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]

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 (74 years, 209 days of age), while Hsinchu City's Andy Chiu is the youngest (43 years, 310 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

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 (68 years, 132 days)	Kuomintang
Mayor of Taipei City (list)	Chiang Wan-an		26 December 1978 (46 years, 295 days)	Kuomintang		[5]
Mayor of Taoyuan City (list)	Chang San-cheng		24 June 1954 (71 years, 115 days)	Kuomintang		[6]
Mayor of Taichung City (list)	Lu Shiow-yen		31 August 1961 (64 years, 47 days)	Kuomintang		[7]
Mayor of Tainan City (list)	Huang Wei-cher		26 September 1963 (62 years, 21 days)	Democratic Progressive Party		[8]
Mayor of Kaohsiung City (list)	Chen Chi-mai		23 December 1964 (60 years, 298 days)	Democratic Progressive Party		[9]
Magistrate of Yilan County (list)	Lin Zi-miao		28 January 1952 (73 years, 262 days)	Kuomintang
Magistrate of Hsinchu County (list)	Yang Wen-ke		22 March 1951 (74 years, 209 days)	Kuomintang
Magistrate of Miaoli County (list)	Chung Tung-chin		2 January 1963 (62 years, 288 days)	Independent		[10]
Magistrate of Changhua County (list)	Wang Huei-mei		22 November 1968 (56 years, 329 days)	Kuomintang
Magistrate of Nantou County (list)	Hsu Shu-hua		15 October 1975 (50 years, 2 days)	Kuomintang		[11]
Magistrate of Yunlin County (list)	Chang Li-shan		1 January 1964 (61 years, 289 days)	Kuomintang		[12]
Magistrate of Chiayi County (list)	Weng Chang-liang		19 March 1965 (60 years, 212 days)	Democratic Progressive Party
Magistrate of Pingtung County (list)	Chou Chun-mi		1 November 1966 (58 years, 350 days)	Democratic Progressive Party		[13]
Magistrate of Taitung County (list)	April Yao		23 November 1969 (55 years, 328 days)	Kuomintang
Magistrate of Hualien County (list)	Hsu Chen-wei		12 October 1968 (57 years, 5 days)	Kuomintang
Magistrate of Penghu County (list)	Chen Kuang-fu		25 October 1955 (69 years, 357 days)	Democratic Progressive Party
Mayor of Keelung City (list)	George Hsieh		5 October 1975 (50 years, 12 days)	Kuomintang		[14]
Acting Mayor of Hsinchu City (list)	Andy Chiu		11 December 1981 (43 years, 310 days)	Taiwan People's Party		[15]
Mayor of Chiayi City (list)	Huang Min-hui		20 January 1959 (66 years, 270 days)	Kuomintang		[16]
Magistrate of Kinmen County (list)	Chen Fu-hai		3 June 1963 (62 years, 136 days)	Taiwan People's Party		[17]
Magistrate of Lienchiang County (list)	Wang Chung-ming		27 February 1958 (67 years, 232 days)	Kuomintang		[18]

See also

• Administrative divisions of Taiwan
• List of administrative divisions of Taiwan
• Elections in Taiwan
• Politics of the Republic of China