The mayor of Chiayi is the chief executive of the government of Chiayi City. The current mayor is Huang Min-hui of Kuomintang since 25 December 2018.

Mayor of the City of Chiayi
Flag of Chiayi City
Incumbent
Huang Min-hui
since 25 December 2018
Term length4 years; may serve 1 consecutive terms

List of mayors

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This list includes mayors of the city's county-administered era (1952–1982) and provincial era (1982–present). During the city's provincial era, all but one of the city's elected mayors were women.

County-administered City era

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Name Office
Lai Yuan-ping (賴淵平) 1952–1954
He Mao-chu (何茂取) 1954–1960
Su Yu-heng (蘇玉衡) 1960–1964
Fang Huei-lung (方輝龍) 1964–1968
Hsu Shih-hsien (許世賢) 1 March 1968 – 31 October 1972
(連敏) (acting) 31 October 1972 – 1 April 1973
Ruan Chih-tsung (阮志聰) 1 April 1973 – 1 March 1982
Hsu Shih-hsien (許世賢) 1 March 1982 – 1 July 1982

Provincial City era

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  Independent   Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of Office Political Party Term
1   Hsu Shih-hsien
許世賢
Xǔ Shìxián
(1908-1983)
1 July 1982 1 July 1983 [1] Independent 1
--   Chiang Ching-lin[2][3]
江慶林
Jiāng Qìnglín
(?-)
1 July 1983 15 December 1983 Kuomintang
2   Chang Po-ya[4]
張博雅
Zhāng Bóyă
(1942-)
15 December 1983[5] 20 December 1985 Independent
20 December 1985 20 December 1989 2
3   Chang Wen-ying[6]
張文英
Zhāng Wényīng
(1938-)
20 December 1989 20 December 1993 Independent 3
20 December 1993 20 December 1997 4
4   Chang Po-ya[4]
張博雅
Zhāng Bóyă
(1942-)
20 December 1997 22 May 2000 [7] Independent 5
--   Chen Li-chen[2][8]
陳麗貞
Chén Lìzhēn
(1958-)
22 May 2000 20 December 2001 Independent
5 20 December 2001 20 December 2005 [9] 6
Democratic Progressive Party[10]
6   Huang Min-hui
黃敏惠
Huáng Mǐnhuì
(1959-)
20 December 2005 20 December 2009 Kuomintang 7
20 December 2009 25 December 2014 8
7   Twu Shiing-jer[11]
涂醒哲
Tú Xǐngzhé
(1951-)
25 December 2014 25 December 2018 [9] Democratic Progressive Party 9
8   Huang Min-hui[12]
黃敏惠
Huáng Mǐnhuì
(1959-)
25 December 2018 25 December 2022 Kuomintang 10
25 December 2022 Incumbent 11

Timeline

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Twu Shiing-jerHuang Min-huiChen Li-chenChang Po-yaHsu Shih-hsien

References

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  1. ^ Died in office.
  2. ^ a b As acting.
  3. ^ Provincial council member.
  4. ^ a b Daughter of Hsu Shih-hsien.
  5. ^ Elected in by-election.
  6. ^ Elder sister of Chang Po-ya.
  7. ^ Left office to serve as Minister of the Interior.
  8. ^ Deputy mayor.
  9. ^ a b Lost reelection.
  10. ^ Joined DPP on 30 March 2003.
  11. ^ First elected male mayor.
  12. ^ Longest-serving mayor by total tenure.
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