Kaohsiung City Government

Kaohsiung City Government
Agency overview
高雄市政府
Kaohsiung City Hall
Formed	25 December 2010
Jurisdiction	Kaohsiung City
Headquarters	Lingya District (Sihwei Administration Center) Fongshan District (Fongshan Administration Center)
Minister responsible	Chen Chu (DPP), Mayor , Deputy Mayor
Website	www.kcg.gov.tw

Kaohsiung City Hall - Sihwei Administration Center

Kaohsiung City Hall - Fongshan Administration Center

The Kaohsiung City Government (KCG; Chinese: 高雄市政府; pinyin: Gāoxióng Shì Zhèngfǔ) is the top-tier local government administrative body of the Republic of China from December 2010 that governs Kaohsiung City. It consists of a directly elected executive Mayor of Kaohsiung. It replaced the earlier Kaohsiung County Government and Kaohsiung City Government which had covered a much bigger area and governed more citizens.

History

First Kaohsiung City Hall (1924-1939)

Second Kaohsiung City Hall (1939-1992)

In 1924, Takao Town (Japanese: 高雄街) was upgraded to city status, and the Takao City Office was established in modern-day Gushan by the Japanese government which reported directly to Takao Prefecture. The city office building was located at the modern-day Dai Tien Kung temple.

The second city office of Takao was built in 1938 at modern-day Zhongzheng 4th Road, Yancheng District and commissioned on 16 September 1939. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the city office was renamed Kaohsiung City Government and remained the city administrative center until 1992.

A fast-growing population and rapid industrial and commercial development caused the expansion of the city government as well. In 1992, the city government moved to the new city hall building in Xiwei 3rd Road in Lingya District to provide people with better quality of services. The former building at Yancheng District was turned into the Kaohsiung Museum of History which was opened on 25 October 1998.^[1]

Administration

Bureaus

Cultural Affairs Bureau

Fire Bureau

Labor Bureau

Police Department

Public Health Bureau

Civil Affairs Bureau
Finance Bureau
Education Bureau
Economic Development Bureau
Marine Bureau
Agriculture Bureau
Tourism Bureau
Urban Development Bureau
Public Works Bureau
Water Resources Bureau
Social Affairs Bureau
Labor Affairs Bureau
Kaohsiung City Police Department
Fire Bureau
Department of Health
Environmental Protection Bureau
Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
Bureau of Cultural Affairs
Transportation Bureau
Legal Affairs Bureau
Military service Bureau
Land Administration Bureau
Information Bureau

Offices

Secretariat
Department of Budget, Accounting and Statistics
Personnel Department
Civil Service Ethics Office

Commissions

Research, Development and Evaluation Commission
Indigenous Affairs Commission
Hakka Affairs Committee^[2]

Mayor

Main article: List of mayors of Kaohsiung

Chen Chu, the incumbent Mayor of Kaohsiung

The mayor of Kaohsiung City is the chief executive officer of the city. He/she is elected for a four-year term and limited to serving no more than two terms. Under the mayor there are 3 deputy mayors, 1 secretary-general, 2 deputy secretary-generals and 30 principal officers.^[3]

References

External links

Official website

Local government in Taiwan

Special municipalities	Kaohsiung New Taipei Taichung Tainan Taipei Taoyuan

Provincial cities	Chiayi Hsinchu Keelung

Counties	Changhua Chiayi Hsinchu Hualien Kinmen Lienchiang Miaoli Nantou Penghu Pingtung Taitung Yilan Yunlin

Heads of governments of special municipalities, counties and provincial cities in Taiwan

Mayors of special municipalities	Mayors of provincial cities	Magistrates of counties

Kaohsiung (list): Chen Chu (DPP) New Taipei (list): Eric Chu (KMT) Taichung (list): Lin Chia-lung (DPP) Tainan (list): William Lai (DPP) Taipei (list): Ko Wen-je (Ind.) Taoyuan (list): Cheng Wen-tsan (DPP)	Chiayi (list): Twu Shiing-jer (DPP) Hsinchu (list): Lin Chih-chien (DPP) Keelung (list): Lin Yu-chang (DPP)	Changhua (list): Wei Ming-ku (DPP) Chiayi (list): Helen Chang (DPP) Hsinchu (list): Chiu Ching-chun (KMT) Hualien (list): Fu Kun-chi (Ind.) Kinmen (list): Chen Fu-hai (Ind.) Lienchiang (list): Liu Cheng-ying (KMT) Miaoli (list): Hsu Yao-chang (KMT) Nantou (list): Lin Ming-chen (KMT) Penghu (list): Chen Kuang-fu (DPP) Pingtung (list): Pan Men-an (DPP) Taitung (list): Justin Huang (KMT) Yilan (list): Lin Tsung-hsien (DPP) Yunlin (list): Lee Chin-yung (DPP)

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