Mayor of Tainan explained

See also: List of magistrates of Tainan County.

Post:Mayor
Body:the City of Tainan
Flag:Flag of Tainan City.svg
Flagcaption:Flag of Tainan
Incumbent:Huang Wei-che
Incumbentsince:25 December 2018
Termlength:four years; may serve 1 consecutive terms

The Mayor of Tainan is the head of the Tainan City Government, Taiwan and is elected to a four-year term. The current mayor is Huang Wei-cher of the Democratic Progressive Party since 25 December 2018.

Titles of the Mayor

DateEnglishCharactersJapaneseMandarinTaiwaneseHakka
Oct 1920–Oct 1940Mayor of TainanTainan-shi ShiinTâi-lâm-chhī Chhī-únThòi-nàm-sṳ Sṳ-yún
Oct 1940–Oct 1945Tainan-shi ShichōTâi-lâm-chhī
Chhī-tiúⁿ
Thòi-nàm-sṳ
Sṳ-chhòng
Oct 1945–presentTáinán Shì Shìzhǎng

List of Mayors

This list includes only those persons who served as mayors of Tainan City after the end of World War II, during the Post-War era of Taiwan. The first two mayors served were appointed by the central government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

The numerals indicate the consecutive time in office served by a single elected mayor. For example, Su Nan-cheng served two consecutive terms and is counted as the tenth mayor (not the eighth and ninth). Yeh Ting-kuei served three non-consecutive terms and is counted chronologically as the 3rd, the 5th, and the 7th mayor. Because of this, the list below contains 14 mayoralties, but only 12 people.

Mayor of Tainan (Provincial city)

Appointed mayors

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of OfficePolitical Party
1Han Lien-he
Chinese: 韓聯和
Chinese: Hán Liánhé
(?-?)
26 November 1945 26 August 1946Kuomintang
2Chuo Kao-hsuen
Chinese: 卓高煊
Chinese: Zhuó Gāoxuān
(?-?)
26 August 1946 1 February 1951Kuomintang

Elected mayors

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of OfficeTermPolitical Party
align=center rowspan=3Yeh Ting-kuei
Chinese: 葉廷珪
Chinese: Yè Tíngguī
(1905-1977)
1 February 1951 2 June 1954[1] 1Independent
3
Independent[2]
4Yang Ching
Chinese: 楊請
Chinese: Yáng Qǐng
(1906–1971)
2 June 1954 2 June 19572Kuomintang
5Yeh Ting-kuei
Chinese: 葉廷珪
Chinese: Yè Tíngguī
(1905-1977)
2 June 1957 2 June 19603Independent
6Hsin Wen-bing
Chinese: 辛文炳
Chinese: Xīn Wénbǐng
(1912–1999)
2 June 1960 2 June 1964[3] 4Kuomintang
7align=center rowspan=2Yeh Ting-kuei
Chinese: 葉廷珪
Chinese: Yè Tíngguī
(1905-1977)
2 June 1964 2 June 1968 5Independent
Kuomintang[4]
8Lin Hsi-shan
Chinese: 林錫山
Chinese: Lín Xíshān
(1928–?)
2 June 1968 1 February 1973[5] 6Kuomintang
9Chang Li-tang
Chinese: 張麗堂
Chinese: Zhāng Lìtáng
(1935–)
1 February 1973 20 December 19777Kuomintang
10Su Nan-cheng
Chinese: 蘇南成
Chinese: Sū Nánchéng
(1936–2014)
20 December 1977 20 December 19818Independent
20 December 1981 30 May 1985[6] 9
Kuomintang[7]
Chen Kuei-miao[8] [9]
Chinese: 陳癸淼
Chinese: Chén Guǐmiǎo
(1934–2014)
30 May 1985 20 December 1985Kuomintang
11Lin Wen-hsiung
Chinese: 林文雄
Chinese: Lín Wénxióng
(1942–)
20 December 1985 20 December 1989[10] 10Kuomintang
12Shih Chih-ming
Chinese: 施治明
Chinese: Shī Zhìmíng
(1952–)
20 December 1989 20 December 199311Kuomintang
20 December 1993 20 December 1997 12
13George Chang
Chinese: 張燦鍙
Chinese: Zhāng Cànhòng
(1936–)
20 December 1997 20 December 200113Democratic Progressive Party[11]
Independent[12]
14Hsu Tain-tsair
Chinese: 許添財
Chinese: Xǔ Tiāncái
(1951–)
20 December 2001 20 December 200514Democratic Progressive Party
20 December 2005 25 December 2010[13] 15

Mayor of Tainan (Special municipality)

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Term of OfficeTermPolitical Party
1Lai Ching-te
(William Lai)
Chinese: 賴清德
Chinese: Lài Qīngdé
(1958–)
25 December 201025 December 201425 December 20147 September 2017 [14] 1Democratic Progressive Party
Li Meng-yen[15]
Chinese: 李孟諺
Chinese: Lǐ Mèngyàn
(1966–)
8 September 2017 25 December 20182Independent
2align=center rowspan=4align=center rowspan=4Huang Wei-che
Chinese: 黃偉哲
Chinese: Huáng Wěizhé
(1963–)
25 December 2018 25 December 20223Democratic Progressive Party
25 December 2022 Incumbent4

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Notes and References

  1. Lost reelection.
  2. Left KMT to run for reelection.
  3. Term extended to 4 years.
  4. Joined KMT in 1965.
  5. Term extended to accommodate joint elections.
  6. Left office to serve as Kaohsiung mayor.
  7. Joined KMT in 1982.
  8. As acting.
  9. Provincial council member.
  10. Retired.
  11. First DPP mayor of Tainan.
  12. Left DPP to run for reelection.
  13. Term extended for joint elections with special municipalities.
  14. Left office to serve as Premier.
  15. Secretary-general of the Mayor's Office.