Taoyuan City Council

Taoyuan City Council
桃園市議會
Type
Type
Leadership
Speaker
Chi Yi-sheng[1]
Deputy Speaker
Li Hsiao-chung
Structure
Seats 60[2][3]
Political groups
      KMT (29)
     DPP (18)
     NPSU (3)
     Green (2)
     TSU (1)
     Independent (5)
Elections
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
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

Departments

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. ↑ http://vote2014.nat.gov.tw/en/W2/300000000000000.html
  4. ↑ "Taoyuan Country Council - History". Tycc.gov.tw. 1951-01-07. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  5. ↑ http://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.

Coordinates: 24°59′49″N 121°19′18″E / 24.9970°N 121.3218°E / 24.9970; 121.3218

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