Taoyuan City Council

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Taoyuan City Council
桃園市議會
Type
Type
Leadership
Speaker
Chi Yi-sheng[1]
since 2010 (Taoyuan County Council)
Deputy Speaker
Li Hsiao-chung
since 2010 (Taoyuan County Council)
Structure
Seats60[2][3]
Political groups
  KMT (32)
  DPP (18)
  Independent (11)
  NPP (1)
  Green Party (1)
Elections
Single non-transferable vote
Last election
2018
Meeting place
The Building of Taoyuan City Council
Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Website
Official website

The Taoyuan City Council (TYCC; traditional Chinese: 桃園市議會; simplified Chinese: 桃园市议会; pinyin: Táoyuán Shì Yìhuì) is the elected municipal council of Taoyuan City, Republic of China (Taiwan). The council composes of 60 councillors elected once every four years by single non-transferable vote, most recently in the 2022 Taiwanese local elections on 26 November 2022.

History

The council was established on 21 January 1951 as Taoyuan County Council.[4] On 25 December 2014, the council was promoted in status to Taoyuan City Council after Taoyuan County becomes a special municipality.

Current composition

Since the local elections in 2014, the council was composed as follows:[5]

Composition of Taoyuan City Council
Party Groups Seats
Kuomintang
("Chinese Nationalist Party") 		29
Democratic Progressive Party
Mínzhǔ Jìnbù Dǎng 		18
Non-Partisan Solidarity Union
Wúdǎng Tuánjié Liánméng 		3
Green Party Taiwan
Táiwān Lǜ Dǎng 		1
Taiwan Solidarity Union
Táiwān Tuánjié Liánméng 		1
Independent 5
Total 57


Organization

Committees

  • First Examination Team
  • Second Examination Team
  • Third Examination Team
  • Fourth Examination Team
  • Fifth Examination Team
  • Sixth Examination Team
  • Procedural Examination Team
  • Discipline Committee

Departments

  • Agenda Procedure Division
  • General Affairs Division
  • Legal Affairs Office
  • Information and Library Office
  • Public Relationship Office
  • Accounting Office
  • Personnel Office[6]

Speakers

Taoyuan County Council

  • Tseng Chung-yi (2002-2010)
  • Chi Yi-sheng (2010-2014)

Taoyuan City Council

  • Chi Yi-sheng (2014-)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Taoyuan Country Council - Chiefs of the speaker". Tycc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. ^ "Taoyuan Country Council - Councilors". Tycc.gov.tw. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  3. ^ "2014 Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  4. ^ "Taoyuan Country Council - History". Tycc.gov.tw. 1951-01-07. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  5. ^ "桃園市議會全球資訊網". 22 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Taoyuan Country Council - Departments". Tycc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

External links

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