Mayor of Kaohsiung

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. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
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