Mayor of Kaohsiung

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This is a list of mayors of Kaohsiung.

Mayors

      Empire of Japan       Kuomintang       China Democratic Socialist Party       Democratic Progressive Party

Japanese rule era[1]
# Name Office
1 Tasuke Iwamoto (岩本多助) 1924–1927
2 Genjurō Saitō (齋藤玄壽郎)[2] 1927–1929
3 Masaharu Imai (今井昌治)[3] 1929–1932
4 Gisaburō Kobayashi (小林儀三郎)[4] 1932–1934
5 Shigeharu Matsuo (松尾繁治)[5] 1934–1938
6 Tairiku Munetō (宗藤大陸)[6] 1938–1941
7 Takeshi Kojima (小島猛)[7] 1941–1943
8 Takeo Yokoyama (橫山竹雄) 1943–1944
9 Otohiko Nakamatsu (中松乙彥)[8] 1944–1945
Provincial city era
# Name Office Political party Term
10 Lien Mou (連謀)[9] 1945–1946 Kuomintang -
11 Huang Chung-tu (黃仲圖)[9] 1946–1947 Kuomintang -
12 Huang Chiang (黃強)[9] 1947–1949 Kuomintang -
13 Liou Hsiang (劉翔)[9] 1949–1950 Kuomintang -
14 Chen Pau-tai (陳保泰)[9] 1950–1951 Kuomintang -
15 Hsieh Cheng-chiang (謝掙強)[10] 1951–1957 Kuomintang 1
2
16 Chen Wu-chang (陳武璋) 1957–1960 Kuomintang 3
17 Chen Chi-chuan 1960–1968 Kuomintang 4
5
18 Yang Chin-hu (楊金虎) 1968–1973 China Democratic Socialist Party 6
Special municipality era (appointed mayors)
# Name Office Political party Term
19 Wang Yu-yuin (王玉雲) 1973–1981 Kuomintang 7[11]
20 Yang Chin-tsung (楊金欉) 1981–1982 Kuomintang -
21 Hsu Shui-teh 18 April 1982 – 30 May 1985 Kuomintang -
22 Su Nan-cheng 1985–1990 Kuomintang -
23 Wu Den-yih 15 June 1990 – 25 December 1994 Kuomintang -
Special municipality era (direct elected mayors)
# Name Office Political party Term
23 Wu Den-yih[12] 25 December 1994 – 25 December 1998 Kuomintang 1
24 Frank Hsieh[13] 25 December 1998 – 25 December 2002 Democratic Progressive Party 2
25 December 2002 – 1 February 2005 3
Chen Chi-mai 1 February 2005 – 20 December 2005
as acting
Democratic Progressive Party
Yeh Chu-lan[14] 20 December 2005 – 25 December 2006
as acting
Democratic Progressive Party
25 Chen Chu[15] 25 December 2006 – 25 December 2010 Democratic Progressive Party 4
Special municipality era (Greater Kaohsiung)
1 Chen Chu 25 December 2010 – 25 December 2014 Democratic Progressive Party 1
25 December 2014 – 2

See also

References

  1. During this era, Kaohsiung was called "Takao" (高雄; たかを). All of the mayors were appointed by the Empire of Japan.
  2. Given name may have been read Genjirō
  3. Given name may have been read Shōji or Masaji
  4. Given name may have been read Gizaburō
  5. Given name may have been read Shigeji
  6. Family name may have been read Munefuji
  7. Family name may have been read Koshima
  8. Given name may have been read Otsuhiko
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Appointed mayors.
  10. First elected mayor of Kaohsiung.
  11. Served as elected mayor from 1973 to 1979.
  12. Lost re-election.
  13. First non-Kuomintang mayor of Kaohsiung.
  14. First female mayor of Kaohsiung.
  15. First non-acting female mayor of Kaohsiung.