This articlelists the current magistrates and mayors, the head of government, of theprimary administrative divisions of theRepublic of China (Taiwan). Following the dissolution of the provincial governments in 2018 after the 1998 streamlining of its provinces,[1] local autonomous bodies including the 6special municipalities and 2titular provinces along with 13counties and 3autonomous municipalities are directly administered by the central government (Executive Yuan) according to theLocal Government Act.[2][3]Executive branch of the local autonomous bodies are led by amayor ormagistrate.[4] 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]
Currently, except for Hsinchu City all of the mayors of special municipalities and provincial cities and all of the county magistrates in the republic have won in the2022 mayoral and magistratical elections and were sworn into office on 25 December 2022. Of the twenty-two current incumbents, nine are women—Lu Shiow-yen in Taichung City andHuang Min-hui in Chiayi City, as well as all seven magistrates for counties in central Taiwan and along the east coast.Yang Wen-ke of Hsinchu County is the oldest official (74 years, 329 days of age), while Hsinchu City'sAndy Chiu is the youngest (44 years, 65 days old). Fourteen incumbents belong to theKuomintang, five from theDemocratic Progressive Party, two from theTaiwan People's Party, and one is non-partisan.
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| Office and division (past officeholders) | Name | Portrait | Date of birth (Age) | Party | Ref | |
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| Mayor of New Taipei City (list) | Hou You-yi |  | 7 June 1957 (68 years, 252 days) | Kuomintang | ||
| Mayor of Taipei City (list) | Chiang Wan-an | .jpg) | 26 December 1978 (47 years, 50 days) | Kuomintang | [5] | |
| Mayor of Taoyuan City (list) | Chang San-cheng |  | 24 June 1954 (71 years, 235 days) | Kuomintang | [6] | |
| Mayor of Taichung City (list) | Lu Shiow-yen |  | 31 August 1961 (64 years, 167 days) | Kuomintang | [7] | |
| Mayor of Tainan City (list) | Huang Wei-cher |  | 26 September 1963 (62 years, 141 days) | Democratic Progressive Party | [8] | |
| Mayor of Kaohsiung City (list) | Chen Chi-mai |  | 23 December 1964 (61 years, 53 days) | Democratic Progressive Party | [9] | |
| Acting Magistrate of Yilan County (list) | Lin Mao-sheng |  | 1967 (age 58–59) | Independent | [10] | |
| Magistrate of Hsinchu County (list) | Yang Wen-ke |  | 22 March 1951 (74 years, 329 days) | Kuomintang | ||
| Magistrate of Miaoli County (list) | Chung Tung-chin |  | 2 January 1963 (63 years, 43 days) | Independent | [11] | |
| Magistrate of Changhua County (list) | Wang Huei-mei | .jpg) | 22 November 1968 (57 years, 84 days) | Kuomintang | ||
| Magistrate of Nantou County (list) | Hsu Shu-hua | .jpg) | 15 October 1975 (50 years, 122 days) | Kuomintang | [12] | |
| Magistrate of Yunlin County (list) | Chang Li-shan |  | 1 January 1964 (62 years, 44 days) | Kuomintang | [13] | |
| Magistrate of Chiayi County (list) | Weng Chang-liang |  | 19 March 1965 (60 years, 332 days) | Democratic Progressive Party | ||
| Magistrate of Pingtung County (list) | Chou Chun-mi |  | 1 November 1966 (59 years, 105 days) | Democratic Progressive Party | [14] | |
| Magistrate of Taitung County (list) | April Yao |  | 23 November 1969 (56 years, 83 days) | Kuomintang | ||
| Magistrate of Hualien County (list) | Hsu Chen-wei | .jpg) | 12 October 1968 (57 years, 125 days) | Kuomintang | ||
| Magistrate of Penghu County (list) | Chen Kuang-fu | .jpg) | 25 October 1955 (70 years, 112 days) | Democratic Progressive Party | ||
| Mayor of Keelung City (list) | George Hsieh |  | 5 October 1975 (50 years, 132 days) | Kuomintang | [15] | |
| Mayor of Hsinchu City (list) | Ann Kao |  | 25 January 1984 (42 years, 20 days) | Independent | [16] | |
| Mayor of Chiayi City (list) | Huang Min-hui |  | 20 January 1959 (67 years, 25 days) | Kuomintang | [17] | |
| Magistrate of Kinmen County (list) | Chen Fu-hai |  | 3 June 1963 (62 years, 256 days) | Taiwan People's Party | [18] | |
| Magistrate of Lienchiang County (list) | Wang Chung-ming |  | 27 February 1958 (67 years, 352 days) | Kuomintang | [19] | |
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