List of mayors of Chiayi

The mayor of Chiayi is the chief executive of the government of Chiayi City. This list includes mayors of the city's county-controlled era (1952–1982) and provincial era (1982–present).

County-controlled era

Name Office
Lai Yuan-ping (賴淵平) 1952–1954
He Mao-chu (何茂取) 1954–1960
Su Yu-heng (蘇玉衡) 1960–1964
Fang Huei-lung (方輝龍) 1964–1968
Hsu Shih-hsien (許世賢) 1 March 1968 – 31 October 1972
(連敏) (acting) 31 October 1972 – 1 April 1973
Ruan Chih-tsung (阮志聰) 1 April 1973 – 1 March 1982
Hsu Shih-hsien (許世賢) 1 March 1982 – 1 July 1982

Provincial era

Term Individual Name Office Political party
1 1 Hsu Shih-hsien (許世賢) 1 July 1982 – 1 July 1983 [1] Independent
Proxy -- Chiang Ching-lin (江慶林)[2] 1 July 1983 – 15 December 1983 As acting Kuomintang
By-election 2 Chang Po-ya (張博雅) [3] 15 December 1983[4] – 20 December 1985 Independent
2 Chang Po-ya (張博雅) 20 December 1985 – 20 December 1989 Independent
3 3 Chang Wen-ying (張文英) [5] 20 December 1989 – 20 December 1993 Independent
4 20 December 1993 – 20 December 1997
5 2 Chang Po-ya (張博雅) 20 December 1997 – 22 May 2000 [6] Independent
Proxy -- Chen Li-chen (陳麗貞)[7] 22 May 2000 – 20 December 2001 As acting Independent
6 4 Chen Li-chen (陳麗貞) 20 December 2001 – 30 March 2003 Independent
30 March 2003 – 20 December 2005 Democratic Progressive Party
7 5 Huang Min-hui (黃敏惠) 20 December 2005 – 20 December 2009 Kuomintang
8 20 December 2009 – 25 December 2014
9 6 Twu Shiing-jer (涂醒哲)[8] 25 December 2014 –
Incumbent
Democratic Progressive Party
  1. Died in office.
  2. Provincial council member.
  3. Daughter of Hsu Shih-hsien.
  4. Elected in by-election.
  5. Elder sister of Chang Po-ya.
  6. Left office to serve as minister of interior.
  7. Deputy mayor.
  8. First elected male mayor.

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