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List of magistrates and mayors in Taiwan

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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,[1] 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.[2][3] Executive branch of the local autonomous bodies are led by a mayor or magistrate.[4] 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.[2]

A map showing political parties of magistrates and mayors in Taiwan as of Dec. 25, 2022
  Democratic Progressive Party
  Independent
  Kuomintang
  Taiwan People's Party

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 (73 years, 227 days of age), while Hsinchu City's Andy Chiu is the youngest (42 years, 329 days 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

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Colour key for parties
  Democratic Progressive Party
  Kuomintang
  Taiwan People's Party
  Independent
Office and division
(past officeholders) 		Name Portrait Date of birth
(Age) 		Party Ref
Mayor of
New Taipei City
(list) 		Hou You-yi   7 June 1957
(67 years, 150 days) 		Kuomintang
Mayor of
Taipei City
(list) 		Chiang Wan-an   26 December 1978
(45 years, 314 days) 		Kuomintang [5]
Mayor of
Taoyuan City
(list) 		Chang San-cheng   24 June 1954
(70 years, 133 days) 		Kuomintang [6]
Mayor of
Taichung City
(list) 		Lu Shiow-yen   31 August 1961
(63 years, 65 days) 		Kuomintang [7]
Mayor of
Tainan City
(list) 		Huang Wei-cher   26 September 1963
(61 years, 39 days) 		Democratic Progressive Party [8]
Mayor of
Kaohsiung City
(list) 		Chen Chi-mai   23 December 1964
(59 years, 317 days) 		Democratic Progressive Party [9]
Magistrate of
Yilan County
(list) 		Lin Zi-miao   28 January 1952
(72 years, 281 days) 		Kuomintang
Magistrate of
Hsinchu County
(list) 		Yang Wen-ke   22 March 1951
(73 years, 227 days) 		Kuomintang
Magistrate of
Miaoli County
(list) 		Chung Tung-chin   2 January 1963
(61 years, 307 days) 		Independent [10]
Magistrate of
Changhua County
(list) 		Wang Huei-mei   22 November 1968
(55 years, 348 days) 		Kuomintang
Magistrate of
Nantou County
(list) 		Hsu Shu-hua   15 October 1975
(49 years, 20 days) 		Kuomintang [11]
Magistrate of
Yunlin County
(list) 		Chang Li-shan   1 January 1964
(60 years, 308 days) 		Kuomintang [12]
Magistrate of
Chiayi County
(list) 		Weng Chang-liang   19 March 1965
(59 years, 230 days) 		Democratic Progressive Party
Magistrate of
Pingtung County
(list) 		Chou Chun-mi   1 November 1966
(58 years, 3 days) 		Democratic Progressive Party [13]
Magistrate of
Taitung County
(list) 		April Yao   23 November 1969
(54 years, 347 days) 		Kuomintang
Magistrate of
Hualien County
(list) 		Hsu Chen-wei   12 October 1968
(56 years, 23 days) 		Kuomintang
Magistrate of
Penghu County
(list) 		Chen Kuang-fu   25 October 1955
(69 years, 10 days) 		Democratic Progressive Party
Mayor of
Keelung City
(list) 		George Hsieh   5 October 1975
(49 years, 30 days) 		Kuomintang [14]
Acting Mayor of
Hsinchu City
(list) 		Andy Chiu   11 December 1981
(42 years, 329 days) 		Taiwan People's Party [15]
Mayor of
Chiayi City
(list) 		Huang Min-hui   20 January 1959
(65 years, 289 days) 		Kuomintang [16]
Magistrate of
Kinmen County
(list) 		Chen Fu-hai   3 June 1963
(61 years, 154 days) 		Taiwan People's Party [17]
Magistrate of
Lienchiang County
(list) 		Wang Chung-ming   27 February 1958
(66 years, 251 days) 		Kuomintang [18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 精省 Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine (Streamlining of provinces), History and Culture Learning Portal, Ministry of Education (Taiwan).
  2. ^ a b 地方制度法 (Local Government Act), Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China, 3 February 2010.
  3. ^ Bo Qingjiu, 地方政府與自治 (Local governance and autonomy), Wu-Nan Book Inc, 2001, p. 192-193. ISBN 9789571126371
  4. ^ "ROC introduction: Government organizations: Local governments: County (City) Level". Office of the President (Taiwan). Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  5. ^ "現任市長". 臺北市政府. March 28, 2018.
  6. ^ "404Error". www.tycg.gov.tw. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  7. ^ "盧秀燕". 臺中市政府全球資訊網.
  8. ^ 臺南市政府全球資訊網-市長簡介
  9. ^ Hou, Wen-ting; Kao, Evelyn (24 August 2020). "Chen Chi-mai takes up post as Kaohsiung mayor". Central News Agency. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  10. ^ "苗栗縣政府全球資訊網-中文網".
  11. ^ "縣長介紹 - 南投縣政府縣長專欄". www.nantou.gov.tw.
  12. ^ "雲林縣政府全球資訊網-縣府團隊-咱的縣長-縣長簡介". Archived from the original on 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  13. ^ "縣長簡介". www.pthg.gov.tw. August 12, 2015.
  14. ^ "市長介紹 - 基隆市政府". www.klcg.gov.tw.
  15. ^ 市長簡介-新竹市政府
  16. ^ 認識市長 - 市長專區 - 嘉義市政府
  17. ^ 金門縣政府全球資訊網-縣長介紹
  18. ^ 馬祖-連江縣政府-縣長專欄
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