List of magistrates and mayors in Taiwan
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]
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, 222 days of age), while Hsinchu City's Andy Chiu is the youngest (42 years, 324 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
editColour key for parties |
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Office and division (past officeholders) |
Name | Portrait | Date of birth (Age) |
Party | Ref | |
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Mayor of New Taipei City (list) |
Hou You-yi | 7 June 1957 (67 years, 145 days) |
Kuomintang | |||
Mayor of Taipei City (list) |
Chiang Wan-an | 26 December 1978 (45 years, 309 days) |
Kuomintang | [5] | ||
Mayor of Taoyuan City (list) |
Chang San-cheng | 24 June 1954 (70 years, 128 days) |
Kuomintang | [6] | ||
Mayor of Taichung City (list) |
Lu Shiow-yen | 31 August 1961 (63 years, 60 days) |
Kuomintang | [7] | ||
Mayor of Tainan City (list) |
Huang Wei-cher | 26 September 1963 (61 years, 34 days) |
Democratic Progressive Party | [8] | ||
Mayor of Kaohsiung City (list) |
Chen Chi-mai | 23 December 1964 (59 years, 312 days) |
Democratic Progressive Party | [9] | ||
Magistrate of Yilan County (list) |
Lin Zi-miao | 28 January 1952 (72 years, 276 days) |
Kuomintang | |||
Magistrate of Hsinchu County (list) |
Yang Wen-ke | 22 March 1951 (73 years, 222 days) |
Kuomintang | |||
Magistrate of Miaoli County (list) |
Chung Tung-chin | 2 January 1963 (61 years, 302 days) |
Independent | [10] | ||
Magistrate of Changhua County (list) |
Wang Huei-mei | 22 November 1968 (55 years, 343 days) |
Kuomintang | |||
Magistrate of Nantou County (list) |
Hsu Shu-hua | 15 October 1975 (49 years, 15 days) |
Kuomintang | [11] | ||
Magistrate of Yunlin County (list) |
Chang Li-shan | 1 January 1964 (60 years, 303 days) |
Kuomintang | [12] | ||
Magistrate of Chiayi County (list) |
Weng Chang-liang | 19 March 1965 (59 years, 225 days) |
Democratic Progressive Party | |||
Magistrate of Pingtung County (list) |
Chou Chun-mi | 1 November 1966 (57 years, 364 days) |
Democratic Progressive Party | [13] | ||
Magistrate of Taitung County (list) |
April Yao | 23 November 1969 (54 years, 342 days) |
Kuomintang | |||
Magistrate of Hualien County (list) |
Hsu Chen-wei | 12 October 1968 (56 years, 18 days) |
Kuomintang | |||
Magistrate of Penghu County (list) |
Chen Kuang-fu | 25 October 1955 (69 years, 5 days) |
Democratic Progressive Party | |||
Mayor of Keelung City (list) |
George Hsieh | 5 October 1975 (49 years, 25 days) |
Kuomintang | [14] | ||
Acting Mayor of Hsinchu City (list) |
Andy Chiu | 11 December 1981 (42 years, 324 days) |
Taiwan People's Party | [15] | ||
Mayor of Chiayi City (list) |
Huang Min-hui | 20 January 1959 (65 years, 284 days) |
Kuomintang | [16] | ||
Magistrate of Kinmen County (list) |
Chen Fu-hai | 3 June 1963 (61 years, 149 days) |
Taiwan People's Party | [17] | ||
Magistrate of Lienchiang County (list) |
Wang Chung-ming | 27 February 1958 (66 years, 246 days) |
Kuomintang | [18] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 精省 Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine (Streamlining of provinces), History and Culture Learning Portal, Ministry of Education (Taiwan).
- ^ a b 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. ISBN 9789571126371
- ^ "ROC introduction: Government organizations: Local governments: County (City) Level". Office of the President (Taiwan). Retrieved 2021-04-13.
- ^ "現任市長". 臺北市政府. March 28, 2018.
- ^ "404Error". www.tycg.gov.tw.
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: Cite uses generic title (help) - ^ "盧秀燕". 臺中市政府全球資訊網.
- ^ 臺南市政府全球資訊網-市長簡介
- ^ Hou, Wen-ting; Kao, Evelyn (24 August 2020). "Chen Chi-mai takes up post as Kaohsiung mayor". Central News Agency. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "苗栗縣政府全球資訊網-中文網".
- ^ "縣長介紹 - 南投縣政府縣長專欄". www.nantou.gov.tw.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "縣長簡介". www.pthg.gov.tw. August 12, 2015.
- ^ "市長介紹 - 基隆市政府". www.klcg.gov.tw.
- ^ 市長簡介-新竹市政府
- ^ 認識市長 - 市長專區 - 嘉義市政府
- ^ 金門縣政府全球資訊網-縣長介紹
- ^ 馬祖-連江縣政府-縣長專欄
External links
edit- Media related to Magistrates from Taiwan at Wikimedia Commons