The Mayor of New Taipei is the chief political executive of the city of New Taipei 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 ...

. The mayor, a new position created when the predecessor entity of New Taipei, Taipei County, was elevated to a

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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 Hou Yu-ih (; born 7 June 1957), also romanized Hou You-yi, is a Taiwanese politician. He has served as Director-General of the National Police Agency from 2006 to 2008 and as acting mayor of New Taipei City from October 2015 to January 2016. H ...

of the

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Titles of the Mayor

List of mayors

Taipei County Magistrate

Mayor of New Taipei

Timeline

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