Taoyuan City Council

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.

Taoyuan City Council
桃園市議會
Type
Type
Leadership
Speaker
Chi Yi-sheng[1]
since 2010 (Taoyuan County Council)
Deputy Speaker
Li Hsiao-chung
since 2010 (Taoyuan County Council)
Structure
Seats63
Political groups
  KMT (30)
  DPP (24)
  Independent (9)
Elections
Single non-transferable vote
Last election
2022
Meeting place
The Building of Taoyuan City Council
Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Website
Official website

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-)

See also

References
  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. 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.
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