Chuang Ming-yao (; 16 November 1929 – 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

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. Two years later, Chuang was selected to lead the

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. In May 2000, he was named the Secretary-General of the

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. He died in 2002 of liver cancer at the age of 72, while being treated at Taipei Veterans General Hospital.

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