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{{Short description|Head of Tainan, Taiwan}}
{{see also|List of magistrates of Tainan County}}
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The '''Mayor of Tainan''' is the head of the [[Tainan City Government]], [[Taiwan]] and is elected to a four-year term. The current mayor is [[Huang Wei-cher]] of the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] since 25 December 2018.

== Titles of the Mayor ==
{|
!Date!!English!!Characters!![[Japanese language|Japanese]]!![[Taiwanese Mandarin|Mandarin]]!![[Taiwanese Hokkien|Taiwanese]]!![[Taiwanese Hakka|Hakka]]
|-
|Oct 1920–Oct 1940||rowspan=3|Mayor of Tainan||{{large|{{lang|ja|臺南市市尹}}}}||Tainan-shi Shiin||rowspan=2| ||Tâi-lâm-chhī Chhī-ún||Thòi-nàm-sṳ Sṳ-yún
|-
|Oct 1940–Oct 1945||{{large|{{lang|ja|臺南市市長}}}}||Tainan-shi Shichō||rowspan=2|Tâi-lâm-chhī<br>Chhī-tiúⁿ||rowspan=2|Thòi-nàm-sṳ<br>Sṳ-chhòng
|-
|Oct 1945–present||{{large|{{lang|zh-tw|臺南市市長}}}}|| ||Táinán Shì Shìzhǎng
|}

== List of Mayors ==
This list includes only those persons who served as mayors of [[Tainan]] City after the end of [[World War II]], during the [[Taiwan after World War II|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.

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{{legend2|{{party color|non-partisan}}|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]/ unknown|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Progressive Party}}|[[Democratic Progressive Party]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

=== Mayor of Tainan (Provincial city)===
====Appointed mayors====
{| class="wikitable"
|--
! №
! Portrait
! width="150"|Name<br/><small>(Birth–Death)</small>
! colspan=2 width="300"|Term of Office
! width="150"|Political Party
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" | 1
| 
| align=center| '''[[Han Lien-he]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh-hant|韓聯和}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Hán Liánhé}}<br/>(?-?)</small>
| 26 November 1945 || 26 August 1946
| [[Kuomintang]]
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" | 2
| 
| align=center| '''[[Chuo Kao-hsuen]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh|卓高煊}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Zhuó Gāoxuān}}<br/>(?-?)</small>
| 26 August 1946 || 1 February 1951
| [[Kuomintang]]
|--
|}

====Elected mayors====
{| class="wikitable"
|--
! №
! Portrait
! width="150"|Name<br/><small>(Birth–Death)</small>
! colspan=2 width="300"|Term of Office
! width = "50" | Term
! width="100"|Political Party
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|non-partisan}}; color:black; border-bottom:1px solid {{party color|non-partisan}};" |
| rowspan=3|
| align=center rowspan=3| '''[[Yeh Ting-kuei]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh-hant|葉廷珪}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Yè Tíngguī}}<br/>(1905-1977)</small>
| rowspan=3| 1 February 1951 || rowspan=3| 2 June 1954<ref name=lost>Lost reelection.</ref>
|rowspan=3 |1
| Independent
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white; border-bottom:1px solid {{party color|Kuomintang}};" | 3
| [[Kuomintang]] 
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|non-partisan}}; color:black;" border-bottom:1 px solid {{party color|non-partisan}} |
| Independent<ref>Left KMT to run for reelection.</ref>
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" | 4
| 
| align=center| '''[[Yang Ching]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh-hant|楊請}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Yáng Qǐng}}<br/>(1906–1971)</small>
| 2 June 1954 || 2 June 1957<ref name=lost />
|2
| [[Kuomintang]]
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|non-partisan}}; color:black;" | 5
| 
| align=center| '''[[Yeh Ting-kuei]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh-hant|葉廷珪}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Yè Tíngguī}}<br/>(1905-1977)</small>
| 2 June 1957 || 2 June 1960<ref name=lost />
|3
| Independent
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" | 6
| 
| align=center| '''[[Hsin Wen-bing]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh|辛文炳}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Xīn Wénbǐng}}<br/>(1912–1999)</small>
| 2 June 1960 || 2 June 1964<ref>Term extended to 4 years.</ref>
|4
| [[Kuomintang]]
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|non-partisan}}; color:black; border-bottom:1px solid {{party color|non-partisan}};" valign=bottom| 7
| rowspan=2|
| align=center rowspan=2| '''[[Yeh Ting-kuei]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh-hant|葉廷珪}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Yè Tíngguī}}<br/>(1905-1977)</small>
| rowspan=2| 2 June 1964 || rowspan=2| 2 June 1968 
|rowspan=2 |5
| Independent
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" | 
| [[Kuomintang]]<ref>Joined KMT in 1965.</ref>
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" | 8
| 
| align=center| '''[[Lin Hsi-shan (Tainan)|Lin Hsi-shan]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh-hant|林錫山}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Lín Xíshān}}<br/>(1928–?)</small>
| 2 June 1968 || 1 February 1973<ref>Term extended to accommodate joint elections.</ref>
|6
| [[Kuomintang]]
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" | 9
| 
| align=center| '''[[Chang Li-tang]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh-hant|張麗堂}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Zhāng Lìtáng}}<br/>(1935–)</small>
| 1 February 1973 || 20 December 1977
|7
| [[Kuomintang]]
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|non-partisan}}; color:black; border-bottom:1px solid {{party color|non-partisan}};"  rowspan=2| 10
| rowspan=3 align=center| [[File:議長蘇南成先生玉照 (國民大會實錄).jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=3 align=center| '''[[Su Nan-cheng]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh-hant|蘇南成}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Sū Nánchéng}}<br/>(1936–2014)</small>
| 20 December 1977 || 20 December 1981
|8
| rowspan=2|Independent
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
| rowspan=2| 20 December 1981 || rowspan=2 |30 May 1985<ref>Left office to serve as Kaohsiung mayor.</ref>
| rowspan=3| 9
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" |
|[[Kuomintang]]<ref>Joined KMT in 1982.</ref>
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" | —
| align=center| [[File:陳癸淼.jpg|80px]]
| align=center| '''[[Chen Kuei-miao]]'''<ref name=act>As acting.</ref><ref>Provincial council member.</ref><br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh-hant|陳癸淼}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Chén Guǐmiǎo}}<br/>(1934–2014)</small>
| 30 May 1985 || 20 December 1985
| [[Kuomintang]]
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" | 11
| align=center| [[File:Seal of Tainan City (1978-2014).svg|80px]]
| align=center| '''[[Lin Wen-hsiung]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh|林文雄}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Lín Wénxióng}}<br/>(1942–)</small>
| 20 December 1985 || 20 December 1989<ref>Retired.</ref>
|10
| [[Kuomintang]]
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| 12
| rowspan=2 align=center|[[File:第六屆立法委員選舉候選人施治明.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=2 align=center| '''[[Shih Chih-ming]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh|施治明}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Shī Zhìmíng}}<br/>(1952–)</small>
| 20 December 1989 || 20 December 1993
|11
| rowspan=2|[[Kuomintang]]
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
| 20 December 1993 || 20 December 1997 
|12
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white; border-bottom:1px solid {{party color|Democratic Progressive Party}};" valign=bottom| 13
| rowspan=2 align=center|[[File:第十四屆台南市長選舉候選人張燦鍙.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=2 align=center| '''[[George Chang]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh-hant|張燦鍙}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Zhāng Cànhòng}}<br/>(1936–)</small>
| rowspan=2| 20 December 1997 || rowspan=2| 20 December 2001<ref name=lost />
| rowspan=2| 13
| [[Democratic Progressive Party]]<ref>First DPP mayor of Tainan.</ref>
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|non-partisan}}; " | 
| Independent<ref>Left DPP to run for reelection.</ref>
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| 14
| rowspan=2 align=center|[[File:Hsu Tain-Tsair.jpg|80px]]
| rowspan=2 align=center| '''[[Hsu Tain-tsair]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh-hant|許添財}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Xǔ Tiāncái}}<br/>(1951–)</small>
| 20 December 2001 || 20 December 2005
|14
| rowspan=2|[[Democratic Progressive Party]]
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
| 20 December 2005 || 25 December 2010<ref>Term extended for joint elections with special municipalities.</ref>
|15
|--
|}

=== Mayor of Tainan (Special municipality)===

{| class="wikitable"
|--
! №
! Portrait
! width="150"|Name<br/><small>(Birth–Death)</small>
! colspan=2 width="300"|Term of Office
! width = "50" | Term
! width="100"|Political Party
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white;" | 1
| align="center" |[[File:賴清德市長.jpg|80px]]
| align="center" | '''[[William Lai|Lai Ching-te]]'''<br/><small>'''([[William Lai]])'''</small><br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh-hant|賴清德}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Lài Qīngdé}}<br/>(1958–)</small>
| 25 December 2010
25 December 2014
| 25 December 2014
7 September 2017 <ref>Left office to serve as Premier.</ref>
|1
|[[Democratic Progressive Party]]
|-- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
! style="background:{{party color|non-partisan}}; color:black;" | —
| align="center" |[[File:李孟諺之肖像.jpg|80px]]
| align="center" |'''[[Li Meng-yen]]'''<ref name="act" /><ref>Secretary-general of the Mayor's Office.</ref><br /><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh-hant|李孟諺}}</span><br /><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Lǐ Mèngyàn}}<br />(1966–)</small>
| 8 September 2017 || 25 December 2018

| 2
|Independent
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white;" rowspan=4| 2
| align=center rowspan=4|[[File:Huang Wei-Che-1-by Ring Chang (cropped).jpg|80px]]
| align=center rowspan=4| '''[[Huang Wei-che]]'''<br/><span style="font-size:125%;">{{lang|zh-hant|黃偉哲}}</span><br/><small>{{lang|zh-Latn|Huáng Wěizhé}}<br/>(1963–)</small>
| 25 December 2018 || 25 December 2022
|3
| rowspan=4|[[Democratic Progressive Party]]
|--
|-- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
| 25 December 2022 || ''Incumbent''
|4
|}

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==See also==
* [[Tainan City Government]]
* [[Tainan City Council]]
* [[Tainan|Tainan City]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Mayors of Tainan City}}
* [http://www.tainan.gov.tw Tainan City Government]

{{Heads of the local governments in Taiwan}}

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