Chuang Ming-yao (Chinese: 莊銘耀; 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 La Fayette-class frigate scandal.

Two years later, Chuang was selected to lead the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan.

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