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Taoyuan City Council

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Type
  
Municipal council

Deputy Speaker
  
Li Hsiao-chung

Speaker
  
Chi Yi-sheng

Seats
  
60

Taoyuan City Council

Political groups
  
KMT (29)      DPP (18)      NPSU (3)      Green (2)      TSU (1)      Independent (5)

Voting system
  
Single non-transferable vote

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.

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History

The council was established on 21 January 1951 as Taoyuan County Council. 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:

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

    • References

    Taoyuan City Council Wikipedia
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