Bruce J.D. Linghu | |
Native Name: | 令狐榮達 |
Office1: | Deputy Mayor of Taichung |
1Blankname1: | Mayor |
1Namedata1: | Lin Chia-lung Lu Shiow-yen |
Term Start1: | 6 December 2018[1] |
Term End1: | 24 December 2022 |
Successor1: | Wang Yu-ming |
Office2: | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Minister2: | David Lin |
Term Start2: | 24 September 2015 |
Term End2: | 20 May 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Andrew Kao |
Successor2: | Wu Chih-chung[2] |
Office3: | Taiwanese Representative to Canada |
President3: | Ma Ying-jeou |
Term Start3: | August 2014 |
Term End3: | September 2015 |
Predecessor3: | Liu Chih-kung |
Successor3: | Wu Jung-chyuan |
Office4: | Taiwanese Ambassador to the Marshall Islands |
President4: | Chen Shui-bian Ma Ying-jeou |
Term Start4: | 2007 |
Term End4: | 2010 |
Nationality: | Republic of China |
Alma Mater: | National Taiwan Normal University Tamkang University University of Oxford |
Bruce Jung Da Linghu (; born January 1954) is a Taiwanese diplomat. He was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) from 24 September 2015 until 20 May 2016.[3] [4] [5]
Linghu obtained his bachelor's degree in English from National Taiwan Normal University in 1975 and master's degree in American Studies from Tamkang University in 1979. He then pursued advanced studies at Oxford University in the United Kingdom from 1982 to 1983.[6]
In 1982-1985, he worked under the Department of Protocol and Department of North American Affairs of MOFA and in 1985-1987, he became a special assistant to the Deputy Minister of MOFA. In 1987-1993, he was the senior assistant for the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Los Angeles, United States. In 1993-1995, he became a senior assistant to the Vice Minister of MOFA. In 1995-1997, he was the Division Director of TECO in San Francisco. In 1997-2001, he became the Deputy Director-General of TECO in Los Angeles. In 2001-2004, he was the Deputy Director-General of Department of North American Affairs of the MOFA. In 2004-2007, he was the Director-General of TECO in Auckland, New Zealand.