This article lists the current magistrates and mayors, the head of government, of the primary administrative divisions of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Following the dissolution of the provincial governments in 2018 after the 1998 streamlining of its provinces,[1] local autonomous bodies including the 6 special municipalities and 2 titular provinces along with 13 counties and 3 autonomous municipalities are directly administered by the central government (Executive Yuan) according to the Local Government Act.[2][3] Executive branch of the local autonomous bodies are led by a mayor or magistrate.[4] Each mayor or magistrate is elected by the population of their corresponding division with a maximum term of four years and the possibility of reelection to one more term.[2]
Currently, all of the mayors of special municipalities and provincial cities and all of the county magistrates in the republic have won in the 2022 mayoral and magistratical elections and were sworn into office on 25 December 2022. Of the twenty-two current incumbents, ten are women—Lu Shiow-yen in Taichung City, Huang Min-hui in Chiayi City, and Ann Kao in Hsinchu City, as well as all seven magistrates for counties in central Taiwan and along the east coast. Yang Wen-ke of Hsinchu County is the oldest official (73 years, 33 days of age), while Hsinchu City's Ann Kao is the youngest (40 years, 90 days old). Fourteen incumbents belong to the Kuomintang, five from the Democratic Progressive Party, two from the Taiwan People's Party, and one is non-partisan.
Colour key for parties |
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Office and division (past officeholders) |
Name | Portrait | Date of birth (Age) |
Party | Ref | |
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Mayor of New Taipei City (list) |
Hou You-yi | 7 June 1957 (66 years, 322 days) |
Kuomintang | |||
Mayor of Taipei City (list) |
Chiang Wan-an | 26 December 1978 (45 years, 120 days) |
Kuomintang | [5] | ||
Mayor of Taoyuan City (list) |
Chang San-cheng | 24 June 1954 (69 years, 305 days) |
Kuomintang | [6] | ||
Mayor of Taichung City (list) |
Lu Shiow-yen | 31 August 1961 (62 years, 237 days) |
Kuomintang | [7] | ||
Mayor of Tainan City (list) |
Huang Wei-cher | 26 September 1963 (60 years, 211 days) |
Democratic Progressive Party | [8] | ||
Mayor of Kaohsiung City (list) |
Chen Chi-mai | 23 December 1964 (59 years, 123 days) |
Democratic Progressive Party | [9] | ||
Magistrate of Yilan County (list) |
Lin Zi-miao | 28 January 1952 (72 years, 87 days) |
Kuomintang | |||
Magistrate of Hsinchu County (list) |
Yang Wen-ke | 22 March 1951 (73 years, 33 days) |
Kuomintang | |||
Magistrate of Miaoli County (list) |
Chung Tung-chin | 2 January 1963 (61 years, 113 days) |
Independent | [10] | ||
Magistrate of Changhua County (list) |
Wang Huei-mei | 22 November 1968 (55 years, 154 days) |
Kuomintang | |||
Magistrate of Nantou County (list) |
Hsu Shu-hua | 15 October 1975 (48 years, 192 days) |
Kuomintang | [11] | ||
Magistrate of Yunlin County (list) |
Chang Li-shan | 1 January 1964 (60 years, 114 days) |
Kuomintang | [12] | ||
Magistrate of Chiayi County (list) |
Weng Chang-liang | 19 March 1965 (59 years, 36 days) |
Democratic Progressive Party | |||
Magistrate of Pingtung County (list) |
Chou Chun-mi | 1 November 1966 (57 years, 175 days) |
Democratic Progressive Party | [13] | ||
Magistrate of Taitung County (list) |
April Yao | 23 November 1969 (54 years, 153 days) |
Kuomintang | |||
Magistrate of Hualien County (list) |
Hsu Chen-wei | 12 October 1968 (55 years, 195 days) |
Kuomintang | |||
Magistrate of Penghu County (list) |
Chen Kuang-fu | 25 October 1955 (68 years, 182 days) |
Democratic Progressive Party | |||
Mayor of Keelung City (list) |
George Hsieh | 5 October 1975 (48 years, 202 days) |
Kuomintang | [14] | ||
Mayor of Hsinchu City (list) |
Ann Kao | 25 January 1984 (40 years, 90 days) |
Taiwan People's Party | [15] | ||
Mayor of Chiayi City (list) |
Huang Min-hui | 20 January 1959 (65 years, 95 days) |
Kuomintang | [16] | ||
Magistrate of Kinmen County (list) |
Chen Fu-hai | 3 June 1963 (60 years, 326 days) |
Taiwan People's Party | [17] | ||
Magistrate of Lienchiang County (list) |
Wang Chung-ming | 27 February 1958 (66 years, 57 days) |
Kuomintang | [18] |
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