{{Short description|Taiwanese admiral (born 1945)}} {{family name hatnote|Lin|lang=Chinese}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Lin Chen-yi | native_name = {{no bold|林鎮夷}} | image = Senior Admiral Lin Chen-yi 海軍一級上將林鎮夷.jpg | caption = | office1 = 21st Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces | deputy1 = | term_start1 = 5 February 2009 | term_end1 = 15 January 2013 | predecessor1 = Huo Shou-yeh | successor1 = Yen Ming | office2 = Deputy Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China | deputy2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = 5 February 2009 | predecessor2 = Chu Kai-sheng | successor2 = Chao Shih-chang | office3 = 1st Commander of the Republic of China Navy | deputy3 = | term_start3 = 17 February 2006 | term_end3 = 21 May 2007 | predecessor3 = himself (as Commander-in-Chief) | successor3 = Wang Li-sheng | office4 = 18th Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Navy | deputy4 = | term_start4 = 16 February 2006 | term_end4 = 17 February 2006 | predecessor4 = Chen Pang-chi | successor4 = himself (as Commander) | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1945}} | birth_place = Qingzhen, Guizhou, Republic of China | party = | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Republic of China Naval Academy<ref name="taipeitimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/02/04/2003435266|title=Taiwan News Quick Take - Taipei Times|date=4 February 2009 |publisher=taipeitimes.com|accessdate=2014-08-24}}</ref> | signature = <!--Military service--> | nickname = | allegiance = Republic of China | branch = Republic of China Navy | service_years = 1969–present | rank = Senior Admiral | unit = | commands = | battles = Third Taiwan Strait Crisis | awards = Order of Blue Sky and White Sun }} '''Lin Chen-yi''' ({{lang-zh|t=林鎮夷|s=林镇夷|first=t|p=Lín Zhènyí}}; born 1945) is an admiral of the Republic of China Navy in Taiwan. He was the Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces between 2009 and 2013,<ref name="kmt">{{cite web|url=http://www.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=article&mnum=112&anum=10904 |title=Kuomintang News Network |publisher=kmt.org.tw |accessdate=2014-08-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212121634/http://www.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=article&mnum=112&anum=10904 |archivedate=2015-02-12 }}</ref> and also the last senior admiral/general in the military after the new law that allows promotion to senior general/admiral rank only in wartime.<ref name="wantchinatimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20121201000005&cid=1101 |title=Taiwan to decrease number of generals in its military |publisher=wantchinatimes.com |accessdate=2012-12-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212121032/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20121201000005&cid=1101 |archivedate=2015-02-12 }}</ref>
==See also== * Executive Yuan * Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China * Republic of China Armed Forces rank insignia
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