 She was elected to her second mayoral term on 5 December 2009 and took office on 20 December 2009.Huang announced her candidacy for the Chiayi mayoral primary in January 2018.Huang Min-hui was appointed acting chairperson of the KMT on 18 January 2016 after Eric Chu resigned to accept responsibility for the KMT's poor results in the 2016 presidential and legislative election.