Kaohsiung City Government

Kaohsiung City Hall - Sihwei Administration Center

Kaohsiung City Hall - Fongshan Administration Center

The Kaohsiung City Government (KCG; Chinese: 高雄市政府; pinyin: Gāoxióng Shì Zhèngfǔ) is the top-tier local government administrative body of the Republic of China from December 2010 that governs Kaohsiung City. It consists of a directly elected executive Mayor of Kaohsiung. It replaced the earlier Kaohsiung County Government and Kaohsiung City Government which had covered a much bigger area and governed more citizens.

History

First Kaohsiung City Hall (1924-1939)

Second Kaohsiung City Hall (1939-1992)

In 1924, Kaohsiung Town became Kaohsiung City, and the Kaohsiung City Office was established in Gushan District by the Japanese government which reported directly to the Kaohsiung State. The city office building is located in the current Daitian Temple building.

The second city office of Kaohsiung was built in 1938 at Zhongzheng 4th Roadd in Yancheng District and commissioned on 16 September 1939. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the city office was renamed Kaohsiung City Government and remained the city administrative center until 1992.

A fast-growing population and rapid industrial and commercial development caused the expansion of the city government as well. In 1992, the city government moved to the new city hall building in Xiwei 3rd Road in Lingya District to provide people with better quality of services. The former building at Yancheng District was turned into the Kaohsiung Museum of History which was opened on 25 October 1998.^[1]

Administration

Bureaus

Cultural Affairs Bureau

Fire Bureau

Labor Bureau

Police Department

Public Health Bureau

• Civil Affairs Bureau
• Finance Bureau
• Education Bureau
• Economic Development Bureau
• Marine Bureau
• Agriculture Bureau
• Tourism Bureau
• Urban Development Bureau
• Public Works Bureau
• Water Resources Bureau
• Social Affairs Bureau
• Labor Affairs Bureau
• Kaohsiung City Police Department
• Fire Bureau
• Department of Health
• Environmental Protection Bureau
• Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
• Bureau of Cultural Affairs
• Transportation Bureau
• Legal Affairs Bureau
• Military service Bureau
• Land Administration Bureau
• Information Bureau

Offices

• Secretariat
• Department of Budget, Accounting and Statistics
• Personnel Department
• Civil Service Ethics Office

Commissions

• Research, Development and Evaluation Commission
• Indigenous Affairs Commission
• Hakka Affairs Committee^[2]

Mayor

Chen Chu, the incumbent Mayor of Kaohsiung

The mayor of Kaohsiung City is the chief executive officer of the city. He/she is elected for a four-year term and limited to serving no more than two terms. Under the mayor there are 3 deputy mayors, 1 secretary-general, 2 deputy secretary-generals and 30 principal officers.^[3]

See also

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• Kaohsiung City
• Mayor of Kaohsiung
• Kaohsiung City Council

References

External links

• Official website

Heads of governments of special municipalities, counties and provincial cities in Taiwan Mayors of special municipalities Mayors of provincial cities Magistrates of counties Kaohsiung (list): Chen Chu (DPP) New Taipei (list): Eric Chu (KMT) Taichung (list): Lin Chia-lung (DPP) Tainan (list): William Lai (DPP) Taipei (list): Ko Wen-je (Ind.) Taoyuan (list): Cheng Wen-tsan (DPP) Chiayi (list): Twu Shiing-jer (DPP) Hsinchu (list): Lin Chih-chien (DPP) Keelung (list): Lin Yu-chang (DPP) Changhua (list): Wei Ming-ku (DPP) Chiayi (list):Helen Chang (DPP) Hsinchu (list): Chiu Ching-chun (KMT) Hualien (list): Fu Kun-chi (Ind.) Kinmen (list): Chen Fu-hai (Ind.) Lienchiang (list): Liu Cheng-ying (KMT) Miaoli (list): Hsu Yao-chang (KMT) Nantou (list): Lin Ming-chen (KMT) Penghu (list): Chen Kuang-fu (DPP) Pingtung (list): Pan Men-an (DPP) Taitung (list): Justin Huang (KMT) Yilan (list): Lin Tsung-hsien (DPP) Yunlin (list): Lee Chin-yung (DPP) DPP: Democratic Progressive Party KMT: Kuomintang Ind: Independent