| Tang Yao-ming | |
| Office: | 23rd Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China |
| Term Start: | 1 February 2002 |
| Term End: | 19 May 2004 |
| Predecessor: | Wu Shih-wen |
| Successor: | Lee Jye |
| Deputy: | Chen Chao-min Kang Ning-hsiang Lin Chong-pin |
| Office1: | 17th Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces |
| Term Start1: | 1 February 1999 |
| Term End1: | 31 January 2002 |
| Predecessor1: | Tang Fei |
| Successor1: | Lee Jye |
| Birth Date: | 29 November 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Muhō, Daiton, Taichū, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan) |
| Death Place: | Neihu, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Nationality: | Republic of China |
| Party: | Kuomintang |
Tang Yao-ming (; 29 November 1940 - 3 November 2021) was a Taiwanese general officer. He was the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China (ROC) from 2002 to 2004.
Tang was named to the position of defense minister on 20 January 2002, making him the first person born on the island of Taiwan to have held the post.[1]
In 2002, Tang visited St. Petersburg, Florida, United States to attend the U.S.-Taiwan Defense summit, making him the first ROC Minister of National Defense to visit the United States after the U.S. government ended official relations with Taiwan in 1979.[2] [3]
Tang died, aged 80, on 3 November 2021, at the Tri-Service General Hospital.[4]