Shen Lyu-shun (; 12 November 1949 – 6 January 2023) was a Taiwanese diplomat who served at posts in the United States and Europe. He also served in the Department of North American Affairs in the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was best known as serving as the representative of the Republic of China to the United States from 2014 to 2016. Early life Born on 12 November 1949 in Taipei, Taiwan, Shen was a sixth generation descendant of famous Qing dynasty official Shen Baozhen, and had other relatives who served in Taiwanese diplomatic posts in several countries, including Brazil, Japan, Iran, Niger and Rwanda. He obtained his bachelor's degree in law from National Chung Hsing University in 1972. He then continued his study in international relations at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, where he obtained his master's degree in 1979 and doctoral degree in international relations in 1981. Early diplomatic career After his PhD, Shen stayed in the U.S., serving as a staff consultant at the Coordination Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) from 1982 to 1988. In 1988, he began working in the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), where he worked in the Department of North American Affairs until 1990. Subsequently, Shen returned to the U.S., where he became Director General at the CCNAA in Kansas City from 1991 through 1993, followed by serving as the Divisional Director, Secretariat & Public Affairs at Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States from 1993 to 1996. He then returned to Taiwan, where he became Director General in the Department of North American Affairs at MOFA from 1996 to 1999. Diplomatic career in Europe Shen served as Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Geneva, Switzerland from 2003 to 2008. During Shen's time there, the office filed a lawsuit against the International Organization for Standardization, based in Geneva, regarding ISO 3166-2:CN code, which listed Taiwan as a province of China. He also advocated for Taiwan's representation at the World Health Assembly, also based in Geneva. Between 2008 and 2009, Shen also served as Representative at the Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium. Subsequently, from 2009 and 2011, Shen was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Taiwanese MOFA. Shen was subsequently Representative at the Taipei Representative Office in the United Kingdom from December 2011 until 2014, where he worked