| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | the City of Kaohsiung |
| Flag: | Flag of Kaohsiung City.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Kaohsiung |
| Insignia: | Emblem of Kaohsiung City.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of Kaohsiung |
| Incumbent: | Chen Chi-mai |
| Incumbentsince: | 24 August 2020 |
| Termlength: | four years; may serve 1 consecutive terms |
The Mayor of Kaohsiung is the head of the Kaohsiung City Government, Taiwan and is elected to a four-year term. The current mayor is Chen Chi-mai who took office since 24 August 2020.
| Date | English | Characters | Japanese | Mandarin | Taiwanese | Hakka |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1924–Oct 1940 | Mayor of Takao | Takao-shi Shiin | Ko-hiông-chhī Chhī-ún | Kô-hiùng-sṳ Sṳ-yún | ||
| Oct 1940–Oct 1945 | Takao-shi Shichō | Ko-hiông-chhī Chhī-tiúⁿ | Kô-hiùng-sṳ Sṳ-chhòng | |||
| Oct 1945–present | Mayor of Kaohsiung | Gāoxióng Shì Shìzhǎng |
During this era, Kaohsiung was called . All of the mayors were appointed by the Empire of Japan.
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tasuke Iwamoto Japanese: 岩本多助 (?–?) | 25 December 1924 | 6 August 1927 | ||
| 2 | Genjurō Saitō[1] Japanese: 齋藤玄壽郎 (?–?) | 6 August 1927 | 22 April 1929 | ||
| 3 | Masaharu Imai[2] Japanese: 今井昌治 (1884–?) | 22 April 1929 | 21 April 1932 | ||
| 4 | Gisaburō Kobayashi[3] Japanese: 小林儀三郎 (?–?) | 21 April 1932 | 3 September 1934 | ||
| 5 | Shigeharu Matsuo[4] Japanese: 松尾繁治 (1886–1944) | 3 September 1934 | 30 November 1937 | ||
| 6 | Tairiku Munetō[5] Japanese: 宗藤大陸 (?–?) | 30 November 1937 | 31 January 1941 | ||
| 7 | Takeshi Kojima[6] Japanese: 小島猛 (?–?) | 31 January 1941 | January 1943 | ||
| 8 | Takeo Yokoyama Japanese: 橫山竹雄 (1895–?) | January 1943 | March 1944 | ||
| 9 | Otohiko Nakamatsu[7] Japanese: 中松乙彥 (?–?) | March 1944 | October 1945 |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of Office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lien Mou (1907–1978) | 8 November 1945 | 23 May 1946 | Kuomintang | ||
| 2 | Huang Chung-tu (1902–1988) | 23 May 1946 | 2 August 1947 | Kuomintang | ||
| 3 | Huang Chiang (1887–1974) | 2 August 1947 | 1 May 1949 | Kuomintang | ||
| 4 | Liou Hsiang (–) | 1 May 1949 | 2 August 1950 | Kuomintang | ||
| 5 | Chen Pau-tai (–) | 2 August 1950 | 1 May 1951 | Kuomintang |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of Office | Term | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Hsieh Cheng-chiang (1915–1979) | 1 May 1951 | 2 June 1954 | 1 | Kuomintang | |
| 2 June 1954 | 2 June 1957 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | Chen Wu-chang (1915–1984) | 2 June 1957 | 2 June 1960 | 3 | Kuomintang | |
| 8 | Chen Chi-chuan (1899–1993) | 2 June 1960 | 2 June 1964[8] | 4 | Kuomintang | |
| 2 June 1964 | 2 June 1968 | 5 | ||||
| 9 | Yang Chin-hu (1898–1990) | 2 June 1968 | 1 February 1973[9] | 6 | China Democratic Socialist Party[10] | |
| 10 | Wang Yu-yun (1925–2009) | 1 February 1973 | 20 December 1977 | 7 | Kuomintang | |
| 20 December 1977 | 1 July 1979 | 8 |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of Office | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wang Yu-yun (1925–2009) | 1 July 1979 | 21 June 1981 | Kuomintang | ||
| 2 | Yang Chin-tsung (1923–1990) | 21 June 1981 | 19 April 1982 | Kuomintang | ||
| 3 | Hsu Shui-teh (1931–2021) | 19 April 1982 | 30 May 1985 | Kuomintang | ||
| 4 | Su Nan-cheng (1936–2014) | 30 May 1985 | 18 June 1990 | Kuomintang | ||
| 5 | Wu Den-yih (1948–) | 18 June 1990 | 25 December 1994 | Kuomintang |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of Office | Term | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Wu Den-yih (1948–) | 25 December 1994 | 25 December 1998[11] | 1 | Kuomintang | ||
| 7 | Frank Hsieh (1946–) | 25 December 1998 | 25 December 2002 | 2 | Democratic Progressive Party[12] | ||
| 25 December 2002 | 1 February 2005[13] | 3 | |||||
| — | Chen Chi-mai [14] (1964–) | 1 February 2005 | 20 December 2005 | Democratic Progressive Party | |||
| — | Yeh Chu-lan [15] (1949–) | 20 December 2005 | 25 December 2006 | Democratic Progressive Party | |||
| 8 | Chen Chu[16] (1950–) | 25 December 2006 | 25 December 2010 | 4 | Democratic Progressive Party |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of Office | Term | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chen Chu (1950–) | 25 December 2010 | 25 December 2014 | 1 | Democratic Progressive Party | |
| 25 December 2014 | 20 April 2018[17] | 2 | ||||
| — | Hsu Li-ming[18] (1969–) | 20 April 2018 | 25 December 2018 | |||
| 2 | Han Kuo-yu (1957–) | 25 December 2018 | 12 June 2020 | 3 | Kuomintang | |
| — | Yang Ming-jou[19] (1956–) | 13 June 2020 | 23 August 2020 | Independent | ||
| 3 | Chen Chi-mai (1964–) | 24 August 2020 | 25 December 2022 | Democratic Progressive Party | ||
| 25 December 2022 | Incumbent | 4 |