Mayor of Taoyuan

The mayor of Taoyuan is the chief executive of the government of Taoyuan City of the Republic of China. It was formerly knows as the magistrate of Taoyuan before 25 December 2014 when Taoyuan was still a county. This list includes directly elected magistrates of the county while it was a county.

List of Mayors

Magistrates of Taoyuan County

      Kuomintang       Independent       Democratic Progressive Party

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Term
1		Hsu Chung-teh 徐崇德 Xú Chóngdé (1900–1985)	1 May 1951	2 June 1954	Kuomintang	1
2 June 1954	2 June 1957	2
2		Chang Fang-hsieh 張芳燮 Zhāng Fāngxiè (1914–1994)	2 June 1957	2 June 1960	Kuomintang	3
3		Wu Hong-ling 吳鴻麟 Wú Hónglín (1899–1995)	2 June 1960	2 June 1964 [lower-alpha 1]	Kuomintang	4
4		Chen Chang-shou 陳長壽 Chén Chángshòu (1905–?)	2 June 1964	2 June 1968	Kuomintang	5
5		Hsu Hsin-chih 許新枝 Xǔ Xīnzhī (1928–)	2 June 1968	2 June 1972 [lower-alpha 2]	Kuomintang	6
–		Lee Shu-you [lower-alpha 3] 李樹猶 Lǐ Shùyóu (?–)	2 June 1972	1 February 1973 [lower-alpha 4]	Kuomintang
6		Wu Po-hsiung[lower-alpha 5] 吳伯雄 Wú Bóxióng (1939–)	1 February 1973	20 December 1976 [lower-alpha 6]	Kuomintang	7
–		Weng Chien[lower-alpha 3] 翁鈐 Wēng Qián (?–)	1 February 1976	20 December 1977	Kuomintang
7		Hsu Hsin-liang 許信良 Xǔ Xìnliáng (1941–)	20 December 1977	1 July 1979 [lower-alpha 7]	Independent	8
–		Yeh Kuo-kuang [lower-alpha 3] 葉國光 Yè Guóguāng (?–)	1 July 1979	20 December 1981	Kuomintang
8		Hsu Hung-chih 徐鴻志 Xú Hóngzhì (1937–)	20 December 1981	20 December 1985	Kuomintang	9
20 December 1985	20 December 1989	10
9		Liu Pang-you 劉邦友 Liú Bāngyǒu (1942–1996)	20 December 1989	20 December 1993	Kuomintang	11
20 December 1993	21 November 1996[lower-alpha 8]	12
–			Liao Pen-yang [lower-alpha 3] 廖本洋 Liào Běnyáng (?–)	21 November 1996	28 March 1997	Kuomintang
10		Annette Lu [lower-alpha 9] 呂秀蓮 Lǚ Xiùlián (1944–)	28 March 1997	20 December 1997	Democratic Progressive Party
20 December 1997	20 May 2000 [lower-alpha 10]	13
–		Hsu Ying-shen[lower-alpha 11][lower-alpha 12] 許應深 Xǔ Yìngshēn (1948–)	20 May 2000	20 December 2001	Democratic Progressive Party
11		Eric Chu 朱立倫 Zhū Lìlún (1961–)	20 December 2001	20 December 2005	Kuomintang	14
20 December 2005	10 September 2009 [lower-alpha 13]	15
–		Huang Min-kon[lower-alpha 14] 黃敏恭 Huáng Mǐngōng (?–)	10 September 2009	20 December 2009	Kuomintang
12		John Wu [lower-alpha 15] 吳志揚 Wú Zhìyáng (1969–)	20 December 2009	25 December 2014 [lower-alpha 16]	Kuomintang	16

Mayors of Taoyuan City

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Term
1		Cheng Wen-tsan 鄭文燦 Zhèng Wéncàn (1967–)	25 December 2014	Incumbent	Democratic Progressive Party	1

See also

• Taoyuan City Government

Notes

1. Term extended to 4 years.
2. Left office to serve as Taiwan Province Civil Affairs Department Commissioner.
3. As acting; provincial council member.
4. Term extended to accommodate joint elections.
5. Son of Wu Hung-ling.
6. Left office to head the Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Monopoly Bureau.
7. Removed from office.
8. Assassinated.
9. Elected in by-election. First woman and DPP Magistrate of Taoyuan.
10. Resigned before inauguration as vice president of the Republic of China.
11. Nephew of Hsu Hsin-liang.
12. Designated by Executive Yuan as acting.
13. Resigned to become the vice premier of the Republic of China.
14. As acting; deputy magistrate.
15. Son of Wu Po-hsiung.
16. Last Magistrate of Taoyuan. Lost in the first mayor election.

External links

• Taoyuan County Government (Chinese)