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Taipei City Council (Chinese: 台北市議會; pinyin: Táiběishì Yìhuì) is the city council of Taipei, Taiwan. One of the largest local councils in Taiwan, the city council is currently composed of 61 councillors, all elected most recently in the 2022 Taiwanese local elections.




Composition



The Kuomintang, gaining 2 seat after the 2022 Taiwanese local elections, maintained its status as the largest party in the city council, but falling short of an overall majority. The Democratic Progressive Party, although still being the largest opposition party in the council, gain 2 seats in the election. New Party and People First Party, members of the conventional pan-Blue coalition, won 2 seats each. Smaller parties, including New Power Party, Social Democratic Party and Can't Stop This Party, won 3 seats in total. All standing as an independent, 7 candidates were elected to the city council.
Since the local elections in 2022, the Council was composed as follows:




History






= First building

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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

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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. The building was demolished on 25 February 2016 and reopened to the public as open green space on 9 April 2016.




= Current building

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The current Council building is located in the History Project Area of Taipei in Xinyi District. It was inaugurated on 8 October 1990.




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




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