# Mayor of New Taipei

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

| Date | English | Characters | Mandarin | Taiwanese | Hakka |
| Oct 1950–Dec 2014 | Magistrate of Taipei County | 臺北縣縣長 | Táiběi Xiàn Xiànzhǎng | Tâi-pak-koān Koān-tiúⁿ | Thòi-pet-yen Yen-chhòng |
| Dec 2014–present | Mayor of New Taipei City | 新北市市長 | Xīnběi Shì Shìzhǎng | Sin-pak-chhī Chhī-tiúⁿ | Sîn-pet-sṳ Sṳ-chhòng |

## List of mayors

Kuomintang (KMT)  Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)

### Taipei County Magistrate

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Term |
| 1 | Mei Ta-fu 梅達夫 Méi Dáfū (Mandarin) Mòi Tha̍t-fû (Hakka) (1900–1980) | 1 May 1951 | 2 June 1954 | Kuomintang | 1 |
| 2 | Tai Te-fa 戴德發 Dài Défā (Mandarin) Tai Tet-fat (Hakka) (1903–1998) | 2 June 1954 | 2 June 1957 | Kuomintang | 2 |
| 2 | Tai Te-fa 戴德發 Dài Défā (Mandarin) Tai Tet-fat (Hakka) (1903–1998) | 2 June 1957 | 2 June 1960 | Kuomintang | 3 |
| 3 | Hsieh Wen-cheng 謝文程 Xiè Wénchéng (Mandarin) Chhia Vùn-chhàng (Hakka) (1886–1963) | 2 June 1960 | 31 October 1963 | Kuomintang | 4 |
| -- | Lee Wen-yu 李文玉 Lǐ Wényù (Mandarin) Lí Vùn-ngiu̍k (Hakka) (1910–1998) | 31 October 1963 | 2 June 1964 | Kuomintang | 4 |
| 4 | Su Ching-po 蘇清波 Sū Qīngbō (Mandarin) Sû Chhîn-pô (Hakka) (1911–1990) | 2 June 1964 | 2 June 1968 | Kuomintang | 5 |
| 4 | Su Ching-po 蘇清波 Sū Qīngbō (Mandarin) Sû Chhîn-pô (Hakka) (1911–1990) | 2 June 1968 | 1 July 1969 | Kuomintang | 6 |
| -- | Lee Wen-yu 李文玉 Lǐ Wényù (Mandarin) Lí Vùn-ngiu̍k (Hakka) (1910–1998) | 1 July 1969 | 1 May 1970 | Kuomintang | 6 |
| -- | Su Ching-po 蘇清波 Sū Qīngbō (Mandarin) Sû Chhîn-pô (Hakka) (1910–1998) | 1 May 1970 | 1 February 1973 | Kuomintang | 6 |
| 5 | Shao En-hsin 邵恩新 Shaò Ēnxīn (Mandarin) Seu Ên-sîn (Hakka) (1924–2014) | 1 February 1973 | 20 December 1977 | Kuomintang | 7 |
| 5 | Shao En-hsin 邵恩新 Shaò Ēnxīn (Mandarin) Seu Ên-sîn (Hakka) (1924–2014) | 20 December 1977 | 14 September 1981 | Kuomintang | 8 |
| -- | Wu Tseng-wen 武增文 Wǔ Zēngwén (Mandarin) Vú Chen-vùn (Hakka) (1919–1987) | 14 September 1981 | 20 December 1981 | Kuomintang | 8 |
| 6 | Lin Fong-cheng 林豐正 Lín Fēngzhèng (Mandarin) Lìm Fûng-chṳn (Hakka) (1940–) | 20 December 1981 | 20 December 1985 | Kuomintang | 9 |
| 6 | Lin Fong-cheng 林豐正 Lín Fēngzhèng (Mandarin) Lìm Fûng-chṳn (Hakka) (1940–) | 20 December 1985 | 20 December 1989 | Kuomintang | 10 |
| 7 | You Ching 尤清 Yóu Qīng (Mandarin) Yù Chhîn (Hakka) (1942–) | 20 December 1989 | 20 December 1993 | Democratic Progressive Party | 11 |
| 7 | You Ching 尤清 Yóu Qīng (Mandarin) Yù Chhîn (Hakka) (1942–) | 20 December 1993 | 20 December 1997 | Democratic Progressive Party | 12 |
| 8 | Su Tseng-chang 蘇貞昌 Sū Zhēnchāng (Mandarin) Sû Chṳ̂n-chhông (Hakka) (1947–) | 20 December 1997 | 20 December 2001 | Democratic Progressive Party | 13 |
| 8 | Su Tseng-chang 蘇貞昌 Sū Zhēnchāng (Mandarin) Sû Chṳ̂n-chhông (Hakka) (1947–) | 20 December 2001 | 20 May 2004 | Democratic Progressive Party | 14 |
| — | Lin Hsi-yao 林錫耀 Lín Xíyào (Mandarin) Lìm Siak-yeu (Hakka) (1961–) | 20 May 2004 | 20 December 2005 | Democratic Progressive Party | 14 |
| 9 | Chou Hsi-wei 周錫瑋 Zhōu Xíwěi (Mandarin) Chû Siak-ví (Hakka) (1958–) | 20 December 2005 | 25 December 2010 | Kuomintang | 15 |

### Mayor of New Taipei

| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Term |
| 1 | Eric Chu 朱立倫 Zhū Lìlún (Mandarin) Chû Li̍p-lùn (Hakka) (1961–) | 25 December 2010 | 25 December 2014 | Kuomintang | 1 |
| 1 | Eric Chu 朱立倫 Zhū Lìlún (Mandarin) Chû Li̍p-lùn (Hakka) (1961–) | 25 December 2014 | 20 October 2015 | Kuomintang | 2 |
| – | Hou Yu-ih 侯友宜 Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin) Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka) (1956–) | 20 October 2015 | 18 January 2016 | Kuomintang | 2 |
| 1 | Eric Chu 朱立倫 Zhū Lìlún (Mandarin) Chû Li̍p-lùn (Hakka) (1961–) | 18 January 2016 | 25 December 2018 | Kuomintang | 2 |
| 2 | Hou Yu-ih 侯友宜 Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin) Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka) (1956–) | 25 December 2018 | 25 December 2022 | Kuomintang | 3 |
| 2 | Hou Yu-ih 侯友宜 Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin) Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka) (1956–) | 25 December 2022 | 23 September 2023 | Kuomintang | 4 |
| – | Liu Ho-jan 劉和然 Liú Hérán (Mandarin) (1966–) | 23 September 2023 | 14 January 2024 | | 4 |
| 2 | Hou Yu-ih 侯友宜 Hóu Yŏuyí (Mandarin) Hèu Yû-ngì (Hakka) (1956–) | 14 January 2024 | Incumbent | Kuomintang | 4 |