Mayor of Taipei
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The Mayor of Taipei is elected to a four-year term. Former Presidents Lee Teng-hui
, Chen Shui-bian
have all held this position prior to being elected President.
It was an appointed position from 1967 to 1994. Taipei was a special municipality from 1967; the first public election for Mayor of Taipei was held in 1994.
The incumbent mayor is Hau Lung-pin.
Lee Teng-hui
Lee Teng-hui is a politician of the Republic of China . He was the 7th, 8th, and 9th-term President of the Republic of China and Chairman of the Kuomintang from 1988 to 2000. He presided over major advancements in democratic reforms including his own re-election which marked the first direct...
, Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian is a former Taiwanese politician who was the 10th and 11th-term President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen, whose Democratic Progressive Party has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan independence, ended more than fifty years of Kuomintang rule in Taiwan...
have all held this position prior to being elected President.
It was an appointed position from 1967 to 1994. Taipei was a special municipality from 1967; the first public election for Mayor of Taipei was held in 1994.
The incumbent mayor is Hau Lung-pin.
List of Mayors
| Special municipality era (appointed mayors) | ||||
| # | Name | Office | Political party | Term |
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| 1 | Gao Yu-shu (高玉樹) | 1967 – 1972 | Independent | - |
| 2 | Chang Feng-hsu (張豐緒) | 1972 – 1976 | Kuomintang Kuomintang The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused... |
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| 3 | Lin Yang-gang (林洋港) | 1976 – 1978 | Kuomintang Kuomintang The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused... |
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| 4 | Lee Teng-hui Lee Teng-hui Lee Teng-hui is a politician of the Republic of China . He was the 7th, 8th, and 9th-term President of the Republic of China and Chairman of the Kuomintang from 1988 to 2000. He presided over major advancements in democratic reforms including his own re-election which marked the first direct... (李登輝) |
1978 – 1981 | Kuomintang Kuomintang The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused... |
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| 5 | Shao En-hsing (邵恩新) | 1981 – 1982 | Kuomintang Kuomintang The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused... |
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| 6 | Yang Jin-cong (楊金欉) | 1982 – 1985 | Kuomintang Kuomintang The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused... |
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| 7 | Hsu Shui-de (許水德) | 1985 – 1988 | Kuomintang Kuomintang The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused... |
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| 8 | Wu Po-hsiung (吳伯雄) | 1988 – 1990 | Kuomintang Kuomintang The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused... |
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| 9 | Huang Ta-chou Huang Ta-chou Huang Ta-chou was a Taiwan politician. He was the former mayor of Taipei and the chairman of the Chinese Taipei Olympic committee.-Early life:... (黃大洲) |
1990 – 1994 | Kuomintang Kuomintang The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused... |
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| Special municipality era (direct elected mayors) | ||||
| # | Name | Office | Political party | Term |
| 1 | Chen Shui-bian Chen Shui-bian Chen Shui-bian is a former Taiwanese politician who was the 10th and 11th-term President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen, whose Democratic Progressive Party has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan independence, ended more than fifty years of Kuomintang rule in Taiwan... (陳水扁) |
25 December 1994 – 25 December 1998 | Democratic Progressive Party Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,... |
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| 2 | Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou is the 12th term and current President of the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, and the Chairman of the Kuomintang Party, also known as the Chinese Nationalist Party. He formerly served as Justice Minister from 1993 to 1996, Mayor of Taipei from 1998 to 2006, and Chairman... (馬英九) |
25 December 1998 – 25 December 2002 | Kuomintang Kuomintang The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused... |
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| 25 December 2002 - 25 December 2006 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Hau Lung-pin (郝龍斌) | 25 December 2006 – 25 December 2010 | Kuomintang Kuomintang The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused... |
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| 25 December 2010 - | 5 | |||
| Special municipality era (Greater Taipei) | ||||
| 1 | 25 December 2014 - | 1 | ||
See also
- TaipeiTaipeiTaipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
- List of mayors of Taipei