Chen Yeong-kang

{{Short description|Taiwanese politician}}

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|name = Chen Yeong-kang

|native_name = {{nobold|陳永康}}

|native_name_lang = zh-tw

|image = Navy (ROCN) Admiral Chen Yeong-kang 海軍上將陳永康 (201301260731494557324653 苗栗縣後指部102年後備軍人晉任暨幹部表揚典禮).jpg

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| office1 = Member of the Legislative Yuan

| term_start1 = 1 February 2024

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| status1 = Designate

| constituency1 = Party-list

|office2 = Policy Vice Minister of National Defense

|minister2 = Kao Kuang-chi

|term_start2 = 4 March 2015

|term_end2 = 19 May 2016

|predecessor2 = Andrew Hsia

|successor2 = Lee Hsi-ming

|office3 = 5th Commander of the ROC Navy

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|term_start3 = 1 August 2013

|term_end3 = 30 January 2015

|predecessor3 = Tung Hsiang-lung

|successor3 = Lee Hsi-ming{{Cite news|date=30 January 2015|url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/201501300029|title=New defense minister urges alert over Chinese espionage|work=Focus Taiwan|access-date=25 July 2020}}

|office4 = 27th Executive Vice Chief of the General Staff of the ROC Armed Forces{{cite web|url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id%3D20130801000063%26cid%3D1101 |title=Admiral Chen Yung-kang takes over as head of Taiwan's navy｜WantChinaTimes.com |accessdate=2014-09-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416154114/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130801000063&cid=1101 |archivedate=2015-04-16 }}

|1blankname4 = Chief

|1namedata4 = Lin Chen-yi
Yen Ming

|term_start4 = 1 September 2012

|term_end4 = 31 July 2013

|predecessor4 = Kao Kuang-chi

|successor4 =

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1951}}

|birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan

|nationality = Taiwan

|party = Kuomintang {{small|(since 2023)}}

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|allegiance = Republic of China

|branch = Republic of China Navy

|serviceyears = 1974–2015

|rank = 25px Admiral

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|battles = Third Taiwan Strait Crisis

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Chen Yeong-kang ({{zh|t=陳永康|s=陈永康|first=t|p=Chén Yǒngkāng}}), also known as Richard Y. K. Chen, is an Admiral (retired) of the Republic of China (Taiwan). He was the 5th Commander of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) from 1 August 2013 until 30 January 2015.{{cite web|url=http://navy.mnd.gov.tw/English/Publish.aspx?cnid=629&p=47367 |title=Navy Command Headquarters, MND |publisher=Navy.mnd.gov.tw |date=2013-10-28 |accessdate=2014-04-29}} On 17 March 2015, in an interview with Proceedings magazine of the United States Naval Institute, he stated that the ROCN had a "3A plan," meaning "affordable, applicable and accountable."{{cite web |url=http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20150318000957-260302 |script-title=zh:陳永康：3A海軍 迎未來挑戰 |publisher=China Times |author=Liu Ping ({{lang|zh-hant|劉屏}}) |language=zh-hant |date=2015-03-18 }}