{{Short description|Taiwanese political scientist and diplomat}} {{family name hatnote|Liu|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Liu Chih-kung | native_name = {{no bold|{{lang|zh-hans|劉志攻}}}} | image = | caption = | office1 = ROC Representative to the United Kingdom | deputy1 = | term_start1 = July 2014 | term_end1 = May 2016 | predecessor1 = Shen Lyu-shun | successor1 = David Lee | office2 = ROC Representative to Canada | deputy2 = | term_start2 = 2012 | term_end2 = June 2014 | predecessor2 = David Lee | successor2 = Bruce Linghu | office3 = Deputy Secretary-General of National Security Council | 1blankname3 = Secretary-General | 1namedata3 = Hu Wei-jen | term_start3 = 2010 | term_end3 = 2012 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | office4 = ROC Representative to Czech Republic | deputy4 = | term_start4 = 2008 | term_end4 = 2010 | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | office5 = ROC Representative to Mongolia | minister5 = | term_start5 = 2007 | term_end5 = 2008 | predecessor5 = | successor5 = | birth_date = | birth_place = Taiwan<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.taiwanembassy.org/CA/ct.asp?xItem=298550&ctNode=8964&mp=77 |title=Dr. LIU, Chih-Kung's C.V. - Rep's Greetings - 駐加拿大台北經濟文化代表處 Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Canada |accessdate=2014-09-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912130123/http://www.taiwanembassy.org/CA/ct.asp?xItem=298550&ctNode=8964&mp=77 |archivedate=2014-09-12 }}</ref> | party = | spouse = | children = | signature = | education = {{no wrap|National Chengchi University}} (BA, MA, PhD) }}
'''Liu Chih-kung''' ({{lang-zh|c=劉志攻|p=Liú Zhìgōng}}) is a Taiwanese political scientist and diplomat.
==Education== Liu graduated from National Chengchi University with a bachelor's degree in diplomacy in 1972 and a master's degree in political science in 1975, writing his master's thesis (季辛吉外交理論及實際：世界穩定秩序建立之探討) on American statesman Henry Kissinger.<ref>{{Cite web |title=政大機構典藏-National Chengchi University Institutional Repository(NCCUR):Item 140.119/93889 |url=https://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/ir/handle/140.119/93889 |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw |type=Master's degree thesis}}</ref> He then earned his Ph.D. in political science from the university in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roc-taiwan.org/uk/ct.asp?xItem=1255&CtNode=926&mp=132&xp1= |title=About the Representative - About the Representative - Taipei Representative Office in the U.K. 駐英國台北代表處 |accessdate=2014-08-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014035944/http://www.roc-taiwan.org/uk/ct.asp?xItem=1255&CtNode=926&mp=132&xp1= |archivedate=2014-10-14 }}</ref> His doctoral dissertation was titled, "The Republic of China in the United Nations General Assembly" (中華民國在聯合國大會的參與 : 著重分析國際環境變遷對參與行為之影響).<ref>{{Cite web |title=政大機構典藏-National Chengchi University Institutional Repository(NCCUR):Item 140.119/92199 |url=https://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/ir/handle/140.119/92199 |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw |type=PhD Thesis}}</ref>
==Career== Liu was Taiwanese representative to Mongolia until 2008, when he was moved to the Czech Republic.<ref>{{cite news |title=Taiwan's office in Switzerland showed 'lack of political judgment,' MOFA says |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2008/08/17/2003420630 |accessdate=12 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=17 August 2008}}</ref> By May 2010, Liu became the deputy secretary-general of the National Security Council.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eight Members of the European Parliament to visit Taiwan |url=https://www.mofa.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=539A9A50A5F8AF9E&sms=37B41539382B84BA&s=3423BA05C451A53B |accessdate=12 June 2020 |agency=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |date=21 May 2010}}</ref> In 2012, Liu was named representative of the Republic of China to Canada.<ref>{{cite news |title=News Ticker |url=https://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=2,23,45&post=2436 |accessdate=12 June 2020 |work=Taiwan Today |date=6 June 2012}}</ref> He was the ROC representative to the United Kingdom from July 2014 to May 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=New UK envoy appointed |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/05/21/2003590887 |accessdate=12 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=21 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New diplomatic postings are announced |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/07/16/2003651139 |accessdate=12 June 2020 |work=Taipei Times |date=16 July 2016}}</ref>
==See also== * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
==References== {{reflist}}
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