From the period of the Dutch occupation of Taiwan, through rule by Cheng Cheng-kung, Ching dynasty governors, and Japanese colonial governors-general, to the various types of governors of the post-WW Ⅱ Republic of China, Taiwan has had 164 different executives over its 400 years of recorded history.
從荷據時代伊始，歷經鄭氏王朝、清朝道台、巡撫，乃至於日本總督、國民政府行政長官、省主席，台灣近四百年開發史，大大小小經歷了一百六十四位官派行政首長。