The Mayor of Kaohsiung is the head of the

Kaohsiung City Government The Kaohsiung City Government is the municipal government of Kaohsiung. It was formed after the merger of Kaohsiung County and Kaohsiung City in December 2010. Its chief administrator is the directly elected Mayor of Kaohsiung. History In ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

and is elected to a four-year term. The current mayor is

Chen Chi-mai Chen Chi-mai (; born December 23, 1964) is a Taiwanese politician and the current Mayor of Kaoshiung since August 24, 2020. He has served as spokesperson of the Democratic Progressive Party and the chief executive officer of its Policy Research ...

who took office since 24 August 2020.

Titles

List of mayors

Prefectural city era (appointed mayors)

During this era, Kaohsiung was called . All of the mayors were appointed by the Empire of Japan.

Provincial city era (appointed mayors)

Provincial city era (directly elected mayors)

Special municipality era (appointed mayors)

Special municipality era (directly elected mayors)

Special municipality era (consolidated Kaohsiung)

Timeline

Notes

References

External links

{{Kaohsiung mayors

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...