What is Tang Yao-ming?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Tang Yao-ming |native_name = 湯曜明 |image = Senior General (ROCA) Tang Yao-ming 陸軍一級上將湯曜明.jpg |caption = |order = |office = 23rd Minister of [[Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)|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]]<br>[[Kang Ning-hsiang]]<br>[[Lin Chong-pin]] |order1 = |office1 = 17th [[Chief of the General Staff (Republic of China)|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 = {{birth date|1940|11|29|df=y}} |birth_place = Muhō, Daiton, [[Taichū Prefecture|Taichū]], [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Taiwan, Empire of Japan]] (today [[Wufeng District|Wufeng]], [[Taichung]], Taiwan) |death_date = {{death date and age|2021|11|03|1940|11|29|df=y}} |death_place = |nationality = [[Republic of China]] |party = [[Kuomintang]] |spouse = |children = |alma_mater = |signature = }} '''Tang Yao-ming''' ({{zh|t=湯曜明|s=汤曜明|first=t|p=Tāng Yàomíng}}; 29 November 1940 &ndash; 3 November 2021<ref>[https://www.cna.com.tw/news/firstnews/202111035005.aspx 前國防部長湯曜明辭世 享壽84歲] {{in lang|zh}}</ref>) was a Taiwanese [[general officer]]. He was the Minister of [[Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)|National Defense]] of the [[Republic of China]] (ROC) from 2002 to 2004. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tang, Yao-ming}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Taiwanese politicians]] {{bio-stub}}