| Mayor of the City of Taichung | |
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| Term length | four years; may serve 1 consecutive terms |
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The Mayor of Taichung is the head of the Taichung City Government, Taiwan and is elected to a four-year term. The current mayor is Lu Shiow-yen of the Kuomintang since 25 December 2018.
Titles of the Mayor
| Date | English | Characters | Japanese | Mandarin | Taiwanese | Hakka |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1920–Oct 1940 | Mayor of Taichū | 臺中市市尹 | Taichū-shi Shiin | Tâi-tiong-chhī Chhī-ún | Thòi-chûng-sṳ Sṳ-yún | |
| Oct 1940–Oct 1945 | 臺中市市長 | Taichū-shi Shichō | Tâi-tiong-chhī Chhī-tiúⁿ | Thòi-chûng-sṳ Sṳ-chhòng | ||
| Oct 1945–present | Mayor of Taichung | 臺中市市長 | Táizhōng Shì Shìzhǎng |
List of mayors
This list includes only those persons who served as mayors of Taichung 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 Taiwan.
Independent Kuomintang Chinese Youth Party Democratic Progressive Party
Mayor of Taichung (Provincial city, directly-elected)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | |
Yang Chi-hsien 楊基先 Yáng Jīxiān (Mandarin) Yòng Kî-siên (Hakka) (1903–1961) |
1 February 1951 | 2 June 1954 | Independent | 1 |
| 6 | |
Lin Chin-piao 林金標 Lín Jīnbiāo (Mandarin) Lìm Kîm-pêu (Hakka) (?–?) |
2 June 1954 | 2 June 1957 | Kuomintang | 2 |
| 2 June 1957 | 2 June 1960 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | |
Chiou Chin-chou 邱欽洲 Qiū Qīnzhōu (Mandarin) Hiû Khîm-chû (Hakka) (?–?) |
2 June 1960 | 2 June 1964 [1] | Kuomintang | 4 |
| 8 | |
Chang Chi-chung 張啟仲 Zhāng Qǐzhòng (Mandarin) Chông Khí-chhung (Hakka) (1916–2009) |
2 June 1964 | 6 December 1966[2] | Kuomintang | 5 |
| –– | |
Luo Li-ju[3][4] 羅立儒 Luó Lìrú (Mandarin) Lò Li̍p-yì (Hakka) (?–?) |
6 December 1966 | 1 September 1967 | Kuomintang | |
| 8 | |
Chang Chi-chung 張啟仲 Zhāng Qǐzhòng (Mandarin) Chông Khí-chhung (Hakka) (1916–2009) |
1 September 1967 [5] | 18 December 1967 [6] | Kuomintang | |
| –- | |
Luo Li-ju[3] 羅立儒 Luó Lìrú (Mandarin) Lò Li̍p-yì (Hakka) (?–?) |
18 December 1967 | 2 June 1968 | Kuomintang | |
| 9 | |
Lin Cheng-chiou 林澄秋 Lín Chéngqiū (Mandarin) Lìm Chhṳ̀n-chhiû (Hakka) (?–1979) |
2 June 1968 | 1 February 1973 [7] | Independent | 6 |
| 10 | |
Chen Tuan-tang[8] 陳端堂 Chén Duāntáng (Mandarin) Chhṳ̀n Tôn-thòng (Hakka) (1920–2005) |
1 February 1973 | 20 December 1977 | Kuomintang | 7 |
| Independent | ||||||
| 11 | |
Tzeng Wen-po 曾文坡 Zēng Wénpō (Mandarin) Chên Vùn-pô (Hakka) (1935–2002) |
20 December 1977 | 20 December 1981 | Independent | 8 |
| Chinese Youth Party | ||||||
| 12 | |
Lin Po-jung 林柏榕 Lín Bóróng (Mandarin) Lìm Pak-yùng (Hakka) (1936–) |
20 December 1981 | 20 December 1985 | Kuomintang | 9 |
| 13 | |
Chang Tzu-yuan 張子源 Zhãng Zǐyuán (Mandarin) Chông Chṳ́-ngièn (Hakka) (1942–2010) |
20 December 1985 | 20 July 1989 [9] | Kuomintang | 10 |
| –– | |
Hwang Ching-fong [3][4] 黃鏡峰 Huáng Jìngfēng (Mandarin) Vòng Kiang-fûng (Hakka) (1930–2012) |
20 July 1989 | 20 December 1989 | Kuomintang | |
| 14 | |
Lin Po-jung 林柏榕 Lín Bóróng (Mandarin) Lìm Pak-yùng (Hakka) (1936–) |
20 December 1989 | 20 December 1993 | Kuomintang | 11 |
| 20 December 1993 | 4 October 1995 [10][2] | 12 | ||||
| –– | |
Chen Cheng-hsiung [3][4] 陳正雄 Chén Zhèngxióng (Mandarin) Chhṳ̀n Chang-hiùng (Hakka) (?–?) |
4 October 1995 | 3 April 1996 | Kuomintang | |
| 14 | |
Lin Po-jung 林柏榕 Lín Bóróng (Mandarin) Lìm Pak-yùng (Hakka) (1936–) |
3 April 1996[5] | 3 June 1996 [11] | Kuomintang | |
| –- | |
Lin Hsueh-cheng [3][4] 林學正 Lín Xuézhèng (Mandarin) Lìm Ho̍k-chang (Hakka) (?–?) |
3 June 1996 | 29 July 1997 | Kuomintang | |
| 14 | |
Lin Po-jung 林柏榕 Lín Bóróng (Mandarin) Lìm Pak-yùng (Hakka) (1936–) |
29 July 1997[12] | 20 December 1997 | Kuomintang | |
| 15 |  |
Chang Wen-ying[13] 張溫鷹 Zhāng Wēnyīng (Mandarin) Chông Vûn-Ên (Hakka) (1950–) |
20 December 1997 | 20 December 2001[14] | Democratic Progressive Party | 13 |
| Independent [15] | ||||||
| 16 |  |
Jason Hu 胡志強 Hú Zhìqiáng (Mandarin) Fù Chṳ-khiòng (Hakka) (1948–) |
20 December 2001 | 20 December 2005 | Kuomintang | 14 |
| 20 December 2005 | 25 December 2010 [16] | 15 | ||||
Mayor of Taichung (Special municipality)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Jason Hu [17] 胡志強 Hú Zhìqiáng (Mandarin) Fù Chṳ-khiòng (Hakka) (1948–) |
25 December 2010 | 25 December 2014 [14] |  Kuomintang |
1 |
| 2 |  |
Lin Chia-lung 林佳龍 Lín Jialóng (Mandarin) Lìm Kâ-liùng (Hakka) (1964–) |
25 December 2014 | 25 December 2018 [14] |  Democratic Progressive Party |
2 |
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Lu Shiow-yen 盧秀燕 Lú Xiùyàn (Mandarin) Lù Siu-yen (Hakka) (1961–) |
25 December 2018 | 25 December 2022 | Kuomintang |
3 |
| 25 December 2022 | Incumbent | 4 | ||||
Timeline
- ↑ Term extended to 4 years.
- 1 2 Suspended.
- 1 2 3 4 5 As acting.
- 1 2 3 4 Provincial council member.
- 1 2 Reinstated.
- ↑ Removed from office.
- ↑ Term extended to accommodate joint elections.
- ↑ Nephew of Chiou Chin-chou.
- ↑ Left office to serve as deputy commissioner of the State-owned Enterprises Commission.
- ↑ Impeached.
- ↑ Suspended due to corruption charges.
- ↑ Found not guilty; reinstated.
- ↑ First woman and DPP mayor of Taichung. Daughter-in-law of Chen Tuan-tang.
- 1 2 3 Lost reelection.
- ↑ Left DPP to run for reelection.
- ↑ Term extended for joint elections with special municipalities.
- ↑ Longest serving mayor in Taiwan by continuous tenure.
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