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The '''[[mayor]] of [[Chiayi]]''' is the chief executive of the government of [[Chiayi City]]. The current mayor is [[Huang Min-hui]] of [[Kuomintang]] since 25 December 2018.

==List of mayors==
This list includes mayors of the city's [[county-administered city|county-administered]] era (1952–1982) and [[Provincial city (Taiwan)|provincial]] era (1982–present). During the city's provincial era, all but one of the city's elected mayors were women.

=== County-administered City era ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="360"| Name
! width="360"| Office
|-
| [[Lai Yuan-ping]] (賴淵平)
| 1952–1954
|-
| [[He Mao-chu]] (何茂取)
| 1954–1960
|-
| [[Su Yu-heng]] (蘇玉衡)
| 1960–1964
|-
| [[Fang Huei-lung]] (方輝龍)
| 1964–1968
|-
| [[Hsu Shih-hsien]] (許世賢)
| 1 March 1968 – 31 October 1972
|-
| (連敏) (acting)
| 31 October 1972 – 1 April 1973
|-
| [[Ruan Chih-tsung]] (阮志聰)
| 1 April 1973 – 1 March 1982
|-
| [[Hsu Shih-hsien]] (許世賢)
| 1 March 1982 – 1 July 1982
|}

=== Provincial City era ===
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{{legend2|{{party color|Kuomintang}}|[[Kuomintang]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Progressive Party}}|[[Democratic Progressive Party]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|--
! №
! Portrait
! width="150"|Name<br><small>(Birth–Death)</small>
! colspan=2 width="300"|Term of Office
! width="100"|Political Party
! width = "50" | Term
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|non-partisan}}; color:black;" | 1
| [[File:嘉義市中正公園許世賢銅像.jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Hsu Shih-hsien]]'''<br><span style="font-size:125%;">許世賢</span><br><small>''Xǔ Shìxián ''<br>(1908-1983)</small> 
| 1 July 1982 || 1 July 1983 <ref>Died in office.</ref>
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|rowspan=3| 1
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;"| --
| [[File:Emblem of Chiayi City.svg|80px]]
| '''Chiang Ching-lin'''<ref name=act>As acting.</ref><ref>Provincial council member.</ref><br><span style="font-size:125%;">江慶林</span><br><small>''Jiāng Qìnglín ''<br>(?-)</small> 
| 1 July 1983 || 15 December 1983 
| [[Kuomintang]]

|- 
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|non-partisan}}; color:black;" rowspan=2| 2
| rowspan=2|[[File:監察院長 張博雅 (cropped).jpg|80px]]
|rowspan=2|'''[[Chang Po-ya]]'''<ref name=daughter>Daughter of Hsu Shih-hsien.</ref><br><span style="font-size:125%;">張博雅</span><br><small>''Zhāng Bóyă ''<br>(1942-)</small> 
| 15 December 1983<ref>Elected in by-election.</ref> || 20 December 1985
|rowspan=2|[[Independent politician|Independent]]

|- 
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
| 20 December 1985 || 20 December 1989
|2
|- 
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|non-partisan}}; color:black;" rowspan=2| 3
|rowspan=2| [[File:張文英肖像.jpg|80px]]
|rowspan=2| '''[[Chang Wen-ying (Chiayi)|Chang Wen-ying]]'''<ref>Elder sister of Chang Po-ya.</ref><br><span style="font-size:125%;">張文英</span><br><small>''Zhāng Wényīng ''<br>(1938-)</small>  
| 20 December 1989 || 20 December 1993
|rowspan=2| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|3
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE 
| 20 December 1993 || 20 December 1997
| 4
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE 
! style="background:{{party color|non-partisan}}; color:black;" |4
| [[File:監察院長 張博雅 (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| '''[[Chang Po-ya]]'''<ref name=daughter /><br><span style="font-size:125%;">張博雅</span><br><small>''Zhāng Bóyă ''<br>(1942-)</small> 
| 20 December 1997 || 22 May 2000 <ref>Left office to serve as Minister of the Interior.</ref>
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|rowspan=2|5
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE 
! style="background:{{party color|non-partisan}}; color:black;" |--
|rowspan=3| [[File:Emblem of Chiayi City.svg|80px]]
|rowspan=3| '''[[Chen Li-chen]]'''<ref name=act /><ref>Deputy mayor.</ref><br><span style="font-size:125%;">陳麗貞</span><br><small>''Chén Lìzhēn ''<br>(1958-)</small> 
| 22 May 2000 || 20 December 2001 
| rowspan=2|[[Independent politician|Independent]]

|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE 
! style="background:{{party color|non-partisan}}; color:black; border-bottom:1px solid {{party color|non-partisan}};" | 5
| rowspan=2|20 December 2001 || rowspan=2|20 December 2005 <ref name=lost>Lost reelection.</ref>
| rowspan=2|6
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE 
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white; " |
|  [[Democratic Progressive Party]]<ref>Joined DPP on 30 March 2003.</ref>
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE 
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| 6
|rowspan=2| [[File:黃敏惠粉絲專頁大頭照 (cropped).jpg|80px]]
|rowspan=2| '''[[Huang Min-hui]]'''<br><span style="font-size:125%;">黃敏惠</span><br><small>''Huáng Mǐnhuì ''<br>(1959-)</small>
| 20 December 2005 || 20 December 2009
|rowspan=2| [[Kuomintang]]
| 7
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE 
| 20 December 2009 || 25 December 2014
| 8
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE 
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white;" | 7
| [[File:ShiingJerTwu醫師袍7.JPG|80px]]
| '''[[Twu Shiing-jer]]'''<ref>First elected male mayor.</ref><br><span style="font-size:125%;">涂醒哲</span><br><small>''Tú Xǐngzhé ''<br>(1951-)</small>
| 25 December 2014 || 25 December 2018 <ref name=lost />
|  [[Democratic Progressive Party]]
| 9
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE 
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| 8
| rowspan=2|[[File:黃敏惠市長.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=2|'''[[Huang Min-hui]]'''<ref>Longest-serving mayor by total tenure.</ref><br><span style="font-size:125%;">黃敏惠</span><br><small>''Huáng Mǐnhuì ''<br>(1959-)</small>
| 25 December 2018 || 25 December 2022
| rowspan=2|[[Kuomintang]]
| 10
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE 
| 25 December 2022 || ''Incumbent''
| 11
|}

==Timeline==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chiayi.gov.tw/a_01_07.asp Mayors - Chiayi City Government] {{in lang|zh}}

{{The current heads of the local government in ROC (Taiwan)}}

[[Category:Lists of mayors of places in Taiwan|Chiayi]]
[[Category:Mayors of Chiayi| ]]