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Mayor of Kaohsiung

Head of government of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Summary

Head of government of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

FieldValue
postMayor
bodythe City of Kaohsiung
flagFlag of Kaohsiung City.svg
flagcaptionFlag of Kaohsiung
insigniaEmblem of Kaohsiung City.svg
insigniacaptionSeal of Kaohsiung
imageChen Chi-mai election infobox.jpg
incumbentChen Chi-mai
incumbentsince24 August 2020
termlengthfour years; may serve 1 consecutive terms

The Mayor of Kaohsiung is the head of the Kaohsiung City Government, Taiwan and is elected to a four-year term. The current mayor is Chen Chi-mai who took office since 24 August 2020.

Titles

DateEnglishCharactersJapaneseMandarinTaiwaneseHakka
Dec 1924–Oct 1940Mayor of TakaoTakao-shi ShiinKo-hiông-chhī Chhī-únKô-hiùng-sṳ Sṳ-yún
Oct 1940–Oct 1945Takao-shi ShichōKo-hiông-chhī
Chhī-tiúⁿKô-hiùng-sṳ
Sṳ-chhòng
Oct 1945–presentMayor of KaohsiungGāoxióng Shì Shìzhǎng

List of mayors

Prefectural city era (appointed mayors)

During this era, Kaohsiung was called "Takao". All of the mayors were appointed by the Empire of Japan.

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of Office123456789
[[File:岩本多助高雄市尹.jpg80px]]Tasuke Iwamoto
岩本多助
(?–?)25 December 19246 August 1927
Genjurō Saitō
齋藤玄壽郎
(?–?)6 August 192722 April 1929
[[File:Imai Masaharu.jpg80px]]Masaharu Imai
今井昌治
(1884–?)22 April 192921 April 1932
Gisaburō Kobayashi
小林儀三郎
(?–?)21 April 19323 September 1934
[[File:Shigeharu Matsuo.jpg80px]]Shigeharu Matsuo
松尾繁治
(1886–1944)3 September 193430 November 1937
[[File:Tairiku Munetō.jpg80px]]Tairiku Munetō
宗藤大陸
(?–?)30 November 193731 January 1941
[[File:Takeshi Kojima.jpg80px]]Takeshi Kojima
小島猛
(?–?)31 January 1941January 1943
[[File:Takeo Yokoyama.jpg80px]]Takeo Yokoyama
橫山竹雄
(1895–?)January 1943March 1944
[[File:Otohiko Nakamatsu.jpg80px]]Otohiko Nakamatsu
中松乙彥
(?–?)March 1944October 1945

Provincial city era (appointed mayors)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of OfficePolitical PartyKuomintang}}; color:white;"1Kuomintang}}; color:white;"2Kuomintang}}; color:white;"3Kuomintang}}; color:white;"4Kuomintang}}; color:white;"5
Lien Mou
(1907–1978)8 November 194523 May 1946Kuomintang
Huang Chung-tu
(1902–1988)23 May 19462 August 1947Kuomintang
[[File:黃強.jpg80px]]Huang Chiang
(1887–1974)2 August 19471 May 1949Kuomintang
Liou Hsiang
( – )1 May 19492 August 1950Kuomintang
Chen Pau-tai
( – )2 August 19501 May 1951Kuomintang

Provincial city era (directly elected mayors)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of OfficeTermPolitical PartyKuomintang}}; color:white;" rowspan=26Kuomintang}}; color:white;"7Kuomintang}}; color:white;" rowspan=289Kuomintang}}; color:white;" rowspan=210
[[File:1950s謝掙強.jpg80px]]Hsieh Cheng-chiang
(1915–1979)1 May 19512 June 19541Kuomintang
2 June 19542 June 19572
[[File:1968陳武璋.jpg80px]]Chen Wu-chang
(1915–1984)2 June 19572 June 19603Kuomintang
[[File:Tan Khe-chhoan.jpg80px]]Chen Chi-chuan
(1899–1993)2 June 19602 June 19644Kuomintang
2 June 19642 June 19685
[[File:Iunn Kim-hoo.jpg80px]]Yang Chin-hu
(1898–1990)2 June 19681 February 19736China Democratic Socialist Party
[[File:19670213王玉雲.jpg80px]]Wang Yu-yun
(1925–2009)1 February 197320 December 19777Kuomintang
20 December 19771 July 19798

Special municipality era (appointed mayors)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of OfficePolitical PartyKuomintang}}; color:white;"1Kuomintang}}; color:white;"2Kuomintang}}; color:white;"3Kuomintang}}; color:white;"4Kuomintang}}; color:white;"5
[[File:19670213王玉雲.jpg80px]]Wang Yu-yun
(1925–2009)1 July 197921 June 1981Kuomintang
Yang Chin-tsung
(1923–1990)21 June 198119 April 1982Kuomintang
[[File:Encyclopedia of Law by Sanmin Books Hsui-teh Hsu (3x4).jpg80px]]Hsu Shui-teh
(1931–2021)19 April 198230 May 1985Kuomintang
[[File:議長蘇南成先生玉照 (國民大會實錄).jpg80px]]Su Nan-cheng
(1936–2014)30 May 198518 June 1990Kuomintang
[[File:Wu Den-yih VOA (3x4).jpg80px]]Wu Den-yih
(1948–)18 June 199025 December 1994Kuomintang

Special municipality era (directly elected mayors)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of OfficeTermPolitical PartyKuomintang}}; color:white;"6Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=27Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white;"—Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white;"—Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white;"8
[[File:Wu Den-yih VOA (3x4).jpg80px]]Wu Den-yih
(1948–)25 December 199425 December 19981Kuomintang
[[File:Frank Hsieh.jpg80px]]Frank Hsieh
(1946–)25 December 199825 December 20022Democratic Progressive Party
25 December 20021 February 20053
[[File:2007TaipeiInternationalFlowerExhibition ChimaiChen.jpg80px]]Chen Chi-mai
(1964–)1 February 200520 December 2005Democratic Progressive Party
[[File:Yeh Chu-lan (3x4).jpg80px]]Yeh Chu-lan
(1949–)20 December 200525 December 2006Democratic Progressive Party
[[File:Kiku chen (3x4).jpg80px]]Chen Chu
(1950–)25 December 200625 December 20104Democratic Progressive Party

Special municipality era (consolidated Kaohsiung)

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)Term of OfficeTermPolitical PartyDemocratic Progressive Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=21Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=1—Kuomintang}}; color:white;" rowspan=12independent}}; color:black;" rowspan=1—Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=23
[[File:Kiku chen (3x4).jpg80px]]Chen Chu
(1950–)25 December 201025 December 20141Democratic Progressive Party
25 December 201420 April 20182
[[File:許立明肖像.jpg80px]]Hsu Li-ming
(1969–)20 April 201825 December 2018
[[File:高雄市長 韓國瑜.jpg80px]]Han Kuo-yu
(1957–)25 December 201812 June 20203Kuomintang
[[File:20180918楊明州.jpg80px]]Yang Ming-jou
(1956–)13 June 202023 August 2020Independent
[[File:Chen Chi-mai election infobox.jpg80px]]Chen Chi-mai
(1964–)24 August 202025 December 2022Democratic Progressive Party
25 December 2022Incumbent4

Timeline

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Notes

References

References

  1. Given name may have been read Genjirō
  2. Given name may have been read Shōji or Masaji
  3. Given name may have been read Gizaburō
  4. Given name may have been read Shigeji
  5. Family name may have been read Munefuji
  6. Family name may have been read Koshima
  7. Given name may have been read Otsuhiko
  8. Term extended to 4 years.
  9. Term extended to accommodate combined elections.
  10. First non-KMT Kaohsiung mayor.
  11. Lost re-election.
  12. First DPP mayor of Kaohsiung.
  13. Resigned to serve as premier.
  14. As acting.
  15. First female mayor of a special municipality.
  16. First elected female mayor of a special municipality.
  17. Resigned to serve as presidential secretary-general.
  18. Deputy mayor.
  19. Kaohsiung City Government counselor.
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