Mayor of Taipei

Mayor of the City of Taipei
Flag of the City of Taipei
Incumbent
Ko Wen-je
since December 25, 2014
Term length four years; may serve 1 consecutive terms
Inaugural holder Kao Yu-shu
Formation December 25, 2010
Website Office of the Mayor
Non-Kuomintang Taiwanese politician Wu San-lien (2L) celebrated his landslide victory (65.5%) in the first-time Taipei city mayoral election in January 1951 with his supporters. Taipei has been the seat of central government of the Republic of China since December 1949.

The Mayor of Taipei is the head of the Taipei City Government and is elected to a four-year term. Until the election of Tsai Ing-wen, it was considered custom that all mayors of Taipei went on to being elected President of the Republic of China; Presidents Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou have all held this position prior to being elected president.

Taipei was elevated as a special municipality from 1967. The mayor was a position appointed by the central government from 1967 to 1994, and the first public election for Mayor of Taipei was held in 1994.

The incumbent mayor is Ko Wen-je.

List of Mayors

Non-Kuomintang Taiwanese politician Wu San-lien (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.

  Kuomintang   Independent   Democratic Progressive

Japanese rule era

Provincial city era (appointed mayors)

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
1 Huang Chao-chin
黃朝琴
Huáng Cháoqín
(1897–1972)		 1 November 19451 March 1946 Kuomintang
2 Yu Mi-hsien
游彌堅
Yóu Míjiān
(1897–1971)		 1 March 19466 February 1950 Kuomintang
3 Wu San-lien
吳三連
Wú Sānlián
(1899–1988)		 6 February 19501 November 1950 Independent
- Hsiang Chang-chuan [1][2]
項昌權
Xiàng Chāngquán
(1903–2000)		 1 November 19501 February 1951 Independent

Provincial city era (direct elected mayors)

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Term Political Party
4 Wu San-lien
吳三連
Wú Sānlián
(1899–1988)		 1 February 19512 June 1954 1 Independent[3]
5 Kao Yu-shu
(Henry Kao)
高玉樹
Gaō Yǜshù
(1913–2005)		 2 June 19542 June 1957 2 Independent[3]
6 Huang Chi-jui
黃啟瑞
Huáng Qǐruì
(1910–1976)		 2 June 19572 June 1960 3 Kuomintang
2 June 1960August 1961[4] 4
- Chou Pai-lien[1][5]
周百鍊
Zhōu Bǎiliàn
(1909–1991)		 August 196114 December 1963 Kuomintang
6 Huang Chi-jui
黃啟瑞
Huáng Qǐruì
(1910–1976)		 14 December 1963[6]2 June 1964[7] Kuomintang
7 Kao Yu-shu
(Henry Kao)
高玉樹
Gaō Yǜshù
(1913–2005)		 2 June 196430 June 1967 5 Independent

Special municipality era (appointed mayors)

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Political Party
1 Kao Yu-shu
(Henry Kao)
高玉樹
Gaō Yǜshù
(1913–2005)		 1 July 196710 June 1972 Independent
2 Chang Feng-hsu
張豐緒
Zhāng Fēngxù
(1928–2014)		 10 June 197211 June 1976 Kuomintang
3 Lin Yang-kang
林洋港
Lín Yánggǎng
(1927–2013)		 11 June 19769 June 1978 Kuomintang
4 Lee Teng-hui
李登輝
Lǐ Dēnghuī
(1923–)		 9 June 19785 December 1981 Kuomintang
5 Shao En-hsin
邵恩新
Shaò Ēnxīn
(1924–2014)		 5 December 198119 April 1982 Kuomintang
6 Yang Chin-tsung
楊金欉
Yáng Jīncóng
(1923–1990)		 19 April 198230 May 1985 Kuomintang
7 Hsu Shui-teh
許水德
Xǚ Shuǐdé
(1931- )		 30 May 198525 July 1988 Kuomintang
8 Wu Po-hsiung
吳伯雄
Wú Bóxióng
(1939- )		 25 July 19882 June 1990 Kuomintang
- Huang Ta-chou
(Thomas Huang)[1][8]
黃大洲
Huáng Dàzhōu
(1936- )		 2 June 199014 October 1990 Kuomintang
9 15 October 199025 December 1994

Special municipality era (direct elected mayors)

№ Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of Office Term Political Party
10 Chen Shui-bian
陳水扁
Chén Shuǐbiǎn
(1950–)		 25 December 199425 December 1998 1 Democratic Progressive Party [9]
11 Ma Ying-jeou
馬英九
Mǎ Yīngjiǔ
(1950–)		 25 December 199825 December 2002 2 Kuomintang
25 December 200225 December 2006 3
12 Hau Lung-pin
郝龍斌
Hǎo Lóngbīn
(1952–)		 25 December 200625 December 2010 4 Kuomintang
25 December 201025 December 2014 5
13 Ko Wen-je
柯文哲
Kē Wénzhé
(1959–)		 25 December 2014Incumbent 6 Independent

Electoral history

Taipei Mayoral Election, 1994

Taipei Mayoral Election, 1994
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Progressive (DPP) 3 Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) 615,090 43.67%
New Party 2 Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) 424,905 30.17%
Kuomintang (KMT) 4 Huang Ta-chou (黃大洲) 364,618 25.89%
Independent 1 Ji Rong-zhi (紀榮治) 3,941 0.28%
Total 1,408,554 100.00%
Voter turnout 78.53%

Taipei Mayoral Election, 1998

Taipei Mayoral Election, 1998
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Kuomintang (KMT) 2 Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) 766,377 51.13%
Democratic Progressive (DPP) 1 Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) 688,072 45.91%
New Party 3 Wang Chien-shien (王建煊) 44,452 2.97%
Total 1,498,901 100.00%
Voter turnout 80.89%

Taipei Mayoral Election, 2002

Taipei Mayoral Election, 2002
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Kuomintang (KMT) 2 Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) 873,102 64.11%
Democratic Progressive (DPP) 1 Lee Ying-yuan (李應元) 488,811 35.89%
Total 1,361,913 100.00%
Voter turnout 70.61%

Taipei Mayoral Election, 2006

Taipei Mayoral Election, 2006
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Kuomintang (KMT) 5 Hau Lung-pin (郝龍斌) 692,085 53.81%
Democratic Progressive (DPP) 3 Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) 525,869 40.89%
Independent 4 James Soong (宋楚瑜) 53,281 4.14%
Independent 1 Li Ao (李敖) 7,795 0.61%
Independent 6 Ke Tsi-hai (柯賜海) 3,687 0.29%
Taiwan Solidarity Union 2 Clara Chou (周玉蔻) 1,832 0.13%
Total 1,284,549 100.00%
Voter turnout

Taipei Mayoral Election, 2010

Taipei Mayoral Election, 2010
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Kuomintang (KMT) 2 Hau Lung-pin (郝龍斌) 797,865 55.65%
Democratic Progressive (DPP) 5 Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) 628,129 43.81%
Independent 4 Francis Wu (吳武明) 3,672 0.26%
Independent 3 Helen Hsiao (蕭淑華) 2,238 0.16%
Independent 1 Wu Yen-cheng (吳炎成) 1,832 0.13%
Total 1,433,736 100.00%
Voter turnout 70.65%

Taipei Mayoral Election, 2014

Taipei Mayoral Election, 2014
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Independent [10] 7 Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) 853,983 57.16%
Kuomintang (KMT) 6 Sean Lien (連勝文) 609,932 40.82%
Independent 2 Zhao Yan-qing (趙衍慶) 15,898 1.06%
Independent 5 Neil Peng (馮光遠) 8,080 0.54%
Independent 3 Li Hong-xin (李宏信) 2,621 0.18%
Independent 4 Chen Yong-chang (陳永昌) 1,908 0.13%
三等國民公義人權自救黨 1 Chen Ru-bin (陳汝斌) 1,624 0.11%
Total 1,494,046 100.00%
Voter turnout 70.46%

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 As acting.
  2. ↑ Deputy commissioner, Taiwan province civil affairs department.
  3. 1 2 China Democratic Socialist Party member; ran as independent.
  4. ↑ Removed from office due to corruption charges.
  5. ↑ Provincial council member.
  6. ↑ Reinstated.
  7. ↑ Term extended to 4 years.
  8. ↑ Secretary general of the Taipei City Government.
  9. ↑ First elected non-Kuomintang mayor in special municipality era of Taipei.
  10. ↑ Supported by the Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan Solidarity Union, People First Party and other parties.

Bibliography

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