| Wu Shih-wen | |
| Native Name: | Chinese: 伍世文 |
| Office1: | Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China |
| Term Start1: | 20 May 2000 |
| Term End1: | 1 February 2002 |
| Predecessor1: | Tang Fei |
| Successor1: | Tang Yao-ming |
| Birth Date: | 24 July 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Taishan, Kwangtung |
| Nationality: | Republic of China |
| Party: | Kuomintang |
| Branch: | Republic of China Navy |
| Serviceyears: | 1952-2002 |
| Rank: | Admiral |
Wu Shih-wen (; born 24 July 1934) was the Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2002. He was a career military officer, joining the ROC Army Artillery first as a conscript gunner in 1952, then as a Fires Lieutenant in the Taiwanese Navy in 1955, later served as Superintendent of Naval Academy and Commander-in-chief of the Navy. He was considered to be a military and foreign policy hawk, who resisted military reforms and rapprochement with the People's Republic of China. During the Third Taiwan Straits Crisis he was suspected of ordering Amphibious Marines & Coastal Artillery units to stage live fire drills as a response to the PLA Navy's muscle flexing (and in defiance of the government's and the United States' wish for deescalation).[1]