Mayor of Taipei

Mayor of the City of Taipei
Flag of the Mayor
Incumbent Hau Lung-pin since December 25, 2010
Term length	4 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-lian (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.

The Mayor of Taipei is elected to a four-year term. Former Presidents Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian have all held this position prior to being elected President.

It was an appointed position from 1967 to 1994. Taipei was a special municipality from 1967; the first public election for Mayor of Taipei was held in 1994.

The incumbent mayor is Hau Lung-pin.

List of Mayors

      Independent       Kuomintang       Democratic Progressive Party

Special municipality era (appointed mayors)
#	Name	Office	Political party	Term
1	Gao Yu-shu (高玉樹)	1967 – 1972	Independent	-
2	Chang Feng-hsu (張豐緒)	1972 – 1976	Kuomintang	-
3	Lin Yang-gang (林洋港)	1976 – 1978	Kuomintang	-
4	Lee Teng-hui (李登輝)	1978 – 1981	Kuomintang	-
5	Shao En-hsing (邵恩新)	1981 – 1982	Kuomintang	-
6	Yang Jin-cong (楊金欉)	1982 – 1985	Kuomintang	-
7	Hsu Shui-de (許水德)	1985 – 1988	Kuomintang	-
8	Wu Po-hsiung (吳伯雄)	1988 – 1990	Kuomintang	-
9	Huang Ta-chou (黃大洲)	1990 – 1994	Kuomintang	-
Special municipality era (direct elected mayors)
#	Name	Office	Political party	Term
1	Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁)[1]	25 December 1994 – 25 December 1998	Democratic Progressive Party	1
2	Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九)	25 December 1998 – 25 December 2002	Kuomintang	2
		25 December 2002 - 25 December 2006		3
3	Hau Lung-pin (郝龍斌)	25 December 2006 – 25 December 2010	Kuomintang	4
		25 December 2010 -		5
Special municipality era (Greater Taipei)
1		25 December 2014 -		1

References

1. ^ First non-Kuomintang mayor and first elected mayor of Taipei.

See also

• Taipei
• List of mayors of Taipei