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 DateEnglishCharactersJapaneseMandarinTaiwaneseHakkaOct 1920–Oct 1940Mayor of TainanTainan-shi Shiin Tâi-lâm-chhī Chhī-únThòi-nàm-sṳ Sṳ-yúnOct 1940–Oct 1945Tainan-shi ShichōTâi-lâm-chhīChhī-tiúⁿThòi-nàm-sṳSṳ-chhòngOct 1945–present Táinán 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 1 Han Lien-he(?-?) 26 November 1945 26 August 1946 Kuomintang 2 Chuo Kao-hsuen(?-?) 26 August 1946 1 February 1951 Kuomintang

Elected mayors № PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of Office TermPolitical Party Yeh Ting-kuei(1905-1977) 1 February 1951 2 June 1954Lost reelection.1 Independent 3 Kuomintang IndependentLeft KMT to run for reelection. 4 Yang Ching(1906–1971) 2 June 1954 2 June 19572 Kuomintang 5 Yeh Ting-kuei(1905-1977) 2 June 1957 2 June 19603 Independent 6 Hsin Wen-bing(1912–1999) 2 June 1960 2 June 1964Term extended to 4 years.4 Kuomintang 7 Yeh Ting-kuei(1905-1977) 2 June 1964 2 June 1968 5 Independent KuomintangJoined KMT in 1965. 8 Lin Hsi-shan(1928–?) 2 June 1968 1 February 1973Term extended to accommodate joint elections.6 Kuomintang 9 Chang Li-tang(1935–) 1 February 1973 20 December 19777 Kuomintang 10 Su Nan-cheng(1936–2014) 20 December 1977 20 December 19818Independent 20 December 1981 30 May 1985Left office to serve as Kaohsiung mayor. 9KuomintangJoined KMT in 1982. — Chen Kuei-miaoAs acting.Provincial council member.(1934–2014) 30 May 1985 20 December 1985 Kuomintang 11 Lin Wen-hsiung(1942–) 20 December 1985 20 December 1989Retired.10 Kuomintang 12 Shih Chih-ming(1952–) 20 December 1989 20 December 199311Kuomintang 20 December 1993 20 December 1997 12 13 George Chang(1936–) 20 December 1997 20 December 2001 13 Democratic Progressive PartyFirst DPP mayor of Tainan. IndependentLeft DPP to run for reelection. 14 Hsu Tain-tsair(1951–) 20 December 2001 20 December 200514Democratic Progressive Party 20 December 2005 25 December 2010Term extended for joint elections with special municipalities.15

Mayor of Tainan (Special municipality)

№ PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of Office TermPolitical Party 1 Lai Ching-te(William Lai)(1958–) 25 December 2010 25 December 2014 25 December 2014 7 September 2017 Left office to serve as Premier.1Democratic Progressive Party —Li Meng-yenSecretary-general of the Mayor's Office.(1966–) 8 September 2017 25 December 2018 2Independent 2 Huang Wei-che(1963–) 25 December 2018 25 December 20223Democratic Progressive Party 25 December 2022 Incumbent4

Timeline

See also Tainan City Government Tainan City Council Tainan City

References

External links

Tainan City Government