Mayor of Tainan

William Lai, incumbent Mayor of Tainan City

This list includes only those persons who served as mayors of Tainan City after the end of World War II, during the Post-War era of Taiwan. The first two mayors served were appointed by the central government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

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.

List of Mayors

  Kuomintang   Independent   Democratic Progressive Party

Mayor of Tainan (Provincial city)

Appointed mayors

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Political Party
1		Han Lien-he 韓聯和 Hán Liánhé (?-?)	26 November 1945	26 August 1946	Kuomintang
2		Chuo Kao-hsuen 卓高煊 Zhuó Gāoxuān (?-?)	26 August 1946	1 February 1951	Kuomintang

Elected mayors

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Term	Political Party
		Yeh Ting-kuei 葉廷珪 Yè Tíngguī (1905-1977)	1 February 1951	2 June 1954 [1]	1	Independent
3						Kuomintang
	Independent [2]
4		Yang Ching 楊請 Yáng Qǐng (1906–1971)	2 June 1954	2 June 1957 [1]	2	Kuomintang
5		Yeh Ting-kuei 葉廷珪 Yè Tíngguī (1905-1977)	2 June 1957	2 June 1960 [1]	3	Independent
6		Shin Wen-bing 辛文炳 Xīn Wénbǐng (1912–1999)	2 June 1960	2 June 1964 [3]	4	Kuomintang
7		Yeh Ting-kuei 葉廷珪 Yè Tíngguī (1905-1977)	2 June 1964	2 June 1968	5	Independent
	Kuomintang [4]
8		Lin Hsi-shan 林錫山 Lín Xíshān (1928–?)	2 June 1968	1 February 1973 [5]	6	Kuomintang
9		Chang Li-tang 張麗堂 Zhāng Lìtáng (1935–)	1 February 1973	20 December 1977	7	Kuomintang
10		Su Nan-cheng 蘇南成 Sū Nánchéng (1936–2014)	20 December 1977	20 December 1981	8	Independent
			20 December 1981	30 May 1985 [6]	9
						Kuomintang [7]
-		Chen Kuei-miao[8][9] 陳癸淼 Chén Guǐmiǎo (1934–2014)	30 May 1985	20 December 1985	Kuomintang
11		Lin Wen-hsun 林文雄 Lín Wénxióng (1942–)	20 December 1985	20 December 1989 [10]	10	Kuomintang
12		Shih Chih-ming 施治明 Shī Zhìmíng (1952–)	20 December 1989	20 December 1993	11	Kuomintang
			20 December 1993	20 December 1997	12
13		George Chang 張燦鍙 Zhāng Cànhòng (1936–)	20 December 1997	20 December 2001[1]	13	Democratic Progressive Party[11]
						Independent [12]
14		Hsu Tain-tsair 許添財 Xǔ Tiāncái (1951–)	20 December 2001	20 December 2005	14	Democratic Progressive Party
			20 December 2005	25 December 2010 [13]	15

Mayor of Tainan (Special municipality)

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of Office		Term	Political Party
1		Lai Ching-te (William Lai) 賴清德 Lài Qīngdé (1959–)	25 December 2010	25 December 2014	1	Democratic Progressive Party
			25 December 2014	Incumbent	2

1. Lost reelection.
2. Left KMT to run for reelection.
3. Term extended to 4 years.
4. Joined KMT in 1965.
5. Term extended to accommodate joint elections.
6. Left office to serve as Kaohsiung mayor.
7. Joined KMT in 1982.
8. As acting.
9. Provincial council member.
10. Retired.
11. First DPP mayor of Tainan.
12. Left DPP to run for reelection.
13. Term extended for joint elections with special municipalities.

References

• Mayors of Tainan - Memo.com.tw
• Tainan City Government