List of county magistrates of Changhua

The Changhua County Magistrate is the chief executive of the Changhua County government in Taiwan. Initially magistrates were appointed by the Taiwan provincial government, but from 1951 the role has been directly elected by the population of Changhua County. The current magistrate is Wei Ming-ku since 25 December 2014.

Appointed magistrates

Term		Name	Political party	Term of office		Notes
	1	Chen Hsi-ching	Kuomintang	21 December 1950	7 February 1951
	acting	Chiang Chi-wu	Kuomintang	7 February 1951	1 June 1951

Directly elected magistrates

In the multi-party era (1987 onwards) the post has been held four times by the Kuomintang and twice by the Democratic Progressive Party. Under current rules magistrates serve four-year terms, and can stand for re-elction once.

Term		Name	Political party	Term of office		Notes
	1	Chen Hsi-ching	Kuomintang	1 June 1951	2 June 1954
	2	Chen Hsi-ching	Kuomintang	2 June 1954	2 June 1957
	3	Chen Hsi-ching	Kuomintang	2 June 1957	2 June 1960
	4	Lu Shih-ming	Kuomintang	2 June 1960	2 June 1964
	5	Lu Shih-ming	Kuomintang	2 June 1964	2 June 1968
	6	Chen Shih-ying	Kuomintang	2 June 1968	7 June 1971	Appointed to a Provincial Government post
	Acting	Li Feng-chih	Kuomintang	8 June 1971	1 February 1973	Appointed by the provincial government to serve out Chen Shih-ying's term
	7	Wu Rong-hsing	Kuomintang	1 February 1973	20 December 1977
	8	Wu Rong-hsing	Kuomintang	20 December 1977	20 December 1981
	9	Huang Shih-cheng	Independent	20 December 1981	20 December 1985	First non-KMT party member to hold the post
	10	Huang Shih-cheng	Independent	20 December 1985	20 December 1989
	11	Chou Ching-yu	Democratic Progressive Party	20 December 1989	20 December 1993	First magistrate of the multi-party era, first DPP magistrate
	12	Juan Kang-meng	Kuomintang	20 December 1993	20 December 1997
	13	Juan Kang-meng	Kuomintang	20 December 1997	20 December 2001
	14	Wong Chin-chu	Democratic Progressive Party	20 December 2001	20 December 2005
	15	Cho Po-yuan	Kuomintang	20 December 2005	20 December 2009
	16	Cho Po-yuan	Kuomintang	20 December 2009	25 December 2014
	17	Wei Ming-ku	Democratic Progressive Party	25 December 2014	incumbent

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