Bruce J.D. Linghu | |
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 |
Education: | National Taiwan Normal University (BA) Tamkang University (MA) 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 graduated from National Taiwan Normal University in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and then earned a Master of Arts 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.