Mayor of Taipei
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Mayor of Taipei
| Mayor of the City of Taipei |
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 Flag of the Mayor |
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| Term length | 4 years; may serve 1 consecutive terms |
| Inaugural holder | Gao Yu-shu |
| Formation | December 25, 2010 |
| Website | Office of the Mayor |
The Mayor of Taipei is elected to a four-year term. Former Presidents Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou 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 |
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| 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
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- ^ First non-Kuomintang mayor and first elected mayor in special municipality era of Taipei.
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