This article lists the current magistrates and mayors, the head of government, of the primary administrative divisions of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Following the dissolution of the provincial governments in 2018 after the 1998 streamlining of its provinces,精省 (Streamlining of provinces), History and Culture Learning Portal, Ministry of Education (Taiwan). local autonomous bodies including the 6 special municipalities and 2 titular provinces along with 13 counties and 3 autonomous municipalities are directly administered by the central government (Executive Yuan) according to the Local Government Act.地方制度法 (Local Government Act), Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China, 3 February 2010.Bo Qingjiu, 地方政府與自治 (Local governance and autonomy), Wu-Nan Book Inc, 2001, p. 192-193. Executive branch of the local autonomous bodies are led by a mayor or magistrate. Each mayor or magistrate is elected by the population of their corresponding division with a maximum term of four years and the possibility of reelection to one more term.
Currently, except for Hsinchu City all of the mayors of special municipalities and provincial cities and all of the county magistrates in the republic have won in the 2022 mayoral and magistratical elections and were sworn into office on 25 December 2022. Of the twenty-two current incumbents, nine are women—Lu Shiow-yen in Taichung City and Huang Min-hui in Chiayi City, as well as all seven magistrates for counties in central Taiwan and along the east coast. Yang Wen-ke of Hsinchu County is the oldest official ( of age), while Hsinchu City's Andy Chiu is the youngest ( old). Fourteen incumbents belong to the Kuomintang, five from the Democratic Progressive Party, two from the Taiwan People's Party, and one is non-partisan.
Magistrates and mayors Colour key for parties Office and divisionNamePortraitDate of birth Party Ref Mayor ofNew Taipei CityHou You-yi()Kuomintang Mayor ofTaipei City Chiang Wan-an () Kuomintang Mayor ofTaoyuan City Chang San-cheng () Kuomintang Mayor ofTaichung City Lu Shiow-yen () Kuomintang Mayor ofTainan City Huang Wei-cher () Democratic Progressive Party臺南市政府全球資訊網-市長簡介 Mayor ofKaohsiung City Chen Chi-mai () Democratic Progressive Party Acting Magistrate ofYilan County Lin Mao-sheng Independent Magistrate ofHsinchu County Yang Wen-ke () Kuomintang Magistrate ofMiaoli County Chung Tung-chin () Independent Magistrate ofChanghua County Wang Huei-mei () Kuomintang Magistrate ofNantou County Hsu Shu-hua () Kuomintang Magistrate ofYunlin County Chang Li-shan () Kuomintang Magistrate ofChiayi County Weng Chang-liang () Democratic Progressive Party Magistrate ofPingtung County Chou Chun-mi () Democratic Progressive Party Magistrate ofTaitung County April Yao () Kuomintang Magistrate ofHualien County Hsu Chen-wei () Kuomintang Magistrate ofPenghu County Chen Kuang-fu () Democratic Progressive Party Mayor ofKeelung CityGeorge Hsieh()KuomintangMayor ofHsinchu CityAnn Kao() Independent市長簡介-新竹市政府 Mayor ofChiayi CityHuang Min-hui()Kuomintang認識市長 - 市長專區 - 嘉義市政府 Magistrate ofKinmen County Chen Fu-hai () Taiwan People's Party金門縣政府全球資訊網-縣長介紹 Magistrate ofLienchiang County Wang Chung-ming () Kuomintang馬祖-連江縣政府-縣長專欄
See also Administrative divisions of Taiwan List of administrative divisions of Taiwan Elections in Taiwan Politics of the Republic of China
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