| Yang Yao | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLY |
| Smallimage: | 民進黨立委楊曜 (cropped).jpg |
| Order: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
| Term Start: | 1 February 2012 |
| Predecessor: | Lin Pin-kuan |
| Constituency: | Penghu County |
| Order1: | Member of the Penghu County Council |
| Term Start1: | 1 March 2006 |
| Term End1: | 31 January 2012 |
| Birth Date: | 6 December 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Penghu County, Taiwan |
| Party: | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Nationality: | Taiwanese |
| Alma Mater: | Tunghai University |
| Occupation: | politician |
Yang Yao (; born 6 December 1966) is a Taiwanese politician.
He attended National Magong High School in Magong, and studied law at Tunghai University.[1]
Yang was a member of the Penghu County Council from 2006 to 2012, when he was first elected to the Legislative Yuan.[1] While serving on the county council, Yang opposed mobilizing Penghu residents to support the building of a casino in the area.[2] The proposal was put to a referendum in September, and did not pass.[3] [4] In December 2010, Yang attended a protest while President Ma Ying-jeou visited Penghu. Yang stated of the central government, "We are taking to the streets because county commissioners, legislators and the president have turned a blind eye to our problems. We are not asking much. We just want fair treatment."[5] In 2012, Yang succeeded Lin Pin-kuan as legislative representative for the Penghu County district.[6] Yang was reelected in 2016, and formed the Renewable Power Promotion Alliance alongside fellow legislators Chen Man-li, Su Chih-fen, and Chung Chia-pin in May 2017.[7]