Mayor of the City of New Taipei | |
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Term length | 4 years; may serve 1 consecutive terms |
Inaugural holder | Eric Chu |
Formation | 25 December 2010 |
Website | www.ntpc.gov.tw |
The Mayor of New Taipei is the chief political executive of the city of New Taipei in Taiwan. The mayor, a new position created when New Taipei's predecessor entity Taipei County was upgraded to a special municipality in 2010, is elected to a four-year term. The equivalent position in the former county was Taipei County Magistrate. The mayor is Eric Chu, Hou You-yi temporarily replaced Eric Chu from 20 October 2015 until 18 January 2016 due to the 2016 Republic of China presidential campaign.
Kuomintang (KMT) Dem. Progressive Party (DPP)