was selected to lead the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan.
In May 2000, he was named the Secretary-General of the National Security Council.He died in 2002 of liver cancer at the age of 72, while being treated at Taipei Veterans General Hospital.