Mayor of the City of New Taipei
Flag of the Mayor
Incumbent
Liu Ho-jan (acting)
since 23 September 2023
Term length4 years; may serve 1 consecutive terms
Inaugural holderEric Chu
Formation25 December 2010
Websitewww.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 acting mayor is Liu Ho-jan since 23 September 2023, succeeding Hou Yu-ih who has taken a temporally leave of absence as mayor for the 2024 Taiwanese presidential election as the Kuomintang nominee.[1][2]

Titles of the Mayor

DateEnglishCharactersMandarinTaiwaneseHakka
Oct 1950–Dec 2014Magistrate of Taipei臺北縣縣長Táiběi Xiàn XiànzhǎngTâi-pak-koān Koān-tiúⁿThòi-pet-yen Yen-chhòng
Dec 2014–presentMayor of New Taipei新北市市長Xīnběi Shì ShìzhǎngSin-pak-chhī Chhī-tiúⁿSîn-pet-sṳ Sṳ-chhòng

List of mayors

  Kuomintang (KMT)   Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)

Taipei County Magistrate

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term
1 Mei Ta-fu
梅達夫
Méi Dáfū (Mandarin)
Mòi Tha̍t-fû (Hakka)
(1900–1980)
1 May 1951 2 June 1954 Kuomintang 1
2 Tai Te-fa
戴德發
Dài Défā (Mandarin)
Tai Tet-fat (Hakka)
(?–?)
2 June 1954 2 June 1957 Kuomintang 2
2 June 1957 2 June 1960 3
3 Hsieh Wen-cheng
謝文程
Xiè Wénchéng (Mandarin)
Chhia Vùn-chhàng (Hakka)
(?–1963)
2 June 1960 31 October 1963[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] Kuomintang 4
-- Lee Wen-yu[lower-alpha 3]
李文玉
Lǐ Wényù (Mandarin)
Lí Vùn-ngiu̍k (Hakka)
(?–?)
31 October 1963 2 June 1964 Kuomintang
4 Su Ching-po
蘇清波
Sū Qīngbō (Mandarin)
Sû Chhîn-pô (Hakka)
(?–?)
2 June 1964 2 June 1968 Kuomintang 5
2 June 1968 1 July 1969 [lower-alpha 4] 6
-- Lee Wen-yu [lower-alpha 3]
李文玉
Lǐ Wényù (Mandarin)
Lí Vùn-ngiu̍k (Hakka)
(?–?)
1 July 1969 1 May 1970 Kuomintang
-- Su Ching-po [lower-alpha 5]
蘇清波
Sū Qīngbō (Mandarin)
Sû Chhîn-pô (Hakka)
(?–?)
1 May 1970 1 February 1973[lower-alpha 6] Kuomintang
5 Shao En-hsin
邵恩新
Shaò Ēnxīn (Mandarin)
Seu Ên-sîn (Hakka)
(1924–2014)
1 February 1973 20 December 1977 Kuomintang 7
20 December 1977 14 September 1981[lower-alpha 7] 8
-- Wu Tseng-wen[lower-alpha 8]
武增文
Wǔ Zēngwén (Mandarin)
Vú Chen-vùn (Hakka)
(?–?)
14 September 1981 20 December 1981 Kuomintang
6 Lin Fong-cheng
林豐正
Lín Fēngzhèng (Mandarin)
Lìm Fûng-chṳn (Hakka)
(1940–)
20 December 1981 20 December 1985 Kuomintang 9
20 December 1985 20 December 1989 10
7 You Ching
尤清
Yóu Qīng (Mandarin)
Yù Chhîn (Hakka)
(1942–)
20 December 1989 20 December 1993 Democratic Progressive Party 11
20 December 1993 20 December 1997 12
8 Su Tseng-chang
蘇貞昌
Sū Zhēnchāng (Mandarin)
Sû Chṳ̂n-chhông (Hakka)
(1947–)
20 December 1997 20 December 2001 Democratic Progressive Party 13
20 December 2001 20 May 2004[lower-alpha 9] 14
Lin Hsi-yao[lower-alpha 10]
林錫耀
Lín Xíyào (Mandarin)
Lìm Siak-yeu (Hakka)
(1961–)
20 May 2004 20 December 2005 Democratic Progressive Party
9 Chou Hsi-wei
周錫瑋
Zhōu Xíwěi (Mandarin)
Chû Siak-ví (Hakka)
(1958–)
20 December 2005 25 December 2010 Kuomintang 15

Mayor of New Taipei

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Term
1 Eric Chu
朱立倫
Zhū Lìlún (Mandarin)
Chû Li̍p-lùn (Hakka)
(1961–)
25 December 201025 December 2014 Kuomintang 1
25 December 201420 October 2015 [lower-alpha 11] 2
Hou Yu-ih[lower-alpha 12]
侯友宜
Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin)
Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka)
(1957–)
20 October 201518 January 2016 Kuomintang
1 Eric Chu
朱立倫
Zhū Lìlún (Mandarin)
Chû Li̍p-lùn (Hakka)
(1961–)
18 January 201625 December 2018 Kuomintang
2 Hou Yu-ih
侯友宜
Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin)
Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka)
(1957–)
25 December 201825 December 2022 Kuomintang 3
25 December 202223 September 2023[lower-alpha 11] 4
Liu Ho-jan[lower-alpha 12]

劉和然
Liú Hérán (Mandarin)

23 September 2023 Incumbent

Timeline

Hou Yu-ihEric ChuChou Hsi-weiLin Hsi-yaoSu Tseng-changYou ChingLin Fong-cheng

References

  1. "New Taipei City Government - Mayor of New Taipei City". Archived from the original on 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
  2. "Eric Chu takes leave from mayoral duties - Focus Taiwan".

Notes

  1. Term extended to 4 years.
  2. Died in office.
  3. 1 2 As acting; secretary general of the county government.
  4. Suspended due to corruption charges.
  5. Found not guilty; reinstated.
  6. Term extended to accommodate joint elections.
  7. Left office to serve as Taiwan Province Civil Affairs Department Commissioner.
  8. As acting; provincial council member.
  9. Left office to serve as Secretary General of the Office of the President.
  10. As acting; designated by Executive Yuan
  11. 1 2 On leave to run for President.
  12. 1 2 As acting; deputy mayor.

See also

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