Mayor of Taipei
Mayor of the City of Taipei | |
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Flag of the City of Taipei | |
Term length | four years; may serve 1 consecutive terms |
Inaugural holder | Gao Yu-shu |
Formation | December 25, 2010 |
Website | Office of the Mayor |

Non-Kuomintang Taiwanese politician Wu San-lien (2L) celebrated his landslide victory (65.5%) in the first-time Taipei city mayoral election in January 1951 with his supporters. Taipei has been the seat of central government of the Republic of China since December 1949.
The Mayor of Taipei is the head of the Taipei City Government and is elected to a four-year term. Presidents Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou have all held this position prior to being elected President of the Republic of China.
Taipei was elevated as a special municipality from 1967. The mayor was a position appointed by the central government from 1967 to 1994, and the first public election for Mayor of Taipei was held in 1994.
The incumbent mayor is Ko Wen-je.
List of Mayors

Non-Kuomintang Taiwanese politician Wu San-lien (2L) celebrated his landslide victory (65.5%) in the first-time Taipei city mayoral election in January 1951 with his supporters. Taipei is the capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since December 1949.
Kuomintang Independent Democratic Progressive
- Japanese rule era
- zh:木原圓次 (1940–1941)
- zh:è—¤æ‘寬太 (1941–1942)
- zh:廣谷致員 (1942–1943)
- zh:土居美水 (1944–1945)
Provincial city era (appointed mayors)
№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |
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Huang Chao-chin 黃æœç´ Huáng CháoqÃn (1897–1972) |
1 November 1945 | 1 March 1946 | Kuomintang |
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Yu Mi-hsien æ¸¸å½Œå … Yóu MÃjiÄn (1897–1971) |
1 March 1946 | 6 February 1950 | Kuomintang |
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Wu San-lien å³ä¸‰é€£ Wú SÄnlián (1899–1988) |
6 February 1950 | 1 November 1950 | Independent |
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Hsiang Chang-chuan [1][2] é …æ˜Œæ¬Š Xià ng ChÄngquán (1903–2000) |
1 November 1950 | 1 February 1951 | Independent |
Provincial city era (direct elected mayors)
№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Term | Political Party | |
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Wu San-lien å³ä¸‰é€£ Wú SÄnlián (1899–1988) |
1 February 1951 | 2 June 1954 | 1 | Independent[3] |
5 | ![]() |
Kao Yu-shu (Henry Kao) 高玉樹 GaŠYǜshù (1913–2005) |
2 June 1954 | 2 June 1957 | 2 | Independent[3] |
6 | ![]() |
Huang Chi-jui 黃啟瑞 Huáng QÇruì (1910–1976) |
2 June 1957 | 2 June 1960 | 3 | Kuomintang |
2 June 1960 | August 1961 [4] | 4 | ||||
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Chou Pai-lien [1][5] å‘¨ç™¾éŠ ZhÅu BÇŽilià n (1909–1991) |
August 1961 | 14 December 1963 | Kuomintang | |
6 | ![]() |
Huang Chi-jui 黃啟瑞 Huáng QÇruì (1910–1976) |
14 December 1963[6] | 2 June 1964 [7] | Kuomintang | |
7 | ![]() |
Kao Yu-shu (Henry Kao) 高玉樹 GaŠYǜshù (1913–2005) |
2 June 1964 | 30 June 1967 | 5 | Independent |
Special municipality era (appointed mayors)
№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Political Party | |
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1 | ![]() |
Kao Yu-shu (Henry Kao) 高玉樹 GaŠYǜshù (1913–2005) |
1 July 1967 | 10 June 1972 | Independent |
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Chang Feng-hsu å¼µè±ç·’ ZhÄng FÄ“ngxù (1928–2014) |
10 June 1972 | 11 June 1976 | Kuomintang |
3 | ![]() |
Lin Yang-kang 林洋港 LÃn YánggÇŽng (1927–2013) |
11 June 1976 | 9 June 1978 | Kuomintang |
4 | ![]() |
Lee Teng-hui æŽç™»è¼ LÇ DÄ“nghuÄ« (1923–) |
9 June 1978 | 5 December 1981 | Kuomintang |
5 | ![]() |
Shao En-hsin é‚µæ©æ–° Shaò Ä’nxÄ«n (1924–2014) |
5 December 1981 | 19 April 1982 | Kuomintang |
6 | ![]() |
Yang Chin-tsung 楊金欉 Yáng Jīncóng (1923–1990) |
19 April 1982 | 30 May 1985 | Kuomintang |
7 | ![]() |
Hsu Shui-teh 許水德 XÇš ShuÇdé (1931- ) |
30 May 1985 | 25 July 1988 | Kuomintang |
8 | ![]() |
Wu Po-hsiung å³ä¼¯é›„ Wú Bóxióng (1939- ) |
25 July 1988 | 2 June 1990 | Kuomintang |
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Huang Ta-chou (Thomas Huang)[1][8] 黃大洲 Huáng Dà zhÅu (1936- ) |
2 June 1990 | 14 October 1990 | Kuomintang |
9 | 15 October 1990 | 25 December 1994 | |||
Special municipality era (direct elected mayors)
№ | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | Term | Political Party | |
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10 | ![]() |
Chen Shui-bian é™³æ°´æ‰ Chén ShuÇbiÇŽn (1950–) |
25 December 1994 | 25 December 1998 | 1 | Democratic Progressive Party [9] |
11 | ![]() |
Ma Ying-jeou é¦¬è‹±ä¹ MÇŽ YÄ«ngjiÇ” (1950–) |
25 December 1998 | 25 December 2002 | 2 | Kuomintang |
25 December 2002 | 25 December 2006 | 3 | ||||
12 | ![]() |
Hau Lung-pin éƒé¾æ–Œ HÇŽo LóngbÄ«n (1952–) |
25 December 2006 | 25 December 2010 | 4 | Kuomintang |
25 December 2010 | 25 December 2014 | 5 | ||||
13 | ![]() |
Ko Wen-je 柯文哲 Kē Wénzhé (1959–) |
25 December 2014 | Incumbent | 6 | Independent |
Electoral history
Taipei Mayoral Election, 1994
Taipei Mayoral Election, 1994 | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
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3 | Chen Shui-bian (陳水æ‰) | 615,090 | 43.67% | ![]() | |
New Party | 2 | Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) | 424,905 | 30.17% | ![]() | |
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4 | Huang Ta-chou (黃大洲) | 364,618 | 25.89% | ![]() | |
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1 | Ji Rong-zhi (紀榮治) | 3,941 | 0.28% | ![]() | |
Total | 1,408,554 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 78.53% |
Taipei Mayoral Election, 1998
Taipei Mayoral Election, 1998 | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
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2 | Ma Ying-jeou (馬英ä¹) | 766,377 | 51.13% | ![]() | |
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1 | Chen Shui-bian (陳水æ‰) | 688,072 | 45.91% | ![]() | |
New Party | 3 | Wang Chien-shien (王建煊) | 44,452 | 2.97% | ![]() | |
Total | 1,498,901 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 80.89% |
Taipei Mayoral Election, 2002
Taipei Mayoral Election, 2002 | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
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2 | Ma Ying-jeou (馬英ä¹) | 873,102 | 64.11% | ![]() | |
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1 | Lee Ying-yuan (æŽæ‡‰å…ƒ) | 488,811 | 35.89% | ![]() | |
Total | 1,361,913 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 70.61% |
Taipei Mayoral Election, 2006
Taipei Mayoral Election, 2006 | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
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5 | Hau Lung-pin (éƒé¾æ–Œ) | 692,085 | 53.81% | ![]() | |
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3 | Frank Hsieh (è¬é•·å»·) | 525,869 | 40.89% | ![]() | |
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4 | James Soong (宋楚瑜) | 53,281 | 4.14% | ![]() | |
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1 | Li Ao (æŽæ•–) | 7,795 | 0.61% | ![]() | |
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6 | Ke Tsi-hai (柯賜海) | 3,687 | 0.29% | ![]() | |
Taiwan Solidarity Union | 2 | Clara Chou (周玉蔻) | 1,832 | 0.13% | ![]() | |
Total | 1,284,549 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout |
Taipei Mayoral Election, 2010
Taipei Mayoral Election, 2010 | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
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2 | Hau Lung-pin (éƒé¾æ–Œ) | 797,865 | 55.65% | ![]() | |
Democratic Progressive (DPP) | 5 | Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) | 628,129 | 43.81% | ![]() | |
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4 | Francis Wu (峿¦æ˜Ž) | 3,672 | 0.26% | ![]() | |
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3 | Helen Hsiao (è•æ·‘è¯) | 2,238 | 0.16% | ![]() | |
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1 | Wu Yen-cheng (å³ç‚Žæˆ) | 1,832 | 0.13% | ![]() | |
Total | 1,433,736 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 70.65% |
Taipei Mayoral Election, 2014
Taipei Mayoral Election, 2014 | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
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7 | Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) | 853,983 | 57.16% | ![]() | |
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6 | Sean Lien (連勿–‡) | 609,932 | 40.82% | ![]() | |
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2 | Zhao Yan-qing (è¶™è¡æ…¶) | 15,898 | 1.06% | ![]() | |
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5 | Neil Peng (馮光é ) | 8,080 | 0.54% | ![]() | |
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3 | Li Hong-xin (æŽå®ä¿¡) | 2,621 | 0.18% | ![]() | |
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4 | Chen Yong-chang (陳永昌) | 1,908 | 0.13% | ![]() | |
三ç‰åœ‹æ°‘公義人權自救黨 | 1 | Chen Ru-bin (é™³æ±æ–Œ) | 1,624 | 0.11% | ![]() | |
Total | 1,494,046 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 70.46% |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 As acting.
- ↑ Deputy commissioner, Taiwan province civil affairs department.
- 1 2 China Democratic Socialist Party member; ran as independent.
- ↑ Removed from office due to corruption charges.
- ↑ Provincial council member.
- ↑ Reinstated.
- ↑ Term extended to 4 years.
- ↑ Secretary general of the Taipei City Government.
- ↑ First elected non-Kuomintang mayor in special municipality era of Taipei.
- ↑ Supported by the Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan Solidarity Union, People First Party and other parties.
Bibliography
- Numazaki, Ichiro (1996). "The role of personal networks in the making of Taiwan's guanxiqiye (related enterprises)". In Brown, Rajeswary Ampalavanar. Chinese Business Enterprise: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management 2. London: Routledge. pp. 409–423. ISBN 9780415132398.
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