{{Short description|Taiwanese politician and diplomat}} {{family name hatnote|Linghu|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bruce Linghu | native_name = {{no bold|令狐榮達}} | image = 令狐榮達副市長.jpg | order1 = | office1 = Deputy Mayor of Taichung | 1blankname1 = Mayor | 1namedata1 = Lin Chia-lung<br>Lu Shiow-yen | term_start1 = 6 December 2018<ref>{{cite web|date=6 December 2018|url=http://www.afr.org.tw/news_detail.php?lang=eng&id=121|title=AFR Vice Chairman Linghu appointed as Deputy Mayor of Taichung City|website=Association of Foreign Relations|accessdate=12 June 2019}}</ref> | term_end1 = 24 December 2022 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = Wang Yu-ming | order2 = | 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<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/05/25/2003647078|title=Minister confident ahead of fisheries talks - Taipei Times|date=25 May 2016}}</ref> | order3 = | office3 = Taiwanese Representative to Canada | deputy3 = | president3 = Ma Ying-jeou | term_start3 = August 2014 | term_end3 = September 2015 | predecessor3 = Liu Chih-kung | successor3 = Wu Jung-chyuan | order4 = | office4 = Taiwanese Ambassador to the Marshall Islands | deputy4 = | president4 = Chen Shui-bian<br>Ma Ying-jeou | term_start4 = 2007 | term_end4 = 2010 | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954|1}} | birth_place = | party = | spouse = | children = | signature = | education = National Taiwan Normal University (BA)<br>Tamkang University (MA)<br>University of Oxford (MPhil) | caption = Linghu in 2019 }}
'''Bruce Jung Da Linghu''' ({{lang-zh|c=令狐榮達|p=Lìnghú Róngdá}}; born January 1954) is a Taiwanese diplomat. He was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) from 24 September 2015 until 20 May 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.gov.tw/en/MofaLeader_Content.aspx?n=8C1B5DF8A167A082&sms=83A9AD4277955F24&s=9223A12B5B31CB37|title=Bruce Linghu - Principal Officers - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國外交部 - 全球資訊網英文網|work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) 中華民國外交部 - 全球資訊網英文網|accessdate=2015-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201508200027.aspx|title=Taiwan's representative to Canada named vice foreign minister|work=Focustaiwan.tw|accessdate=2015-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2013/10/30/san-gabriel-valley-welcomes-new-director-general-at-taiwan-embassy/|title=San Gabriel Valley welcomes new director-general at 'Taiwan Embassy'|work=pasadenastarnews.com|date=30 October 2013}}</ref>
==Education== 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 the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom from 1982 to 1983.<ref>{{cite news|title=Representative Bruce Linghu's C.V.|url=http://www.roc-taiwan.org/CA/ct.asp?xItem=536506&ctNode=8964&mp=77|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015126/http://www.roc-taiwan.org/CA/ct.asp?xItem=536506&ctNode=8964&mp=77|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 November 2015|accessdate=14 November 2015|agency=Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Canada}}</ref>
==Political career== 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.
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