Mayor of New Taipei explained

Post:Mayor
Body:the City of New Taipei
Insignia:Flag of New Taipei City.svg
Insigniasize:150px
Insigniacaption:Flag of the Mayor
Incumbent:Hou Yu-ih
Incumbentsince:14 January 2024
Termlength:4 years; may serve 1 consecutive terms
Formation:25 December 2010
Inaugural:Eric Chu
Website:www.ntpc.gov.tw

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]

Titles of the Mayor

DateEnglishCharactersMandarinTaiwaneseHakka
Oct 1950–Dec 2014Magistrate of Taipei CountyTáiběi Xiàn XiànzhǎngTâi-pak-koān Koān-tiúⁿThòi-pet-yen Yen-chhòng
Dec 2014–presentMayor of New Taipei CityXīnběi Shì ShìzhǎngSin-pak-chhī Chhī-tiúⁿSîn-pet-sṳ Sṳ-chhòng

List of mayors

Taipei County Magistrate

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyTerm
1 Mei Ta-fu

Méi Dáfū (Mandarin)
Mòi Tha̍t-fû (Hakka)
(1900–1980)
1 May 19512 June 1954Kuomintang1
2Tai Te-fa

Dài Défā (Mandarin)
Tai Tet-fat (Hakka)
(1903–1998)
2 June 19542 June 1957Kuomintang2
2 June 19572 June 19603
3Hsieh Wen-cheng

Xiè Wénchéng (Mandarin)
Chhia Vùn-chhàng (Hakka)
(1886–1963)
2 June 196031 October 1963Kuomintang4
--Lee Wen-yu

Lǐ Wényù (Mandarin)
Lí Vùn-ngiu̍k (Hakka)
(1910–1998)
31 October 19632 June 1964Kuomintang
4Su Ching-po

Sū Qīngbō (Mandarin)
Sû Chhîn-pô (Hakka)
(1911–1990)
2 June 19642 June 1968Kuomintang5
2 June 19681 July 1969 6
--Lee Wen-yu

Lǐ Wényù (Mandarin)
Lí Vùn-ngiu̍k (Hakka)
(1910–1998)
1 July 19691 May 1970Kuomintang
--Su Ching-po

Sū Qīngbō (Mandarin)
Sû Chhîn-pô (Hakka)
(1910–1998)
1 May 19701 February 1973Kuomintang
5Shao En-hsin

Shaò Ēnxīn (Mandarin)
Seu Ên-sîn (Hakka)
(1924–2014)
1 February 197320 December 1977Kuomintang7
20 December 197714 September 19818
style="background:; color:white;" --Wu Tseng-wen

Wǔ Zēngwén (Mandarin)
Vú Chen-vùn (Hakka)
(1919–1987)
14 September 198120 December 1981Kuomintang
6Lin Fong-cheng

Lín Fēngzhèng (Mandarin)
Lìm Fûng-chṳn (Hakka)
(1940–)
20 December 198120 December 1985Kuomintang9
20 December 198520 December 198910
7You Ching

Yóu Qīng (Mandarin)
Yù Chhîn (Hakka)
(1942–)
20 December 198920 December 1993Democratic Progressive Party11
20 December 199320 December 199712
8Su Tseng-chang

Sū Zhēnchāng (Mandarin)
Sû Chṳ̂n-chhông (Hakka)
(1947–)
20 December 199720 December 2001Democratic Progressive Party13
20 December 200120 May 200414
Lin Hsi-yao

Lín Xíyào (Mandarin)
Lìm Siak-yeu (Hakka)
(1961–)
20 May 200420 December 2005Democratic Progressive Party
9Chou Hsi-wei

Zhōu Xíwěi (Mandarin)
Chû Siak-ví (Hakka)
(1958–)
20 December 200525 December 2010Kuomintang15

Mayor of New Taipei

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of officePolitical partyTerm
1Eric Chu

Zhū Lìlún (Mandarin)
Chû Li̍p-lùn (Hakka)
(1961–)
25 December 2010 25 December 2014Kuomintang1
25 December 2014 20 October 20152
Hou Yu-ih

Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin)
Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka)
(1956–)
20 October 2015 18 January 2016Kuomintang
1Eric Chu

Zhū Lìlún (Mandarin)
Chû Li̍p-lùn (Hakka)
(1961–)
18 January 2016 25 December 2018Kuomintang
2Hou Yu-ih

Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin)
Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka)
(1956–)
25 December 2018 25 December 2022Kuomintang3
25 December 2022 23 September 20234
Liu Ho-jan劉和然
Liú Hérán (Mandarin)
(1966–)
23 September 2023 14 January 2024
2Hou Yu-ih

Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin)
Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka)
(1956–)
14 January 2024 IncumbentKuomintang

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: After losing Taiwan presidential elections, Hou Yu-ih returns to mayoral duties in Taipei City. 15 January 2024. 15 January 2024. Asian News International.