List of mayors of Kaohsiung
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This is a list of mayors of Kaohsiung.
[edit] 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 |
- ^ During this era, Kaohsiung was called "Takao" (高雄; たかを). All of the mayors were appointed by the Empire of Japan.
- ^ Given name may have been read Genjirō
- ^ Given name may have been read Shōji or Masaji
- ^ Given name may have been read Gizaburō
- ^ Given name may have been read Shigeji
- ^ Family name may have been read Munefuji
- ^ Family name may have been read Koshima
- ^ Given name may have been read Otsuhiko
- ^ a b c d e Appointed mayors.
- ^ First elected mayor of Kaohsiung.
- ^ Served as elected mayor from 1973 to 1979.
- ^ First non-Kuomintang mayor of Kaohsiung.
- ^ First female mayor of Kaohsiung.
- ^ First non-acting female mayor of Kaohsiung.
