Yen Teh-fa

Yen Teh-fa is a Taiwanese politician and retired general officer of the Republic of China Armed Forces. He is currently the Minister of National Defense. He was previously the Secretary-General of National Security Council. He was the Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces from 30 January 2015 until 1 December 2016. He was the Vice Minister for Armaments of the National Defense Ministry (MND) from 9 August 2013 until 15 January 2014.

Education
Yen graduated from the Republic of China Military Academy in 1975 and later attended the War College of the National Defense University.

Military career
In August 2009, Yen joined the disaster relief efforts under the 8th Army Corps following the Typhoon Morakot.

In August 2013, Yen was named the vice minister of defense for armaments. He left the post in January 2014, and was appointed the Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces. Yen retired in December 2016, and was succeeded by Chiu Kuo-cheng. In May 2017, Yen returned to public service as secretary-general of the National Security Council. In February 2018, he was named minister of national defense in place of Feng Shih-kuan.