The Mayor of Tainan is the head of the
Tainan City Government,
Taiwan
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and is elected to a four-year term. The current mayor is
Huang Wei-cher
Huang Wei-che (; born 26 September 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2018. Huang is the incumbent Mayor of Tainan since 25 December 2018 after winning the title during the 2018 local elections ...
of the
Democratic Progressive Party
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since 25 December 2018.
Titles of the Mayor
List of Mayors
This list includes only those persons who served as mayors of
Tainan
Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" ...
City after the end of
World War II
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, during the
Post-War era
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of
Taiwan
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. The first two mayors served were appointed by the central
government of the Republic of China
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(
Taiwan
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).
The numerals indicate the consecutive time in office served by a single elected mayor. For example,
Su Nan-cheng served two consecutive terms and is counted as the tenth mayor (not the eighth and ninth). Yeh Ting-kuei served three non-consecutive terms and is counted chronologically as the 3rd, the 5th, and the 7th mayor. Because of this, the list below contains 14 mayoralties, but only 12 people.
Mayor of Tainan (Provincial city)
Appointed mayors
Elected mayors
Mayor of Tainan (Special municipality)
Timeline
See also
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Tainan City Government
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Tainan City Council
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Tainan City
Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of hist ...
References
External links
Tainan City Government
{{Heads of the local governments in Taiwan
Tainan
Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" ...
Government of Tainan