Mayor of Chiayi

The mayor of Chiayi is the chief executive of the government of Chiayi City. This list includes mayors of the city's county-controlled era (1952–1982) and provincial era (1982–present).

County-controlled City era

Name	Office
Lai Yuan-ping (賴淵平)	1952–1954
He Mao-chu (何茂取)	1954–1960
Su Yu-heng (蘇玉衡)	1960–1964
Fang Huei-lung (方輝龍)	1964–1968
Hsu Shih-hsien (許世賢)	1 March 1968 – 31 October 1972
(連敏) (acting)	31 October 1972 – 1 April 1973
Ruan Chih-tsung (阮志聰)	1 April 1973 – 1 March 1982
Hsu Shih-hsien (許世賢)	1 March 1982 – 1 July 1982

Provincial City era

      Independent       Kuomintang       Democratic Progressive Party

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Term
1		Hsu Shih-hsien 許世賢 Xǔ Shìxián (1908-1983)	1 July 1982	1 July 1983 [1]	Independent	1
--		Chiang Ching-lin[2][3] 江慶林 Jiāng Qìnglín (?-)	1 July 1983	15 December 1983	Kuomintang
2		Chang Po-ya[4] 張博雅 Zhāng Bóyă (1942-)	15 December 1983[5]	20 December 1985	Independent
20 December 1985	20 December 1989	2
3		Chang Wen-ying[6] 張文英 Zhāng Wényīng (1938-)	20 December 1989	20 December 1993	Independent	3
20 December 1993	20 December 1997	4
4		Chang Po-ya[4] 張博雅 Zhāng Bóyă (1942-)	20 December 1997	22 May 2000 [7]	Independent	5
--		Chen Li-chen[2][8] 陳麗貞 Chén Lìzhēn (1958-)	22 May 2000	20 December 2001	Independent
5		Chen Li-chen 陳麗貞 Chén Lìzhēn (1958-)	20 December 2001	20 December 2005	6
	Democratic Progressive Party[9]
6		Huang Min-hui 黃敏惠 Huáng Mǐnhuì (1959-)	20 December 2005	20 December 2009	Kuomintang	7
			20 December 2009	25 December 2014		8
7		Twu Shiing-jer[10] 涂醒哲 Tú Xǐngzhé (1951-)	25 December 2014	Incumbent	Democratic Progressive Party	9

1. Died in office.
2. As acting.
3. Provincial council member.
4. Daughter of Hsu Shih-hsien.
5. Elected in by-election.
6. Elder sister of Chang Po-ya.
7. Left office to serve as Minister of the Interior.
8. Deputy mayor.
9. Joined DPP on 30 March 2003.
10. First elected male mayor.

External links

• Mayors - Chiayi City Government (Chinese)