Mayor of Kaohsiung
Mayor of the City of Kaohsiung | |
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File:Emblem of Kaohsiung City.svg | |
File:Flag of Kaohsiung City.svg | |
since 24 August 2020 | |
Term length | four years; may serve 1 consecutive terms |
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
Date | English | Characters | Japanese | Mandarin | Taiwanese | Hakka |
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Dec 1924–Oct 1940 | Mayor of Takao | 高雄市市尹 | Takao-shi Shiin | Ko-hiông-chhī Chhī-ún | Kô-hiùng-sṳ Sṳ-yún | |
Oct 1940–Oct 1945 | 高雄市市長 | Takao-shi Shichō | Ko-hiông-chhī Chhī-tiúⁿ |
Kô-hiùng-sṳ Sṳ-chhòng | ||
Oct 1945–present | Mayor of Kaohsiung | 高雄市市長 | Gāoxióng Shì Shìzhǎng |
List of mayors
Empire of Japan Kuomintang China Democratic Socialist Party Democratic Progressive Party
Prefectural city era (appointed mayors)
During this era, Kaohsiung was called "Takao" (高雄; たかお). All of the mayors were appointed by the Empire of Japan.
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | |
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1 | File:岩本多助高雄市尹.jpg | Tasuke Iwamoto 岩本多助 (?–?) |
25 December 1924 | 6 August 1927 |
2 | Genjurō Saitō[1] 齋藤玄壽郎 (?–?) |
6 August 1927 | 22 April 1929 | |
3 | File:Imai Masaharu.jpg | Masaharu Imai[2] 今井昌治 (1884–?) |
22 April 1929 | 21 April 1932 |
4 | Gisaburō Kobayashi[3] 小林儀三郎 (?–?) |
21 April 1932 | 3 September 1934 | |
5 | File:Shigeharu Matsuo.jpg | Shigeharu Matsuo[4] 松尾繁治 (1886–1944) |
3 September 1934 | 30 November 1937 |
6 | File:Tairiku Munetō.jpg | Tairiku Munetō[5] 宗藤大陸 (?–?) |
30 November 1937 | 31 January 1941 |
7 | File:Takeshi Kojima.jpg | Takeshi Kojima[6] 小島猛 (?–?) |
31 January 1941 | January 1943 |
8 | File:Takeo Yokoyama.jpg | Takeo Yokoyama 橫山竹雄 (1895–?) |
January 1943 | March 1944 |
9 | File:Otohiko Nakamatsu.jpg | Otohiko Nakamatsu[7] 中松乙彥 (?–?) |
March 1944 | October 1945 |
Provincial city era (appointed mayors)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |
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1 | Lien Mou 連謀 (1907–1978) |
8 November 1945 | 23 May 1946 | Kuomintang | |
2 | Huang Chung-tu 黃仲圖 (1902–1988) |
23 May 1946 | 2 August 1947 | Kuomintang | |
3 | File:黃強.jpg | Huang Chiang 黃強 (1887–1974) |
2 August 1947 | 1 May 1949 | Kuomintang |
4 | Liou Hsiang 劉翔 ( – ) |
1 May 1949 | 2 August 1950 | Kuomintang | |
5 | Chen Pau-tai 陳保泰 ( – ) |
2 August 1950 | 1 May 1951 | Kuomintang |
Provincial city era (directly elected mayors)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Term | Political Party | |
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6 | File:1950s謝掙強.jpg | Hsieh Cheng-chiang 謝掙強 (1915–1979) |
1 May 1951 | 2 June 1954 | 1 | Kuomintang |
2 June 1954 | 2 June 1957 | 2 | ||||
7 | File:1968陳武璋.jpg | Chen Wu-chang 陳武璋 (1915–1984) |
2 June 1957 | 2 June 1960 | 3 | Kuomintang |
8 | File:Tan Khe-chhoan.jpg | Chen Chi-chuan 陳啟川 (1899–1993) |
2 June 1960 | 2 June 1964[8] | 4 | Kuomintang |
2 June 1964 | 2 June 1968 | 5 | ||||
9 | File:Iunn Kim-hoo.jpg | Yang Chin-hu 楊金虎 (1898–1990) |
2 June 1968 | 1 February 1973[9] | 6 | China Democratic Socialist Party[10] |
10 | File:19670213王玉雲.jpg | Wang Yu-yun 王玉雲 (1925–2009) |
1 February 1973 | 20 December 1977 | 7 | Kuomintang |
20 December 1977 | 1 July 1979 | 8 |
Special municipality era (appointed mayors)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |
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1 | File:19670213王玉雲.jpg | Wang Yu-yun 王玉雲 (1925–2009) |
1 July 1979 | 21 June 1981 | Kuomintang |
2 | Yang Chin-tsung 楊金欉 (1923–1990) |
21 June 1981 | 19 April 1982 | Kuomintang | |
3 | File:Encyclopedia of Law by Sanmin Books Hsui-teh Hsu (3x4).jpg | Hsu Shui-teh 許水德 (1931–2021) |
19 April 1982 | 30 May 1985 | Kuomintang |
4 | File:議長蘇南成先生玉照 (國民大會實錄).jpg | Su Nan-cheng 蘇南成 (1936–2014) |
30 May 1985 | 18 June 1990 | Kuomintang |
5 | File:Wu Den-yih VOA (3x4).jpg | Wu Den-yih 吳敦義 (1948–) |
18 June 1990 | 25 December 1994 | Kuomintang |
Special municipality era (directly elected mayors)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Term | Political Party | |
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6 | File:Wu Den-yih VOA (3x4).jpg | Wu Den-yih 吳敦義 (1948–) |
25 December 1994 | 25 December 1998[11] | 1 | Kuomintang |
7 | File:Frank Hsieh.jpg | Frank Hsieh 謝長廷 (1946–) |
25 December 1998 | 25 December 2002 | 2 | Democratic Progressive Party[12] |
25 December 2002 | 1 February 2005[13] | 3 | ||||
— | File:2007TaipeiInternationalFlowerExhibition ChimaiChen.jpg | Chen Chi-mai [14] 陳其邁 (1964–) |
1 February 2005 | 20 December 2005 | Democratic Progressive Party | |
— | File:Yeh Chu-lan (3x4).jpg | Yeh Chu-lan[14] 葉菊蘭[15] (1949–) |
20 December 2005 | 25 December 2006 | Democratic Progressive Party | |
8 | File:Kiku chen (3x4).jpg | Chen Chu[16] 陳菊 (1950–) |
25 December 2006 | 25 December 2010 | 4 | Democratic Progressive Party |
Special municipality era (consolidated Kaohsiung)
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Term | Political Party | |
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1 | File:Kiku chen (3x4).jpg | Chen Chu 陳菊 (1950–) |
25 December 2010 | 25 December 2014 | 1 | Democratic Progressive Party |
25 December 2014 | 20 April 2018[17] | 2 | ||||
— | File:許立明肖像.jpg | Hsu Li-ming[14][18] 許立明 (1969–) |
20 April 2018 | 25 December 2018 | ||
2 | File:高雄市長 韓國瑜.jpg | Han Kuo-yu 韓國瑜 (1957–) |
25 December 2018 | 12 June 2020[lower-alpha 1] | 3[lower-alpha 2] | Kuomintang |
— | File:20180918楊明州.jpg | Yang Ming-jou[14][19] 楊明州 (1956–) |
13 June 2020 | 23 August 2020 | Independent | |
3 | File:Chen Chi-mai election infobox.jpg | Chen Chi-mai 陳其邁 (1964–) |
24 August 2020 | 25 December 2022 | Democratic Progressive Party | |
25 December 2022 | Incumbent | 4 |
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See also
- Kaohsiung City Government
- Kaohsiung City Council
- Kaohsiung City
- List of county magistrates of Kaohsiung
Notes
- ↑ Recalled.
- ↑ From 16 October 2019 to 11 January, Han Kuo-yu was on leave to run in the 2020 presidential election. During that period of time, deputy mayor Yeh Kuang-shih acted as mayor.
References
- ↑ Given name may have been read Genjirō
- ↑ Given name may have been read Shōji or Masaji
- ↑ Given name may have been read Gizaburō
- ↑ Given name may have been read Shigeji
- ↑ Family name may have been read Munefuji
- ↑ Family name may have been read Koshima
- ↑ Given name may have been read Otsuhiko
- ↑ Term extended to 4 years.
- ↑ Term extended to accommodate combined elections.
- ↑ First non-KMT Kaohsiung mayor.
- ↑ Lost re-election.
- ↑ First DPP mayor of Kaohsiung.
- ↑ Resigned to serve as premier.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 As acting.
- ↑ First female mayor of a special municipality.
- ↑ First elected female mayor of a special municipality.
- ↑ Resigned to serve as presidential secretary-general.
- ↑ Deputy mayor.
- ↑ Kaohsiung City Government counselor.