List of mayors of Kaohsiung

This is a list of mayors of Kaohsiung.

Mayors

      Empire of Japan       Kuomintang       Democratic Progressive Party

Japanese rule era[1]
#	Name			Office
1	Tasuke Iwamoto (岩本 多助)			1924 – 1927
2	Genjurō Saitō (齋藤 玄壽郎)[2]			1927 – 1929
3	Masaharu Imai (今井 昌治)[3]			1929 – 1932
4	Gisaburō Kobayashi (小林 儀三郎)[4]			1932 – 1934
5	Shigeharu Matsuo (松尾 繁治)[5]			1934 – 1938
6	Tairiku Munetō (宗藤 大陸)[6]			1938 – 1941
7	Takeshi Kojima (小島 猛)[7]			1941 – 1943
8	Takeo Yokoyama (橫山 竹雄)			1943 – 1944
9	Otohiko Nakamatsu (中松 乙彥)[8]			1944 – 1945
Provincial city era
#	Name	Office	Political party	Term
10	Lien Mou (連謀)[9]	1945 – 1946	Kuomintang	-
11	Huang Chung-tu (黃仲圖)[9]	1946 – 1947	Kuomintang	-
12	Huang Chiang (黃強)[9]	1947 – 1949	Kuomintang	-
13	Liou Hsiang (劉翔)[9]	1949 – 1950	Kuomintang	-
14	Chen Pau-tai (陳保泰)[9]	1950 – 1951	Kuomintang	-
15	Hsieh Cheng-chiang (謝掙強)[10]	1951 – 1957	Kuomintang	1
				2
16	Chen Wu-chang (陳武璋)	1957 – 1960	Kuomintang	3
17	Chen Chi-chuan (陳啟川)	1960 – 1968	Kuomintang	4
				5
18	Yang Chin-hu (楊金虎)	1968 – 1973	China Democratic Socialist Party	6
Special municipality era (appointed mayors)
#	Name	Office	Political party	Term
19	Wang Yu-yuin (王玉雲)	1973 – 1981	Kuomintang	7[11]
20	Yang Chin-tsung (楊金欉)	1981 – 1982	Kuomintang	-
21	Hsu Shui-te (許水德)	1982 – 1985	Kuomintang	-
22	Su Nan-cheng (蘇南成)	1985 – 1990	Kuomintang	-
23	Wu Den-yih (吳敦義)	15 June 1990 – 25 December 1994	Kuomintang	-
Special municipality era (direct elected mayors)
#	Name	Office	Political party	Term
23	Wu Den-yih (吳敦義)	25 December 1994 – 25 December 1998	Kuomintang	1
24	Frank Hsieh Chang-ting (謝長廷)[12]	25 December 1998 – 25 December 2002	Democratic Progressive Party	2
		25 December 2002 - 1 February 2005		3
25	Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁)	1 February 2005 – 20 December 2005 as acting	Democratic Progressive Party
26	Yeh Chu-lan (葉菊蘭)[13]	20 December 2005 - 25 December 2006 as acting	Democratic Progressive Party
27	Chen Chu (陳菊)[14]	25 December 2006 - 25 December 2010	Democratic Progressive Party	4
Special municipality era (Greater Kaohsiung)
1	Chen Chu (陳菊)	25 December 2010 -	Democratic Progressive Party	1

1. ^ During this era, Kaohsiung was called "Takao" (高雄; たかを). All of the mayors were appointed by the Empire of Japan.
2. ^ Given name may have been read Genjirō
3. ^ Given name may have been read Shōji or Masaji
4. ^ Given name may have been read Gizaburō
5. ^ Given name may have been read Shigeji
6. ^ Family name may have been read Munefuji
7. ^ Family name may have been read Koshima
8. ^ Given name may have been read Otsuhiko
9. ^ ^{a b c d e} Appointed mayors.
10. ^ First elected mayor of Kaohsiung.
11. ^ Served as elected mayor from 1973 to 1979.
12. ^ First non-Kuomintang mayor of Kaohsiung.
13. ^ First female mayor of Kaohsiung.
14. ^ First non-acting female mayor of Kaohsiung.

See also

• List of mayors of Tainan