The Mayor of New Taipei is the chief political executive of the city of New Taipei in Taiwan. The mayor, a new position created when the predecessor entity of New Taipei, Taipei County, was elevated to a special municipality in 2010, is elected to a four-year term. The equivalent position in the former county was Taipei County Magistrate. The incumbent mayor is Hou Yu-ih, who returned to office on 14 January 2024 after a temporary leave of absence for the 2024 Taiwanese presidential election as the Kuomintang nominee.
Titles of the Mayor DateEnglishCharactersMandarinTaiwaneseHakkaOct 1950–Dec 2014Magistrate of Taipei CountyTáiběi Xiàn XiànzhǎngTâi-pak-koān Koān-tiúⁿThòi-pet-yen Yen-chhòngDec 2014–presentMayor of New Taipei CityXīnběi Shì ShìzhǎngSin-pak-chhī Chhī-tiúⁿSîn-pet-sṳ Sṳ-chhòng
List of mayors
Taipei County Magistrate No. PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical party Term 1 Mei Ta-fu Méi Dáfū (Mandarin)Mòi Tha̍t-fû (Hakka)(1900–1980) 1 May 1951 2 June 1954 Kuomintang 1 2 Tai Te-fa Dài Défā (Mandarin)Tai Tet-fat (Hakka)(1903–1998) 2 June 1954 2 June 1957 Kuomintang 2 2 June 1957 2 June 1960 3 3 Hsieh Wen-cheng Xiè Wénchéng (Mandarin)Chhia Vùn-chhàng (Hakka)(1886–1963) 2 June 1960 31 October 1963 Kuomintang 4 -- Lee Wen-yu Lǐ Wényù (Mandarin)Lí Vùn-ngiu̍k (Hakka)(1910–1998) 31 October 1963 2 June 1964 Kuomintang 4 Su Ching-po Sū Qīngbō (Mandarin)Sû Chhîn-pô (Hakka)(1911–1990) 2 June 1964 2 June 1968 Kuomintang 5 2 June 1968 1 July 1969 6 -- Lee Wen-yu Lǐ Wényù (Mandarin)Lí Vùn-ngiu̍k (Hakka)(1910–1998) 1 July 1969 1 May 1970 Kuomintang -- Su Ching-po Sū Qīngbō (Mandarin)Sû Chhîn-pô (Hakka)(1910–1998) 1 May 1970 1 February 1973 Kuomintang 5 Shao En-hsinShaò Ēnxīn (Mandarin)Seu Ên-sîn (Hakka)(1924–2014) 1 February 1973 20 December 1977 Kuomintang 7 20 December 1977 14 September 1981 8-- Wu Tseng-wenWǔ Zēngwén (Mandarin)Vú Chen-vùn (Hakka)(1919–1987) 14 September 1981 20 December 1981 Kuomintang 6 Lin Fong-cheng Lín Fēngzhèng (Mandarin)Lìm Fûng-chṳn (Hakka)(1940–) 20 December 1981 20 December 1985 Kuomintang 9 20 December 1985 20 December 1989 10 7 You Ching Yóu Qīng (Mandarin)Yù Chhîn (Hakka)(1942–) 20 December 1989 20 December 1993 Democratic Progressive Party 11 20 December 1993 20 December 1997 12 8 Su Tseng-chang Sū Zhēnchāng (Mandarin)Sû Chṳ̂n-chhông (Hakka)(1947–) 20 December 1997 20 December 2001 Democratic Progressive Party 13 20 December 2001 20 May 2004 14 — Lin Hsi-yao Lín Xíyào (Mandarin)Lìm Siak-yeu (Hakka)(1961–) 20 May 2004 20 December 2005 Democratic Progressive Party 9 Chou Hsi-wei Zhōu Xíwěi (Mandarin)Chû Siak-ví (Hakka)(1958–) 20 December 2005 25 December 2010 Kuomintang 15
Mayor of New Taipei
No. PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of officePolitical party Term 1 Eric Chu Zhū Lìlún (Mandarin)Chû Li̍p-lùn (Hakka)(1961–) 25 December 2010 25 December 2014Kuomintang1 25 December 2014 20 October 20152– Hou Yu-ih Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin)Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka)(1956–) 20 October 2015 18 January 2016Kuomintang 1 Eric Chu Zhū Lìlún (Mandarin)Chû Li̍p-lùn (Hakka)(1961–) 18 January 2016 25 December 2018 Kuomintang 2 Hou Yu-ih Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin)Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka)(1956–) 25 December 2018 25 December 2022 Kuomintang 325 December 2022 23 September 20234–Liu Ho-jan 劉和然Liú Hérán (Mandarin)(1966–)23 September 2023 14 January 2024 2 Hou Yu-ih Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin)Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka)(1956–) 14 January 2024 Incumbent Kuomintang
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See also New Taipei City New Taipei City Government New Taipei City Hall New Taipei City Council
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