Taipei City Council
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Coordinates: 25°02′19″N 121°33′43″E / 25.03861°N 121.56194°E / 25.03861; 121.56194
Taipei City Council .mw-parser-output .noboldfont-weight:normal 台北市議會 | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | Municipal Council |
| Leadership | |
Speaker |  Chen Ching-hsiang since 2018 |
Deputy Speaker | Ye Lin-chuan since 2018 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 63 |
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Political groups | KMT (29) DPP (19) NP (2) PFP (2) NPP (1) SDP (1) Independent (7) |
| Elections | |
Voting system | Single non-transferable vote |
Last election | 2018 |
| Meeting place | |
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| The Building of Taipei City Council Xinyi District, Taipei City, Taiwan | |
| Website | |
| www.tcc.gov.tw | |
The Taipei City Council (TCC; Chinese: 台北市議會; pinyin: Táiběishì Yìhuì) is the elected municipal council of Taipei City, Taiwan. The council composes of 63 councilors lastly elected through the 2018 Taiwanese local elections on 24 November 2018.[1]
Contents
1 Current composition
2 History
2.1 First building
2.2 Second building
2.3 Current building
3 Organization
4 Transportation
5 See also
6 References
Current composition
Meeting hall of the Council
The Taiwanese local elections, 2018 took place on 24 November 2018. The election saw the return of Kuomintang as the largest party, with 29 seats elected, followed by Democratic Progressive Party with 19 seats; New Party with 2 seats; People First Party with 2 seats; New Power Party with 1 seat; Social Democratic Party with 1 seat; and 7 independents.
Since the local elections in 2018, the Council was composed as follows:
| Composition of the Taipei City Council | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary Groups | Seats |
Kuomintang ("Chinese Nationalist Party") | 29 |
Democratic Progressive Party Mínzhǔ Jìnbù Dǎng | 19 |
New Party Xīn Dăng | 2 |
People First Party Qīnmíndǎng | 2 |
Taiwan Solidarity Union Táiwān Tuánjié Liánméng | 1 |
New Power Party Shi Dai Li Liang | 3 |
Social Democratic Party She Hui Min Zhu Dang | 1 |
| Independent | 7 |
Total | 63 |
History
First building
First building of Taipei City Council
The Council was formed in 1946 after the handover of Taiwan to the Republic of China from the Japanese Government. The Council Chamber was initially located in the Zhongshan Hall in Zhongzheng District.
Second building
Second building of Taipei City Council
On 3 August 1964, the Council moved to a site on the corner of Zhongxiao West Road and Zhongshan South Road, still in Zhongzheng District. The building occupied an area of 42,965 m2. In 2016, the Taipei City Government plans to redevelop the abandoned former council building into the Taipei City Vision Museum as part of the Taipei museum strip.[2] The building was demolished on 25 February 2016 and reopened to the public as open green space on 9 April 2016.[3]
Current building
The current Council building is located in the History Project Area of Taipei in Xinyi District. It was inaugurated on 8 October 1990.[4]
Organization
- Speaker
- Deputy Speaker
- Secretary-General
- Deputy Secretary-General
- Permanent Committee's office
- Secretariat Office
- Procedure Section
- General Affairs Section
- Documents Section
- Public Relations Office
- Legal Affairs Office
- Information Office
- Personnel Office
- Accounting Office
- Permanent Committees
- Civil Affairs Committee
- Finance and Construction Committee
- Education Committee
- Transportation Committee
- Police and Sanitation Committee
- Public Works Committee
- Legislation Committee
- Special Committees
- Procedure Committee
- Discipline Committee
Transportation
The council building is accessible within walking distance South West from Taipei City Hall Station of the Taipei Metro.
See also
- Taipei City Government
- Sister cities of Taipei
References
^ Taipei City Council functions Archived 2006-05-15 at the Wayback Machine.
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