List of magistrates and mayors in Taiwan

This article lists the current magistrates and mayors, the head of government, of the 22 primary administrative divisions of Taiwan. After the streamlining of provinces in 1998,[1] local autonomous bodies including the 6 special municipalities, 13 counties and 3 provincial cities are directly administrated by the central government (Executive Yuan) according to the Local Government Act.[2][3] 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.[2]

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A map showing political parties of magistrates and mayors in Taiwan

  Democratic Progressive Party

  Kuomintang

  Taiwan People's Party

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Currently, except for the mayor of Kaohsiung, all of the mayors of special municipalities and provincial cities and all of the county magistrates in the republic have won in the 2018 mayoral and magistratical elections and were sworn into office on 25 December 2018. Of the twenty-two current incumbents, seven are women—Lu Shiow-yen in Taichung City and Huang Min-hui in Chiayi City, as well as Wang Huei-mei in Changhua County, Chang Li-shan in Yunlin County, and all three magistrates for counties along the east coast. Lin Ming-chen of Nantou County is the oldest official (69 years, 356 days of age), while Hsinchu City's Lin Chih-chien is the youngest (45 years, 252 days old). Fourteen incumbents belong to the Kuomintang, seven from the Democratic Progressive Party, and one from the Taiwan People's Party.