| Kao Kuang-chi | |
| Native Name: | Chinese: 高廣圻 |
| Office1: | 31st Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China |
| Deputy1: | Liu Chen-wu, Cheng Te-mei, Chen Yeong-kang |
| Term Start1: | 31 January 2015 |
| Term End1: | 20 May 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Yen Ming |
| Successor1: | Feng Shih-kuan |
| Office2: | 23rd Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces |
| Term Start2: | 8 August 2013 |
| Term End2: | 30 January 2015 |
| Predecessor2: | Yen Ming |
| Successor2: | Yen Teh-fa |
| Office3: | Acting Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China |
| Term Start3: | 7 August 2013 |
| Term End3: | 7 August 2013 |
| Predecessor3: | Andrew Yang |
| Successor3: | Yen Ming |
| Office4: | 5th Deputy Minister (Armaments) of National Defense of the Republic of China |
| Minister4: | Kao Hua-chu Andrew Yang |
| Term Start4: | 1 September 2012[1] |
| Term End4: | 6 August 2013 |
| Predecessor4: | Chao Shih-chan |
| Successor4: | Yen Teh-fa[2] |
| Office5: | 26th Executive Vice Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces |
| 1Blankname5: | Chief |
| 1Namedata5: | Lin Chen-yi |
| Term Start5: | 16 May 2011 |
| Term End5: | 1 September 2012 |
| Predecessor5: | Wu Ta-peng |
| Successor5: | Chen Yeong-kang |
| Deputy5: | Lei Yu-chi Lee Shying-jow Liu Chen-wu Yen Teh-fa |
| Office6: | 3rd Commander of the Republic of China Navy |
| Term Start6: | 21 May 2009 |
| Term End6: | 16 May 2011 |
| Predecessor6: | Wang Li-sheng |
| Successor6: | Tung Hsiang-lung |
| Birth Date: | 9 March 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Taiwan |
| Nationality: | Republic of China |
| Alma Mater: | US Naval War College, Florida Institute of Technology |
| Allegiance: | Republic of China |
| Branch: | Republic of China Navy |
| Serviceyears: | 1972–2015 |
| Rank: | Admiral |
| Battles: | Third Taiwan Strait Crisis |
Kao Kuang-chi (; born 9 March 1950) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a retired admiral of the Republic of China Navy, and later entered the cabinet as Minister of National Defense from 2015 to 2016.
He was the acting Minister of National Defense from 7 August 2013 after the sudden resignation of Defense Minister Andrew Yang, just six days after taking his office after the previous Defense Minister Kao Hua-chu's resignation due to the controversial death of Corporal Hung Chung-chiu.
Kao Kuang-chi was succeeded by Yen Ming after his official appointment by the Executive Yuan on 8 August 2013. Kao Kuang-chi replaced Yen as the ROC Chief of the General Staff on 8 August 2013.[3]
Kao submitted his resignation on 8 April due to the Boeing AH-64 Apache scandal[4] in Taiwan. However, his resignation was rejected by President Ma Ying-jeou.
Kao was inaugurated as the Minister of National Defense on 30 January 2015 in a ceremony presided by Minister without Portfolio Lin Junq-tzer in Taipei. During the handover ceremony, Lin praised his predecessor accomplishments during Yen's tenure in pushing for complete military judicial system reforms and for better protecting human rights protection of military personnel.[5]