Tainan City Council

The Tainan City Council (TNCC; Chinese: 臺南市議會; pinyin: Táinán Shì Yìhuì) is the elected municipal council of Tainan City, Republic of China that the council is composed of 57 councilors elected from Single non-transferable vote for four-year terms to oversees the Tainan City Government. The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Council are chosen by fellow councilors through anonymous voting. All councilors are directly elected by citizens of the city. Citizen aged 23 or above, who has resided in this city for more than four months.[1]

Tainan City Council
臺南市議會
Type
Type
History
Founded25 December 2010
Leadership
Kuo Hsin-liang
since 2018
Deputy Speaker
Lin Ping-li
since 2018
Structure
Seats57
Political groups
  DPP (20)
  KMT (16)
  Independent (11)
  NPSU (7)
  TSU (1)
  NPP (1)
Elections
Single non-transferable vote
Last election
2018
Meeting place
Building of Tainan City Council
No.2, Yonghua Rd., Sec.2, Anping District
Tainan City, Taiwan
Website
www.tncc.gov.tw
Former Tainan County Council building

Organization
  • Speaker
  • Deputy Speaker
  • Secretary-General
  • Deputy Secretary-General
  • Committees
    • Committee of Civil Affairs
    • Committee of Finance
    • Committee of Education
    • Committee of Construction
    • Committee of Security
    • Committee of Public Works
    • Committee of Discipline

Speakers
  • Lee Chuan-chiao (KMT) (- 22 April 2016)[2]
  • Kuo Hsin-liang (DPP) (22 April - 5 October 2016) (acting)
  • Lai Mei-hui (No party) (5 October 2016 -) (elect)

See also

References
  1. Tainan City Council
  2. "Tainan Speaker Lee gets 4-year jail term for vote-buying".


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