Mayor of New Taipei
Political executive in Taiwan
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The Mayor of New Taipei is the chief political executive of the city of New Taipei in Taiwan. The mayor, a new position created when the predecessor entity of New Taipei, Taipei County, was elevated to a special municipality in 2010, is elected to a four-year term. The equivalent position in the former county was Taipei County Magistrate. The incumbent mayor is Hou Yu-ih, who returned to office on 14 January 2024 after a temporary leave of absence for the 2024 Taiwanese presidential election as the Kuomintang nominee.[1]
Termlength
- 4 years; may serve 1 consecutive terms
InauguralholderEric Chu
Formation25 December 2010
Websitewww.ntpc.gov.tw
| Mayor of the City of New Taipei | |
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 Flag of the Mayor | |
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| Inaugural holder | Eric Chu |
| Formation | 25 December 2010 |
| Website | www.ntpc.gov.tw |
Titles of the Mayor
List of mayors
Kuomintang (KMT) Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
Taipei County Magistrate
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .jpg) |
Mei Ta-fu 梅達夫 Méi Dáfū (Mandarin) Mòi Tha̍t-fû (Hakka) (1900–1980) |
1 May 1951 | 2 June 1954 | Kuomintang | 1 |
| 2 | .jpg) |
Tai Te-fa 戴德發 Dài Défā (Mandarin) Tai Tet-fat (Hakka) (1903–1998) |
2 June 1954 | 2 June 1957 | Kuomintang | 2 |
| 2 June 1957 | 2 June 1960 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | .jpg) |
Hsieh Wen-cheng 謝文程 Xiè Wénchéng (Mandarin) Chhia Vùn-chhàng (Hakka) (1886–1963) |
2 June 1960 | 31 October 1963[a][b] | Kuomintang | 4 |
| -- |  |
Lee Wen-yu[c] 李文玉 Lǐ Wényù (Mandarin) Lí Vùn-ngiu̍k (Hakka) (1910–1998) |
31 October 1963 | 2 June 1964 | Kuomintang | |
| 4 |  |
Su Ching-po 蘇清波 Sū Qīngbō (Mandarin) Sû Chhîn-pô (Hakka) (1911–1990) |
2 June 1964 | 2 June 1968 | Kuomintang | 5 |
| 2 June 1968 | 1 July 1969 [d] | 6 | ||||
| -- | |
Lee Wen-yu [c] 李文玉 Lǐ Wényù (Mandarin) Lí Vùn-ngiu̍k (Hakka) (1910–1998) |
1 July 1969 | 1 May 1970 | Kuomintang | |
| -- | |
Su Ching-po [e] 蘇清波 Sū Qīngbō (Mandarin) Sû Chhîn-pô (Hakka) (1910–1998) |
1 May 1970 | 1 February 1973[f] | Kuomintang | |
| 5 | .jpg) |
Shao En-hsin 邵恩新 Shaò Ēnxīn (Mandarin) Seu Ên-sîn (Hakka) (1924–2014) |
1 February 1973 | 20 December 1977 | Kuomintang | 7 |
| 20 December 1977 | 14 September 1981[g] | 8 | ||||
| -- | .jpg) |
Wu Tseng-wen[h] 武增文 Wǔ Zēngwén (Mandarin) Vú Chen-vùn (Hakka) (1919–1987) |
14 September 1981 | 20 December 1981 | Kuomintang | |
| 6 |  |
Lin Fong-cheng 林豐正 Lín Fēngzhèng (Mandarin) Lìm Fûng-chṳn (Hakka) (1940–) |
20 December 1981 | 20 December 1985 | Kuomintang | 9 |
| 20 December 1985 | 20 December 1989 | 10 | ||||
| 7 | You Ching 尤清 Yóu Qīng (Mandarin) Yù Chhîn (Hakka) (1942–) |
20 December 1989 | 20 December 1993 | Democratic Progressive Party | 11 | |
| 20 December 1993 | 20 December 1997 | 12 | ||||
| 8 |  |
Su Tseng-chang 蘇貞昌 Sū Zhēnchāng (Mandarin) Sû Chṳ̂n-chhông (Hakka) (1947–) |
20 December 1997 | 20 December 2001 | Democratic Progressive Party | 13 |
| 20 December 2001 | 20 May 2004[i] | 14 | ||||
| — |  |
Lin Hsi-yao[j] 林錫耀 Lín Xíyào (Mandarin) Lìm Siak-yeu (Hakka) (1961–) |
20 May 2004 | 20 December 2005 | Democratic Progressive Party | |
| 9 |  |
Chou Hsi-wei 周錫瑋 Zhōu Xíwěi (Mandarin) Chû Siak-ví (Hakka) (1958–) |
20 December 2005 | 25 December 2010 | Kuomintang | 15 |
Mayor of New Taipei
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Eric Chu 朱立倫 Zhū Lìlún (Mandarin) Chû Li̍p-lùn (Hakka) (1961–) |
25 December 2010 | 25 December 2014 | Kuomintang | 1 |
| 25 December 2014 | 20 October 2015[k] | 2 | ||||
| – |  |
Hou Yu-ih[l] 侯友宜 Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin) Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka) (1956–) |
20 October 2015 | 18 January 2016 | Kuomintang | |
| 1 | |
Eric Chu 朱立倫 Zhū Lìlún (Mandarin) Chû Li̍p-lùn (Hakka) (1961–) |
18 January 2016 | 25 December 2018 | Kuomintang | |
| 2 | .jpg) |
Hou Yu-ih 侯友宜 Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin) Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka) (1956–) |
25 December 2018 | 25 December 2022 | Kuomintang | 3 |
| 25 December 2022 | 23 September 2023[k] | 4 | ||||
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Liu Ho-jan[l]
劉和然 |
23 September 2023 | 14 January 2024 | ||
| 2 | |
Hou Yu-ih 侯友宜 Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin) Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka) (1956–) |
14 January 2024 | Incumbent | Kuomintang | |
Timeline
See also
Notes
- Term extended to 4 years.
- Died in office.
- As acting; secretary general of the county government.
- Suspended due to corruption charges.
- Found not guilty; reinstated.
- Term extended to accommodate joint elections.
- Left office to serve as Taiwan Province Civil Affairs Department Commissioner.
- As acting; provincial council member.
- Left office to serve as Secretary General of the Office of the President.
- As acting; designated by Executive Yuan
- On leave to run for President.
- As acting; deputy mayor.