Taoyuan City Council

Legislature of Taoyuan City, Taiwan

KMT (30)
DPP (24)
Independent (9)Elections

Voting system

Single non-transferable vote

Last election

2022Meeting place

The Building of Taoyuan City Council
Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, TaiwanWebsiteOfficial 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.^[2] 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 2022, the council was composed as follows:^[3]

Composition of Taoyuan City Council
Party Groups	Seats
Kuomintang ("Chinese Nationalist Party")	30
Democratic Progressive Party Mínzhǔ Jìnbù Dǎng	24
Independent	9
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^[4]

Speakers

Taoyuan County Council

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

Taoyuan City Council

Chi Yi-sheng (2014-)

References

^ "Taoyuan Country Council - Chiefs of the speaker". Tycc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
^ "Taoyuan Country Council - History". Tycc.gov.tw. 1951-01-07. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
^ "桃園市議會全球資訊網". 22 August 2021.
^ "Taoyuan Country Council - Departments". Tycc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

External links

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Official website

Legislatures of Taiwan

Central Government: Legislative Yuan

Special municipalities

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Notable former parliamentary body: National Assembly and Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council was abolished. Control Yuan was transformed to a non-parliamentary institution.

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