Mayor of Kaohsiung

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 since 24 August 2020.

Mayor of the City of Kaohsiung
Seal of Kaohsiung
Flag of Kaohsiung
Incumbent
Chen Chi-mai
since 24 August 2020
Term lengthfour years; may serve 1 consecutive terms

Titles of the Mayor
DateEnglishCharactersJapaneseMandarinTaiwaneseHakka
Dec 1924–Oct 1940Mayor of Takao高雄市市尹Takao-shi ShiinKo-hiông-chhī Chhī-únKô-hiùng-sṳ Sṳ-yún
Oct 1940–Oct 1945高雄市市長Takao-shi ShichōKo-hiông-chhī
Chhī-tiúⁿ		Kô-hiùng-sṳ
Sṳ-chhòng
Oct 1945–presentMayor of Kaohsiung高雄市市長Gāoxióng Shì Shìzhǎng

List of mayors

  Empire of Japan   Kuomintang   China Democratic Socialist Party   Democratic Progressive Party

Japanese era

During this era, Kaohsiung was called "Takao" (高雄; たかお). All of the mayors were appointed by the Empire of Japan.

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office
1 Tasuke Iwamoto
岩本多助
(?–?)		 25 December 19246 August 1927
2 Genjurō Saitō[1]
齋藤玄壽郎
(?–?)		 6 August 192722 April 1929
3 Masaharu Imai[2]
今井昌治
(1884–?)		 22 April 192921 April 1932
4 Gisaburō Kobayashi[3]
小林儀三郎
(?–?)		 21 April 19323 September 1934
5 Shigeharu Matsuo[4]
松尾繁治
(1886–1944)		 3 September 193430 November 1937
6 Tairiku Munetō[5]
宗藤大陸
(?–?)		 30 November 193731 January 1941
7 Takeshi Kojima[6]
小島猛
(?–?)		 31 January 1941January 1943
8 Takeo Yokoyama
橫山竹雄
(1895–?)		 January 1943March 1944
9 Otohiko Nakamatsu[7]
中松乙彥
(?–?)		 March 1944October 1945

Provincial city era (appointed mayors)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
1 Lien Mou
連謀
Lián Móu (Mandarin)
Lièn Mèu (Hakka)
(1907–1978)		 8 November 194523 May 1946 Kuomintang
2 Huang Chung-tu
黃仲圖
Huáng Zhòngtú (Mandarin)
Vòng Chhung-thù (Hakka)
(1902–1988)		 23 May 19462 August 1947 Kuomintang
3 Huang Chiang
黃強
Huáng Qiáng (Mandarin)
Vòng Khiòng (Hakka)
(1887–1974)		 2 August 19471 May 1949 Kuomintang
4 Liou Hsiang
劉翔
Liú Xiáng (Mandarin)
Liù Siòng (Hakka)
( – )		 1 May 19492 August 1950 Kuomintang
5 Chen Pau-tai
陳保泰
Chén Bǎotài (Mandarin)
Chhṳ̀n Pó-thai (Hakka)
( – )		 2 August 19501 May 1951 Kuomintang

Provincial city era (direct elected mayors)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Term Political Party
6 Hsieh Cheng-chiang
謝掙強
Xiè Zhèngqiáng (Mandarin)
Chhia Châng-khiòng (Hakka)
(1915–1979)		 1 May 19512 June 1954 1 Kuomintang
2 June 19542 June 1957 2
7 Chen Wu-chang
陳武璋
Chén Wǔzhāng (Mandarin)
Chhṳ̀n Vú-chông (Hakka)
(1915–1984)		 2 June 19572 June 1960 3 Kuomintang
8 Chen Chi-chuan
陳啟川
Chén Qǐchuān (Mandarin)
Chhṳ̀n Khí-chhôn (Hakka)
(1899–1993)		 2 June 19602 June 1964[8] 4 Kuomintang
2 June 19642 June 1968 5
9 Yang Chin-hu
楊金虎
Yáng Jīnhǔ (Mandarin)
Yòng Kîm-fú (Hakka)
(1898–1990)		 2 June 19681 February 1973[9] 6 China Democratic Socialist Party[10]
10 Wang Yu-yun
王玉雲
Wáng Yǜyún (Mandarin)
Vòng Ngiu̍k-yùn (Hakka)
(1925–2009)		 1 February 197320 December 1977 7 Kuomintang
20 December 19771 July 1979 8

Special municipality era (appointed mayors)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
1 Wang Yu-yun
王玉雲
Wáng Yǜyún (Mandarin)
Vòng Ngiu̍k-yùn (Hakka)
(1925–2009)		 1 July 197921 June 1981 Kuomintang
2 Yang Chin-tsung
楊金欉
Yáng Jīncóng (Mandarin)
Yòng Kîm-chhùng (Hakka)
(1923–1990)		 21 June 198119 April 1982 Kuomintang
3 Hsu Shui-teh
許水德
Xǔ Shuǐdé (Mandarin)
Hí Súi-tet (Hakka)
(1931–)		 19 April 198230 May 1985 Kuomintang
4 Su Nan-cheng
蘇南成
Sū Nánchéng (Mandarin)
Sû Nàm-sàng (Hakka)
(1936–2014)		 30 May 198518 June 1990 Kuomintang
5 Wu Den-yih
吳敦義
Wú Dūnyì (Mandarin)
Ǹg Tûn-ngi (Hakka)
(1948–)		 18 June 199025 December 1994 Kuomintang

Special municipality era (direct elected mayors)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Term Political Party
6 Wu Den-yih
吳敦義
Wú Dūnyì (Mandarin)
Ǹg Tûn-ngi (Hakka)
(1948–)		 25 December 199425 December 1998[11] 1 Kuomintang
7 Frank Hsieh
謝長廷
Xiè Chángtíng (Mandarin)
Chhia Chhòng-thìn (Hakka)
(1946–)		 25 December 199825 December 2002 2 Democratic Progressive Party[12]
25 December 20021 February 2005[13] 3
— Chen Chi-mai [14]
陳其邁
Chén Qímài (Mandarin)
Chhṳ̀n Khì-mai (Hakka)
(1964–)		 1 February 200520 December 2005 Democratic Progressive Party
— Yeh Chu-lan[14]
葉菊蘭[15]
Yè Júlán (Mandarin)
Ya̍p Khiuk-làn (Hakka)
(1949–)		 20 December 200525 December 2006 Democratic Progressive Party
8 Chen Chu[16]
陳菊
Chén Jú (Mandarin)
Chhṳ̀n Khiuk (Hakka)
(1950–)		 25 December 200625 December 2010 4 Democratic Progressive Party

Special municipality era (consolidated Kaohsiung)
№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Term Political Party
1 Chen Chu
陳菊
Chén Jú (Mandarin)
Chhṳ̀n Khiuk (Hakka)
(1950–)		 25 December 201025 December 2014 1 Democratic Progressive Party
25 December 201420 April 2018[17] 2
— Hsu Li-ming[14][18]
許立明
Xú Lìmíng (Mandarin)
Hí Li̍p-mìn (Hakka)
(1969–)		 20 April 201825 December 2018
2 Han Kuo-yu
韓國瑜
Hán Guóyú (Mandarin)
Hòn Koet-yì (Hakka)
(1957–)		 25 December 201812 June 2020[lower-alpha 1] 3[lower-alpha 2] Kuomintang
— Yang Ming-jou[14][19]
楊明州
Yáng Míngzhōu
(1956–)		 13 June 202023 August 2020 Independent
3 Chen Chi-mai
陳其邁
Chén Qímài (Mandarin)
Tân Kî-māi (Hakka)
(1964–)		 24 August 2020Incumbent Democratic Progressive Party

See also

Notes
  1. Recalled
  2. From 16 October 2019 to 11 January, Han Kuo-yu asked for a leave to join the 2020 presidential election, during that period of time, deputy mayor Yeh Kuang-shih worked as the mayor of Kaohsiung.

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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