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 DateEnglishCharactersJapaneseMandarinTaiwaneseHakkaDec 1924–Oct 1940Mayor of TakaoTakao-shi Shiin Ko-hiông-chhī Chhī-únKô-hiùng-sṳ Sṳ-yúnOct 1940–Oct 1945Takao-shi ShichōKo-hiông-chhīChhī-tiúⁿKô-hiùng-sṳSṳ-chhòngOct 1945–presentMayor of Kaohsiung Gāoxióng Shì Shìzhǎng
List of mayors
Prefectural city era (appointed mayors) During this era, Kaohsiung was called . All of the mayors were appointed by the Empire of Japan. No. PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of Office 1 Tasuke Iwamoto(?–?) 25 December 1924 6 August 1927 2 Genjurō SaitōGiven name may have been read Genjirō(?–?) 6 August 1927 22 April 1929 3 Masaharu ImaiGiven name may have been read Shōji or Masaji(1884–?) 22 April 1929 21 April 1932 4 Gisaburō KobayashiGiven name may have been read Gizaburō(?–?) 21 April 1932 3 September 1934 5 Shigeharu MatsuoGiven name may have been read Shigeji(1886–1944) 3 September 1934 30 November 1937 6 Tairiku MunetōFamily name may have been read Munefuji(?–?) 30 November 1937 31 January 1941 7 Takeshi KojimaFamily name may have been read Koshima(?–?) 31 January 1941 January 1943 8 Takeo Yokoyama(1895–?) January 1943 March 1944 9 Otohiko NakamatsuGiven name may have been read Otsuhiko(?–?) March 1944 October 1945
Provincial city era (appointed mayors) No. PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of OfficePolitical Party 1 Lien Mou(1907–1978) 8 November 1945 23 May 1946 Kuomintang 2 Huang Chung-tu(1902–1988) 23 May 1946 2 August 1947 Kuomintang 3 Huang Chiang(1887–1974) 2 August 1947 1 May 1949 Kuomintang 4 Liou Hsiang( – ) 1 May 1949 2 August 1950 Kuomintang 5 Chen Pau-tai( – ) 2 August 1950 1 May 1951 Kuomintang
Provincial city era (directly elected mayors) No. PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of Office TermPolitical Party 6 Hsieh Cheng-chiang(1915–1979) 1 May 1951 2 June 19541 Kuomintang 2 June 1954 2 June 19572 7 Chen Wu-chang(1915–1984) 2 June 1957 2 June 19603 Kuomintang 8 Chen Chi-chuan(1899–1993) 2 June 1960 2 June 1964Term extended to 4 years.4 Kuomintang 2 June 1964 2 June 19685 9 Yang Chin-hu(1898–1990) 2 June 1968 1 February 1973Term extended to accommodate combined elections.6 China Democratic Socialist PartyFirst non-KMT Kaohsiung mayor. 10 Wang Yu-yun(1925–2009) 1 February 1973 20 December 19777 Kuomintang 20 December 1977 1 July 19798
Special municipality era (appointed mayors) No. PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of OfficePolitical Party 1 Wang Yu-yun(1925–2009) 1 July 1979 21 June 1981 Kuomintang 2 Yang Chin-tsung(1923–1990) 21 June 1981 19 April 1982 Kuomintang 3 Hsu Shui-teh(1931–2021) 19 April 1982 30 May 1985 Kuomintang 4 Su Nan-cheng(1936–2014) 30 May 1985 18 June 1990 Kuomintang 5 Wu Den-yih(1948–) 18 June 1990 25 December 1994 Kuomintang
Special municipality era (directly elected mayors) No. PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of Office TermPolitical Party 6 Wu Den-yih(1948–) 25 December 1994 25 December 1998Lost re-election.1 Kuomintang 7 Frank Hsieh(1946–) 25 December 1998 25 December 20022 Democratic Progressive PartyFirst DPP mayor of Kaohsiung. 25 December 2002 1 February 2005Resigned to serve as premier. 3 — Chen Chi-mai As acting.(1964–) 1 February 2005 20 December 2005 Democratic Progressive Party — Yeh Chu-lanFirst female mayor of a special municipality.(1949–) 20 December 2005 25 December 2006 Democratic Progressive Party 8 Chen ChuFirst elected female mayor of a special municipality.(1950–) 25 December 2006 25 December 2010 4 Democratic Progressive Party
Special municipality era (consolidated Kaohsiung) No. PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of Office TermPolitical Party 1 Chen Chu(1950–) 25 December 2010 25 December 20141Democratic Progressive Party 25 December 2014 20 April 2018Resigned to serve as presidential secretary-general.2 — Hsu Li-mingDeputy mayor.(1969–) 20 April 2018 25 December 2018 2 Han Kuo-yu(1957–) 25 December 2018 12 June 20203Kuomintang — Yang Ming-jouKaohsiung City Government counselor.(1956–) 13 June 2020 23 August 2020Independent 3 Chen Chi-mai(1964–) 24 August 2020 25 December 2022 Democratic Progressive Party25 December 2022 Incumbent4
Timeline
See also Kaohsiung City Government Kaohsiung City Council Kaohsiung City List of county magistrates of Kaohsiung
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