After Taipei City, New Taipei City mayor is a top jumping-off point for a presidential run, or future premiership. Candidate for New Taipei City mayor Hammer Lee. Lee’s Facebook description reads: “Road leveling, streetlights, sewage system, step by step working pragmatically, as Taipei City deputy mayor. HUANG KUO-CHANGCandidate for New Taipei City mayor Su Chiao-hui, a legislator and the daughter of heavyweight politician Su Tseng-chang. After gaining experience as a deputy mayor of Taipei County (then New Taipei City) he was sent to Kaohsiung to serve under newly elected Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), and finally under Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安).

Source: Taipei Times March 13, 2026 16:52 UTC