# List of magistrates and mayors in Taiwan

This article lists the current magistrates and mayors, the head of government, of the primary administrative divisions of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Following the dissolution of the provincial governments in 2018 after the 1998 streamlining of its provinces, local autonomous bodies including the 6 special municipalities and 2 titular provinces along with 13 counties and 3 autonomous municipalities are directly administered by the central government (Executive Yuan) according to the Local Government Act. Executive branch of the local autonomous bodies are led by a mayor or magistrate. Each mayor or magistrate is elected by the population of their corresponding division with a maximum term of four years and the possibility of reelection to one more term.
Currently, except for Hsinchu City all of the mayors of special municipalities and provincial cities and all of the county magistrates in the republic have won in the 2022 mayoral and magistratical elections and were sworn into office on 25 December 2022. Of the twenty-two current incumbents, nine are women—Lu Shiow-yen in Taichung City and Huang Min-hui in Chiayi City, as well as all seven magistrates for counties in central Taiwan and along the east coast. Yang Wen-ke of Hsinchu County is the oldest official (73 years, 201 days of age), while Hsinchu City's Andy Chiu is the youngest (42 years, 303 days old). Fourteen incumbents belong to the Kuomintang, five from the Democratic Progressive Party, two from the Taiwan People's Party, and one is non-partisan.

## Magistrates and mayors

| Office and division (past officeholders) | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Party |
| Mayor of New Taipei City (list) | Hou You-yi | 7 June 1957 (67 years, 124 days) | Kuomintang |
| Mayor of Taipei City (list) | Chiang Wan-an | 26 December 1978 (45 years, 288 days) | Kuomintang |
| Mayor of Taoyuan City (list) | Chang San-cheng | 24 June 1954 (70 years, 107 days) | Kuomintang |
| Mayor of Taichung City (list) | Lu Shiow-yen | 31 August 1961 (63 years, 39 days) | Kuomintang |
| Mayor of Tainan City (list) | Huang Wei-cher | 26 September 1963 (61 years, 13 days) | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Mayor of Kaohsiung City (list) | Chen Chi-mai | 23 December 1964 (59 years, 291 days) | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Magistrate of Yilan County (list) | Lin Zi-miao | 28 January 1952 (72 years, 255 days) | Kuomintang |
| Magistrate of Hsinchu County (list) | Yang Wen-ke | 22 March 1951 (73 years, 201 days) | Kuomintang |
| Magistrate of Miaoli County (list) | Chung Tung-chin | 2 January 1963 (61 years, 281 days) | Independent |
| Magistrate of Changhua County (list) | Wang Huei-mei | 22 November 1968 (55 years, 322 days) | Kuomintang |
| Magistrate of Nantou County (list) | Hsu Shu-hua | 15 October 1975 (48 years, 360 days) | Kuomintang |
| Magistrate of Yunlin County (list) | Chang Li-shan | 1 January 1964 (60 years, 282 days) | Kuomintang |
| Magistrate of Chiayi County (list) | Weng Chang-liang | 19 March 1965 (59 years, 204 days) | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Magistrate of Pingtung County (list) | Chou Chun-mi | 1 November 1966 (57 years, 343 days) | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Magistrate of Taitung County (list) | April Yao | 23 November 1969 (54 years, 321 days) | Kuomintang |
| Magistrate of Hualien County (list) | Hsu Chen-wei | 12 October 1968 (55 years, 363 days) | Kuomintang |
| Magistrate of Penghu County (list) | Chen Kuang-fu | 25 October 1955 (68 years, 350 days) | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Mayor of Keelung City (list) | George Hsieh | 5 October 1975 (49 years, 4 days) | Kuomintang |
| Acting Mayor of Hsinchu City (list) | Andy Chiu | 11 December 1981 (42 years, 303 days) | Taiwan People's Party |
| Mayor of Chiayi City (list) | Huang Min-hui | 20 January 1959 (65 years, 263 days) | Kuomintang |
| Magistrate of Kinmen County (list) | Chen Fu-hai | 3 June 1963 (61 years, 128 days) | Taiwan People's Party |
| Magistrate of Lienchiang County (list) | Wang Chung-ming | 27 February 1958 (66 years, 225 days) | Kuomintang |