Mayor of Taipei
The Mayor of Taipei is the head of the Taipei City Government and is elected to a four-year term. Until the election of Tsai Ing-wen, the office was seen as a stepping stone to the presidency: presidents Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou have all held this position prior to being elected president.
| Mayor of the City of Taipei | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the City of Taipei | |
| Term length | four years; may serve 1 consecutive terms |
| Inaugural holder | Mutō Shingorō |
| Formation | 1920 |
| Website | Office of the Mayor |
Taipei was elevated as a special municipality from 1967. The mayor was a position appointed by the central government from 1967 to 1994, and the first public election for Mayor of Taipei was held in 1994.
The incumbent mayor is Chiang Wan-an.
Titles of the Mayor
| Date | English | Characters | Japanese | Mandarin | Taiwanese | Hakka |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1920–Oct 1940 | Mayor of Taihoku | 臺北市市尹 | Taihoku-shi Shiin | Tâi-pak-chhī Chhī-ún | Thòi-pet-sṳ Sṳ-yún | |
| Oct 1940–Oct 1945 | 臺北市市長 | Taihoku-shi Shichō | Tâi-pak-chhī Chhī-tiúⁿ | Thòi-pet-sṳ Sṳ-chhòng | ||
| Oct 1945–present | Mayor of Taipei | 臺北市市長 | Táiběi Shì Shìzhǎng |
List of Mayors
Non-Kuomintang Taiwanese politician Wu San-lien (2L) celebrated his landslide victory (65.5%) in the first-time Taipei city mayoral election in January 1951 with his supporters. Taipei is the capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since December 1949.
Kuomintang Independent Democratic Progressive Taiwan People's
Prefectural city era (appointed mayors)
| № | Name | Term of Office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mutō Shingorō (zh:武藤針五郎) | 1 September 1920 | 23 December 1924 |
| 2 | Ōta Goichi (zh:太田吾一) | 23 December 1924 | 27 July 1927 |
| 3 | Tabata Kōzaburō (zh:田端幸三郎) | 27 July 1927 | 20 April 1929 |
| 4 | Masuda Hidekichi (zh:增田秀吉) | 20 April 1929 | 16 May 1931 |
| 5 | Utsumi Chuji (zh:內海忠司) | 16 May 1931 | 15 March 1932 |
| 6 | Nishizawa Gichō (zh:西澤義徵) | 15 March 1932 | 4 August 1933 |
| 7 | Matsuoka Kazue (zh:松岡一衛) | 4 August 1933 | 16 October 1936 |
| 8 | Tatsui Ishi (zh:石井龍豬) | 16 October 1936 | 27 December 1939 |
| 9 | Kihara Enji (zh:木原圓次) | 27 December 1939 | 14 May 1941 |
| 10 | Fujimura Kanta (zh:藤村寬太) | 14 May 1941 | 29 March 1942 |
| 11 | Hirotani Chiin (zh:廣谷致員) | 29 March 1942 | 31 March 1944 |
| 12 | Doi Mimitsu (zh:土居美水) | 31 March 1944 | 31 October 1945 |
Provincial city era (appointed mayors)
| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png.webp) |
Huang Chao-chin 黃朝琴 Huáng Cháoqín (Mandarin) Vòng Chêu-khìm (Hakka) (1897–1972) |
1 November 1945 | 1 March 1946 | Kuomintang |
| 2 | |
Yu Mi-hsien 游彌堅 Yóu Míjiān (Mandarin) Yù Mì-kiên (Hakka) (1897–1971) |
1 March 1946 | 6 February 1950 | Kuomintang |
| 3 | |
Wu San-lien 吳三連 Wú Sānlián (Mandarin) Ǹg Sâm-lièn (Hakka) (1899–1988) |
6 February 1950 | 1 November 1950 | Independent |
| - | |
Hsiang Chang-chuan [1][2] 項昌權 Xiàng Chāngquán (Mandarin) Hong Chhông-khièn (Hakka) (1903–2000) |
1 November 1950 | 1 February 1951 | Independent |
Provincial city era (directly elected mayors)
| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Term | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | |
Wu San-lien 吳三連 Wú Sānlián (Mandarin) Ǹg Sâm-lièn (Hakka) (1899–1988) |
1 February 1951 | 2 June 1954 | 1 | Independent[3] |
| 5 |  |
Henry Kao Kao Yu-shu 高玉樹 Gaō Yǜshù (Mandarin) Kô Ngiu̍k-su (Hakka) (1913–2005) |
2 June 1954 | 2 June 1957 | 2 | Independent[3] |
| 6 | |
Huang Chi-jui 黃啟瑞 Huáng Qǐruì (Mandarin) Vòng Khí-sui (Hakka) (1910–1976) |
2 June 1957
2 June 1960 |
2 June 1960
August 1961[4] |
3
4 |
Kuomintang |
| - | |
Chou Pai-lien[1][5] 周百鍊 Zhōu Bǎiliàn (Mandarin) Chû Pak-lien (Hakka) (1909–1991) |
August 1961 | 14 December 1963 | 4 | Kuomintang |
| 6 | |
Huang Chi-jui 黃啟瑞 Huáng Qǐruì (Mandarin) Vòng Khí-sui (Hakka) (1910–1976) |
14 December 1963[6] | 2 June 1964[7] | 4 | Kuomintang |
| 7 | |
Henry Kao Kao Yu-shu 高玉樹 Gaō Yǜshù (Mandarin) Kô Ngiu̍k-su (Hakka) (1913–2005) |
2 June 1964 | 30 June 1967 | 5 | Independent |
Special municipality era (appointed mayors)
| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Henry Kao Kao Yu-shu 高玉樹 Gaō Yǜshù (Mandarin) Kô Ngiu̍k-su (Hakka) (1913–2005) |
1 July 1967 | 10 June 1972 | Independent |
| 2 | |
Chang Feng-hsu 張豐緒 Zhāng Fēngxù (Mandarin) Chông Fûng-si (Hakka) (1928–2014) |
10 June 1972 | 11 June 1976 | Kuomintang |
| 3 |  |
Lin Yang-kang 林洋港 Lín Yánggǎng (Mandarin) Lìm Yòng-kóng (Hakka) (1927–2013) |
11 June 1976 | 9 June 1978 | Kuomintang |
| 4 | Lee Teng-hui 李登輝 Lǐ Dēnghuī (Mandarin) Lí Tên-fî (Hakka) (1923–2020) |
9 June 1978 | 5 December 1981 | Kuomintang | |
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Shao En-hsin 邵恩新 Shaò Ēnxīn (Mandarin) Seu Ên-sîn (Hakka) (1924–2014) |
5 December 1981 | 19 April 1982 | Kuomintang |
| 6 | Yang Chin-tsung 楊金欉 Yáng Jīncóng (Mandarin) Yòng Kîm-chhùng (Hakka) (1923–1990) |
19 April 1982 | 30 May 1985 | Kuomintang | |
| 7 | .jpg.webp) |
Hsu Shui-teh 許水德 Xǚ Shuǐdé (Mandarin) Hí Súi-tet (Hakka) (1931-2021) |
30 May 1985 | 25 July 1988 | Kuomintang |
| 8 |  |
Wu Po-hsiung 吳伯雄 Wú Bóxióng (Mandarin) Ǹg Pak-hiùng (Hakka) (1939- ) |
25 July 1988 | 2 June 1990 | Kuomintang |
| 9 |  |
Huang Ta-chou Thomas Huang[1][8] 黃大洲 Huáng Dàzhōu (Mandarin) Vòng Thai-chû (Hakka) (1936- ) |
2 June 1990
15 October 1990 |
14 October 1990
25 December 1994 |
Kuomintang |
Special municipality era (directly elected mayors)
| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Term | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁 Chén Shuǐbiǎn (Mandarin) Chhṳ̀n Súi-pién (Hakka) (1950–) |
25 December 1994 | 25 December 1998 | 1 | Democratic Progressive Party[9] |
| 11 |  |
Ma Ying-jeou 馬英九 Mǎ Yīngjiǔ (Mandarin) Mâ Yîn-kiú (Hakka) (1950–) |
25 December 1998
25 December 2002 |
25 December 2002
25 December 2006 |
2
3 |
Kuomintang |
| 12 |  |
Hau Lung-pin 郝龍斌 Hǎo Lóngbīn (Mandarin) Khok Liùng-pîn (Hakka) (1952–) |
25 December 2006
25 December 2010 |
25 December 2010
25 December 2014 |
4
5 | |
| 13 |  |
Ko Wen-je 柯文哲 Kē Wénzhé (Mandarin) Khóa Vùn-chet (Hakka) (1959–) |
25 December 2014
25 December 2018 |
25 December 2018
25 December 2022 |
6
7 |
Independent (2018–2019) Taiwan People's Party (2019–)[10] |
| 14 |  |
Chiang Wan-an 蔣萬安 Jiǎng Wàn'ān (Mandarin) (1978–) |
25 December 2022 | Incumbent | 8 | Kuomintang |
Timeline
Electoral history
Taipei Mayoral Election, 1994
| Taipei Mayoral Election, 1994 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
Democratic Progressive (DPP) |
3 | Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) | 615,090 | 43.67% |  | |
| New Party | 2 | Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) | 424,905 | 30.17% |  | |
 Kuomintang (KMT) |
4 | Huang Ta-chou (黃大洲) | 364,618 | 25.89% |  | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} Independent |
1 | Ji Rong-zhi (紀榮治) | 3,941 | 0.28% |  | |
| Total | 1,408,554 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 78.53% | |||||
Taipei Mayoral Election, 1998
| Taipei Mayoral Election, 1998 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Kuomintang (KMT) |
2 | Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) | 766,377 | 51.13% |  | |
| Democratic Progressive (DPP) | 1 | Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) | 688,072 | 45.91% |  | |
| New Party | 3 | Wang Chien-shien (王建煊) | 44,452 | 2.97% |  | |
| Total | 1,498,901 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 80.89% | |||||
Taipei Mayoral Election, 2002
| Taipei Mayoral Election, 2002 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Kuomintang (KMT) |
2 | Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) | 873,102 | 64.11% |  | |
| Democratic Progressive (DPP) | 1 | Lee Ying-yuan (李應元) | 488,811 | 35.89% |  | |
| Total | 1,361,913 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 70.61% | |||||
Taipei Mayoral Election, 2006
| Taipei Mayoral Election, 2006 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Kuomintang (KMT) |
5 | Hau Lung-pin (郝龍斌) | 692,085 | 53.81% |  | |
| Democratic Progressive (DPP) | 3 | Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) | 525,869 | 40.89% |  | |
| Independent |
4 | James Soong (宋楚瑜) | 53,281 | 4.14% |  | |
| Independent |
1 | Li Ao (李敖) | 7,795 | 0.61% |  | |
| Independent |
6 | Ke Tsi-hai (柯賜海) | 3,687 | 0.29% |  | |
| Taiwan Solidarity Union | 2 | Clara Chou (周玉蔻) | 1,832 | 0.13% |  | |
| Total | 1,284,549 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | ||||||
Taipei Mayoral Election, 2010
| Taipei Mayoral Election, 2010 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Kuomintang (KMT) |
2 | Hau Lung-pin (郝龍斌) | 797,865 | 55.65% |  | |
| Democratic Progressive (DPP) | 5 | Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) | 628,129 | 43.81% |  | |
| Independent |
4 | Francis Wu (吳武明) | 3,672 | 0.26% |  | |
| Independent |
3 | Helen Hsiao (蕭淑華) | 2,238 | 0.16% |  | |
| Independent |
1 | Wu Yen-cheng (吳炎成) | 1,832 | 0.13% |  | |
| Total | 1,433,736 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 70.65% | |||||
Taipei Mayoral Election, 2014
| Taipei Mayoral Election, 2014 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Independent [11] |
7 | Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) | 853,983 | 57.16% |  | |
| Kuomintang (KMT) |
6 | Sean Lien (連勝文) | 609,932 | 40.82% |  | |
| Independent |
2 | Zhao Yan-qing (趙衍慶) | 15,898 | 1.06% |  | |
| Independent |
5 | Neil Peng (馮光遠) | 8,080 | 0.54% |  | |
| Independent |
3 | Li Hong-xin (李宏信) | 2,621 | 0.18% |  | |
| Independent |
4 | Chen Yong-chang (陳永昌) | 1,908 | 0.13% | | |
| 三等國民公義人權自救黨 | 1 | Chen Ru-bin (陳汝斌) | 1,624 | 0.11% |  | |
| Total | 1,494,046 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 70.46% | |||||
Taipei Mayoral Election, 2018
| Taipei Mayoral Election, 2018[12] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Independent |
4 | Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) | 580,663 | 41.06% |  | |
| Kuomintang (KMT) |
2 | Ting Shou-chung (丁守中) | 577,096 | 40.81% |  | |
| Democratic Progressive (DPP) | 3 | Pasuya Yao (姚文智) | 244,342 | 17.28% |  | |
| Independent |
5 | Lee Si-kuen (李錫錕) | 6,158 | 0.43% |  | |
| Independent |
1 | Wu E-yang (吳蕚洋) | 5,611 | 0.39% |  | |
| Total | 1,413,870 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 65.33% | |||||
Taipei Mayoral Election, 2022
| Taipei Mayoral Election, 2022[13] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Kuomintang (KMT) |
6 | Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) | 575,590 | 42.29% |  | |
| Democratic Progressive (DPP) | 12 | Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) | 434,558 | 31.93% |  | |
| Independent[14] |
8 | Huang Shan-shan (黃珊珊) | 342,141 | 25.14% |  | |
| Others | 8,662 | 0.64% |  | |||
| Total | 1,360,951 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 67.70% | |||||
See also
References
- As acting.
- Deputy commissioner, Taiwan province civil affairs department.
- China Democratic Socialist Party member; ran as independent.
- Removed from office due to corruption charges.
- Provincial council member.
- Reinstated.
- Term extended to 4 years.
- Secretary general of the Taipei City Government.
- First elected non-Kuomintang mayor of a special municipality.
- Founded 6 August 2019.
- Supported by the Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan Solidarity Union, People First Party and other parties.
- "中選會選舉資料庫網站".
- "Chiang Wan-an wins Taipei for KMT in tight three-way mayoral race".
- Supported by the Taiwan People's Party and People First Party
Bibliography
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