List of county magistrates of Changhua
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The Changhua County Magistrate is the chief executive of the Changhua County government in Taiwan. Initially magistrates were appointed by the Taiwan Provincial Government, but from 1951 the role has been directly elected by the population of Changhua County. The current magistrate is Wang Huei-mei of Kuomintang since 25 December 2018.
Appointed magistrates
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! colspan="2"|Term ! Name ! Political party ! colspan="2"|Term of office ! Notes |
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| align="center"|1 | 21 December 1950 | 7 February 1951 | |
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| align="center"|acting | 7 February 1951 | 1 June 1951 | |
Directly elected magistrates
In the multi-party era (1987 onwards) the post has been held five times by the Kuomintang and thrice by the Democratic Progressive Party. Under current rules magistrates serve four-year terms, and can stand for re-election once.
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! № ! Portrait ! width="150"|Name ! colspan=2 width="300"|Term of Office ! width="50"| Term ! width = "100" | Political Party | |
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! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" rowspan=3| 1 |rowspan=3| 80px |rowspan=3| Chen Hsi-ching | 1 June 1951 | 2 June 1954
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| 2 June 1954 | 2 June 1957
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| 2 June 1957 | 2 June 1960
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! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| 2 |rowspan=2| 80px |rowspan=2|Lu Shih-ming | 2 June 1960 | 2 June 1964 Term extended to 4 years.
| 4 |rowspan=2| Kuomintang |
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| 2 June 1964 | 2 June 1968
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! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" | 3 | 80px | Chen Shih-ying | 2 June 1968 | 7 June 1971 Appointed to a Provincial Government post
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! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" | — | 80px | Li Feng-chihAs acting, provincial council member. | 7 June 1971 | 1 February 1973 Term extended to accommodate joint elections. |
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! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| 4 |rowspan=2| 80px |rowspan=2| Wu Jung-hsing | 1 February 1973 | 20 December 1977
| 7 |rowspan=2| Kuomintang |
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| 20 December 1977 | 20 December 1981
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! style="background:{{party color|non-partisan}}; color:black;" rowspan=2| 5 |rowspan=2| 80px |rowspan=2| George HuangFirst non-KMT party member to hold the post | 20 December 1981 | 30 May 1985
| 9 |rowspan=2| Independent |
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| 20 December 1985 | 20 December 1989
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! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white;" | 6 | 80px | Chou Ching-yuFirst magistrate of the multi-party era; first DPP magistrate; first female magistrate | 20 December 1989 | 20 December 1993Lost reelection.
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! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| 7 |rowspan=2| 80px |rowspan=2| Juan Kang-meng | 20 December 1993 | 20 December 1997
|12 |rowspan=2| Kuomintang |
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| 20 December 1997 | 20 December 2001
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! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white;" | 8 | 80px | Wong Chin-chu | 20 December 2001 | 20 December 2005
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! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" rowspan=2| 9 |rowspan=2| 80px |rowspan=2| Cho Po-yuan | 20 December 2005 | 20 December 2009
| 15 |rowspan=2| Kuomintang |
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| 20 December 2009 | 25 December 2014 Term extended for joint elections with special municipalities.
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! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Progressive Party}}; color:white;" |10 | 80px | Wei Ming-ku | 25 December 2014 | 25 December 2018
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! style="background:{{party color|Kuomintang}}; color:white;" rowspan=2|11 | rowspan=2|80px | rowspan=2|Wang Huei-mei | 25 December 2018 | 25 December 2022
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| 25 December 2022 | Incumbent
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