# Mayor of Kaohsiung

The Mayor of Kaohsiung is the head of the Kaohsiung City Government, Taiwan and is elected to a four-year term. The current mayor is Chen Chi-mai who took office since 24 August 2020.

## Titles

| Date | English | Characters | Japanese | Mandarin | Taiwanese | Hakka |
| Dec 1924–Oct 1940 | Mayor of Takao | 高雄市市尹 | Takao-shi Shiin | | Ko-hiông-chhī Chhī-ún | Kô-hiùng-sṳ Sṳ-yún |
| Oct 1940–Oct 1945 | Mayor of Takao | 高雄市市長 | Takao-shi Shichō | | Ko-hiông-chhī Chhī-tiúⁿ | Kô-hiùng-sṳ Sṳ-chhòng |
| Oct 1945–present | Mayor of Kaohsiung | 高雄市市長 | | Gāoxióng Shì Shìzhǎng | Ko-hiông-chhī Chhī-tiúⁿ | Kô-hiùng-sṳ Sṳ-chhòng |

## List of mayors

Empire of Japan  Kuomintang  China Democratic Socialist Party  Democratic Progressive Party

### Prefectural city era (appointed mayors)

During this era, Kaohsiung was called "Takao" (高雄; たかお). All of the mayors were appointed by the Empire of Japan.
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of Office | Term of Office |
| 1 | Tasuke Iwamoto 岩本多助 (?–?) | 25 December 1924 | 6 August 1927 |
| 2 | Genjurō Saitō 齋藤玄壽郎 (?–?) | 6 August 1927 | 22 April 1929 |
| 3 | Masaharu Imai 今井昌治 (1884–?) | 22 April 1929 | 21 April 1932 |
| 4 | Gisaburō Kobayashi 小林儀三郎 (?–?) | 21 April 1932 | 3 September 1934 |
| 5 | Shigeharu Matsuo 松尾繁治 (1886–1944) | 3 September 1934 | 30 November 1937 |
| 6 | Tairiku Munetō 宗藤大陸 (?–?) | 30 November 1937 | 31 January 1941 |
| 7 | Takeshi Kojima 小島猛 (?–?) | 31 January 1941 | January 1943 |
| 8 | Takeo Yokoyama 橫山竹雄 (1895–?) | January 1943 | March 1944 |
| 9 | Otohiko Nakamatsu 中松乙彥 (?–?) | March 1944 | October 1945 |

### Provincial city era (appointed mayors)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of Office | Term of Office | Political Party |
| 1 | Lien Mou 連謀 (1907–1978) | 8 November 1945 | 23 May 1946 | Kuomintang |
| 2 | Huang Chung-tu 黃仲圖 (1902–1988) | 23 May 1946 | 2 August 1947 | Kuomintang |
| 3 | Huang Chiang 黃強 (1887–1974) | 2 August 1947 | 1 May 1949 | Kuomintang |
| 4 | Liou Hsiang 劉翔 ( – ) | 1 May 1949 | 2 August 1950 | Kuomintang |
| 5 | Chen Pau-tai 陳保泰 ( – ) | 2 August 1950 | 1 May 1951 | Kuomintang |

### Provincial city era (directly elected mayors)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of Office | Term of Office | Term | Political Party |
| 6 | Hsieh Cheng-chiang 謝掙強 (1915–1979) | 1 May 1951 | 2 June 1954 | 1 | Kuomintang |
| 6 | Hsieh Cheng-chiang 謝掙強 (1915–1979) | 2 June 1954 | 2 June 1957 | 2 | Kuomintang |
| 7 | Chen Wu-chang 陳武璋 (1915–1984) | 2 June 1957 | 2 June 1960 | 3 | Kuomintang |
| 8 | Chen Chi-chuan 陳啟川 (1899–1993) | 2 June 1960 | 2 June 1964 | 4 | Kuomintang |
| 8 | Chen Chi-chuan 陳啟川 (1899–1993) | 2 June 1964 | 2 June 1968 | 5 | Kuomintang |
| 9 | Yang Chin-hu 楊金虎 (1898–1990) | 2 June 1968 | 1 February 1973 | 6 | China Democratic Socialist Party |
| 10 | Wang Yu-yun 王玉雲 (1925–2009) | 1 February 1973 | 20 December 1977 | 7 | Kuomintang |
| 10 | Wang Yu-yun 王玉雲 (1925–2009) | 20 December 1977 | 1 July 1979 | 8 | Kuomintang |

### Special municipality era (appointed mayors)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of Office | Term of Office | Political Party |
| 1 | Wang Yu-yun 王玉雲 (1925–2009) | 1 July 1979 | 21 June 1981 | Kuomintang |
| 2 | Yang Chin-tsung 楊金欉 (1923–1990) | 21 June 1981 | 19 April 1982 | Kuomintang |
| 3 | Hsu Shui-teh 許水德 (1931–2021) | 19 April 1982 | 30 May 1985 | Kuomintang |
| 4 | Su Nan-cheng 蘇南成 (1936–2014) | 30 May 1985 | 18 June 1990 | Kuomintang |
| 5 | Wu Den-yih 吳敦義 (1948–) | 18 June 1990 | 25 December 1994 | Kuomintang |

### Special municipality era (directly elected mayors)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of Office | Term of Office | Term | Political Party |
| 6 | Wu Den-yih 吳敦義 (1948–) | 25 December 1994 | 25 December 1998 | 1 | Kuomintang |
| 7 | Frank Hsieh 謝長廷 (1946–) | 25 December 1998 | 25 December 2002 | 2 | Democratic Progressive Party |
| 7 | Frank Hsieh 謝長廷 (1946–) | 25 December 2002 | 1 February 2005 | 3 | Democratic Progressive Party |
| — | Chen Chi-mai 陳其邁 (1964–) | 1 February 2005 | 20 December 2005 | 3 | Democratic Progressive Party |
| — | Yeh Chu-lan 葉菊蘭 (1949–) | 20 December 2005 | 25 December 2006 | 3 | Democratic Progressive Party |
| 8 | Chen Chu 陳菊 (1950–) | 25 December 2006 | 25 December 2010 | 4 | Democratic Progressive Party |

### Special municipality era (consolidated Kaohsiung)

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of Office | Term of Office | Term | Political Party |
| 1 | Chen Chu 陳菊 (1950–) | 25 December 2010 | 25 December 2014 | 1 | Democratic Progressive Party |
| 1 | Chen Chu 陳菊 (1950–) | 25 December 2014 | 20 April 2018 | 2 | Democratic Progressive Party |
| — | Hsu Li-ming 許立明 (1969–) | 20 April 2018 | 25 December 2018 | 2 | Democratic Progressive Party |
| 2 | Han Kuo-yu 韓國瑜 (1957–) | 25 December 2018 | 12 June 2020 | 3 | Kuomintang |
| — | Yang Ming-jou 楊明州 (1956–) | 13 June 2020 | 23 August 2020 | 3 | Independent |
| 3 | Chen Chi-mai 陳其邁 (1964–) | 24 August 2020 | 25 December 2022 | 3 | Democratic Progressive Party |
| 3 | Chen Chi-mai 陳其邁 (1964–) | 25 December 2022 | Incumbent | 4 | Democratic Progressive Party |