Control Yuan

Control Yuan
監察院
Agency overview
Formed	1931
Jurisdiction	Republic of China
Headquarters	Taipei
Agency executive	Wang Chien-shien, President of the Control Yuan;
Website	http://www.cy.gov.tw/

The Control Yuan (監察院; pinyin: Jiānchá Yùan), one of the five branches of the Republic of China government in Taipei, is an investigatory agency that monitors the other branches of government. It may be compared to the Court of Auditors of the European Union, the Government Accountability Office of the United States, or a standing commission for administrative inquiry.

At the end of 2004 President Chen Shui-bian sent a list of nominees to positions in the Control Yuan to the Legislative Yuan for approval. The Pan-Blue Coalition, which then held a majority in the Legislative Yuan, refused to ratify President Chen's nominees and demanded that he submit a new list. The political deadlock that resulted stopped the Control Yuan from functioning from February 2005 to July 2008. Following the election of President Ma of the Pan-Blue Coalition, the Legislative Yuan ratified a new list of members of the Control Yuan and Wang Chien-shien was appointed to be its President.