This is a list of magistrates of the former Kaohsiung County:
| Name | Office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hsieh Tung-min (謝東閔) | 8 January 1946 – 1 October 1947 | Kuomintang | |
| 2 | Mao Chen-huan (毛振寰) | 1 October 1947 – 18 October 1948 | Kuomintang | |
| 3 | Huang Chien-fen (黃劍棻) | 18 October 1948 – 21 April 1950 | Kuomintang | |
| 4 | Dong Chung-sheng (董中生) | 21 April 1950 – 30 April 1951 | Kuomintang | |
| 5 | Hung Jung-hua (洪榮華) | 1 May 1951 – 2 June 1954 | Kuomintang | |
| 6 | Chen Hsin-an (陳新安) | 2 June 1954 – 2 June 1957 | Kuomintang | |
| 7 | Chen Chi-hsing (陳皆興) | 2 June 1957 – 2 June 1960 | Kuomintang | |
| 8 | Yu Teng-fa (余登發) | 2 June 1960 – 27 September 1963 | Independent | |
| Acting | Lin Shih-cheng (林石城) | 27 September 1963 – 2 June 1964 | Kuomintang | |
| 9 | Tai Liang-ching (戴良慶) | 2 June 1964 – 2 June 1968 | Kuomintang | |
| 10 | Lin Yuan-yuan (林淵源) | 2 June 1968 – 20 December 1977 | Kuomintang | |
| 11 | Huang Yu-jen (黃友仁) | 20 December 1977 – 20 December 1981 | Independent | |
| 12 | Tsai Ming-yao (蔡明耀) | 20 December 1981 – 20 December 1985 | Kuomintang | |
| 13 | Yu Chen Yueh-ying (余陳月瑛) | 20 December 1985 – 20 December 1993 | Democratic Progressive Party | |
| 14 | Yu Cheng-hsien (余政憲) | 20 December 1993 – 20 December 2001 | Democratic Progressive Party | |
| 15 | Yang Chiu-hsing (楊秋興) | 20 December 2001 – 25 December 2010 | Democratic Progressive Party |