Taoyuan City Council

Taoyuan City Council
桃園市議會
Taoyuan City Council; 桃園市議會
Type
Type	Municipal council
Leadership
Speaker	Chi Yi-sheng
Deputy Speaker	Li Hsiao-chung
Structure
Seats	60
Political groups	KMT (29); DPP (18); NPSU (3); Green (1); TSU (1); Independent (5)
Elections
Voting system	Single non-transferable vote
Last election	2014
Meeting place
	The Building of Taoyuan City Council; Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Website
	www.tycc.com

The Taoyuan County Council (TYCC; Chinese: 桃園市議會; pinyin: Táoyuán Shì Yìhuì) is the elected municipal council of Taoyuan City, Republic of China. The council composes of 60 councilors lastly elected through the 2014 Republic of China local election on 29 November 2014. It has the most number of seats among other county councils in Taiwan.

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
style="border-right:4px solid Template:Kuomintang/meta/color;" \|Kuomintang ("Chinese Nationalist Party")	29
style="border-right:4px solid Template:Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color;" \|Democratic Progressive Party Mínzhǔ Jìnbù Dǎng	18
style="border-right:4px solid Template:Non-Partisan Solidarity Union/meta/color;" \|Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Wúdǎng Tuánjié Liánméng	3
style="border-right:4px solid Template:Green Party Taiwan/meta/color;" \|Green Party Taiwan Táiwān Lǜ Dǎng	1
style="border-right:4px solid Template:Taiwan Solidarity Union/meta/color;" \|Taiwan Solidarity Union Táiwān Tuánjié Liánméng	1
style="border-right:4px solid Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color;" \| 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]

References

^ "Taoyuan Country Council - Chiefs of the speaker". Tycc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
^ "Taoyuan Country Council - Councilors". Tycc.gov.tw. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Taoyuan Country Council - History". Tycc.gov.tw. 1951-01-07. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
^ http://www.tycc.gov.tw/content/intro/intro_main.aspx?wtp=1&wnd=204
^ "Taoyuan Country Council - Departments". Tycc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

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[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] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-12-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Taoyuan Country Council - History". Tycc.gov.tw. 1951-01-07. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

[5] ttp://www.tycc.gov.tw/content/intro/intro_main.aspx?wtp=1&wnd=204

[6] "Taoyuan Country Council - Departments". Tycc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

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