Taoyuan City Council

Legislature of Taoyuan City, Taiwan

Taoyuan City Council
桃園市議會

Type
Type|

Municipal council

Leadership

Speaker

Chi Yi-sheng[1]
since 2010 (Taoyuan County Council)

Deputy Speaker

Li Hsiao-chung
since 2010 (Taoyuan County Council)

Structure
Seats| 63

Political groups

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

Voting system

| Single non-transferable vote

Last election

| 2022
Meeting place
The Building of Taoyuan City Council
Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Website
Official 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

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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

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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

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### Committees

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* First Examination Team
* Second Examination Team
* Third Examination Team
* Fourth Examination Team
* Fifth Examination Team
* Sixth Examination Team
* Procedural Examination Team
* Discipline Committee

### Departments

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* Agenda Procedure Division
* General Affairs Division
* Legal Affairs Office
* Information and Library Office
* Public Relationship Office
* Accounting Office
* Personnel Office[4]

## Speakers

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### Taoyuan County Council

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

### Taoyuan City Council

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* Chi Yi-sheng (2014-)

## See also

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* Taoyuan City Government

## References

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1. ^ "Taoyuan Country Council - Chiefs of the speaker". Tycc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
2. ^ "Taoyuan Country Council - History". Tycc.gov.tw. 1951-01-07. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
3. ^ "桃園市議會全球資訊網". 22 August 2021.
4. ^ "Taoyuan Country Council - Departments". Tycc.gov.tw. Retrieved 2014-04-23.

## External links

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