Mayor of Taoyuan

Mayor of the City of Taoyuan
Flag of Taoyuan
Incumbent Chang San-cheng since 25 December 2022
Term length	four years; may serve 1 consecutive terms
Website	www.tycg.gov.tw

The Mayor of Taoyuan is the chief executive of the Taoyuan City Government. Taoyuan City is a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was formerly known as the magistrate of Taoyuan before 25 December 2014 when Taoyuan was still a county. This list includes directly elected magistrates of the county during that time period.

Titles of the Mayor

Date	English	Characters	Mandarin	Taiwanese	Hakka
Oct 1950–Dec 2014	Magistrate of Taoyuan	桃園縣縣長	Táoyuán Xiàn Xiànzhǎng	Thô-hn̂g-koān Koān-tiúⁿ	Thò-yèn-yen Yen-chhòng
Dec 2014–present	Mayor of Taoyuan	桃園市市長	Táoyuán Shì Shìzhǎng	Thô-hn̂g-chhī Chhī-tiúⁿ	Thò-yèn-sṳ Sṳ-chhòng

List of Mayors

Magistrates of Taoyuan County

   Kuomintang    Independent    Democratic Progressive Party

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Term
1		Hsu Chung-teh 徐崇德 Xú Chóngdé (Mandarin) Chhì Chhùng-tet (Hakka) (1900–1985)	1 May 1951	2 June 1954	Kuomintang	1
2 June 1954	2 June 1957	2
2		Chang Fang-hsieh 張芳燮 Zhāng Fāngxiè (Mandarin) Chông Fông-siet (Hakka) (1914–1994)	2 June 1957	2 June 1960	Kuomintang	3
3		Wu Hung-ling 吳鴻麟 Wú Hónglín (Mandarin) Ǹg Fùng-lîn (Hakka) (1899–1995)	2 June 1960	2 June 1964 [a]	Kuomintang	4
4		Chen Chang-shou 陳長壽 Chén Chángshòu (Mandarin) Chhṳ̀n Chhòng-su (Hakka) (1905–1977)	2 June 1964	2 June 1968	Kuomintang	5
5		Hsu Hsin-chih 許新枝 Xǔ Xīnzhī (Mandarin) Hí Sîn-kî (Hakka) (1928–)	2 June 1968	2 June 1972 [b]	Kuomintang	6
–		Lee Shu-yu [c] 李樹猶 Lǐ Shùyóu (Mandarin) Lí Su-yù (Hakka) (1916–2003)	2 June 1972	1 February 1973 [d]	Kuomintang
6		Wu Po-hsiung [e] 吳伯雄 Wú Bóxióng (Mandarin) Ǹg Pak-hiùng (Hakka) (1939–)	1 February 1973	20 December 1976 [f]	Kuomintang	7
–		Weng Chien [c] 翁鈐 Wēng Qián (Mandarin) Vûng Khiàm (Hakka) (1917–1997)	20 December 1976	20 December 1977	Kuomintang
7		Hsu Hsin-liang 許信良 Xǔ Xìnliáng (Mandarin) Hí Sin-liòng (Hakka) (1941–)	20 December 1977	1 July 1979 [g]	Independent	8
–		Yeh Kuo-kuang [c] 葉國光 Yè Guóguāng (Mandarin) Ya̍p Koet-kông (Hakka) (1923–)	1 July 1979	20 December 1981	Kuomintang
8		Hsu Hung-chih 徐鴻志 Xú Hóngzhì (Mandarin) Chhì Fùng-chṳ (Hakka) (1937–2018)	20 December 1981	20 December 1985	Kuomintang	9
20 December 1985	20 December 1989	10
9		Liu Pang-yu 劉邦友 Liú Bāngyǒu (Mandarin) Liù Pâng-yû (Hakka) (1942–1996)	20 December 1989	20 December 1993	Kuomintang	11
20 December 1993	21 November 1996 [h]	12
–			Liao Pen-yang [c] 廖本洋 Liào Běnyáng (Mandarin) Liau Pún-yòng (Hakka) (?–)	21 November 1996	28 March 1997	Kuomintang
10		Annette Lu [i] 呂秀蓮 Lǚ Xiùlián (Mandarin) Lî Siu-lièn (Hakka) (1944–)	28 March 1997	20 December 1997	Democratic Progressive Party
20 December 1997	20 May 2000 [j]	13
–		Hsu Ying-shen [k] [l] 許應深 Xǔ Yìngshēn (Mandarin) Hí En-chhṳ̂m (Hakka) (1948–)	20 May 2000	20 December 2001	Democratic Progressive Party
11		Eric Chu 朱立倫 Zhū Lìlún (Mandarin) Chû Li̍p-lùn (Hakka) (1961–)	20 December 2001	20 December 2005	Kuomintang	14
20 December 2005	10 September 2009 [m]	15
–		Huang Min-kon [n] 黃敏恭 Huáng Mǐngōng (Mandarin) Vòng Men-kiûng (Hakka) (1947–)	10 September 2009	20 December 2009	Kuomintang
12		John Wu [o] 吳志揚 Wú Zhìyáng (Mandarin) Ǹg Chṳ-yòng (Hakka) (1969–)	20 December 2009	25 December 2014 [p]	Kuomintang	16

Mayors of Taoyuan City (special municipality)

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party	Term
1		Cheng Wen-tsan 鄭文燦 Zhèng Wéncàn (Mandarin) Chhiáng Vùn-chhan (Hakka) (1967–)	25 December 2014	25 December 2018	Democratic Progressive Party	1
25 December 2018	25 December 2022	2
2		Chang San-cheng 張善政 Zhāng Shànzhèng (Mandarin) (1954–)	25 December 2022	Incumbent	Kuomintang	3

Timeline

See also

• Taoyuan City Government
• Taoyuan Aerotropolis

Notes

1. Term extended to 4 years.
2. Left office to serve as Taiwan Province Civil Affairs Department Commissioner.
3. As acting; provincial council member.
4. Term extended to accommodate joint elections.
5. Son of Wu Hung-ling.
6. Left office to head the Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Monopoly Bureau.
7. Removed from office.
8. Assassinated.
9. Elected in by-election. First woman and DPP Magistrate of Taoyuan.
10. Resigned before inauguration as vice president of the Republic of China.
11. Nephew of Hsu Hsin-liang.
12. Designated by Executive Yuan as acting.
13. Resigned to become the vice premier of the Republic of China.
14. As acting; deputy magistrate.
15. Son of Wu Po-hsiung.
16. Last Magistrate of Taoyuan. Lost in the first mayor election.

External links

• Media related to Mayors of Taoyuan at Wikimedia Commons
• Taoyuan County Government (in Chinese)
• B-ROCcty