The Kaohsiung City Council (Chinese: 高雄市議會; pinyin: Gāoxióng Shì Yìhuì) is the city council of Kaohsiung City, Republic of China. It is currently composed of 65 councilors, each serving a four-year term, elected using the single non-transferable vote system. The speaker and deputy speaker of the council are elected by fellow councilors through a secret ballot. Kaohsiung residents, aged 23 or above and having resided in the city for more than four months, are eligible to cast their votes or run in the municipal election.[1] Along with the New Taipei City Council, the city council is the largest Taiwanese local council in terms of seats.
Kaohsiung City Council 高雄市議會 | |
|---|---|
| 4th Kaohsiung City Council | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | December 25, 2010 |
| Preceded by | Provisional Kaohsiung City Council Kaohsiung County Council |
| Leadership | |
Speaker | Kang Yu-Cheng (DPP) |
Deputy Speaker | Tsung Chun-Chien (Independent) |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 65 |
 | |
Political groups | KMT (28) DPP (27) NPSU (3) TSU (1) TSP (1) Independent (4) Vacant (1) |
Length of term | 4 years |
| Elections | |
| Single non-transferable vote | |
First election | 27 November 2010 |
Last election | 24 November 2022 |
| Meeting place | |
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| No. 156, Sec. 2, Guotai Road, Fengshan District, Kaohsiung 830, Taiwan | |
| Website | |
| www | |
| Constitution | |
| Constitution of the Republic of China | |
History
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The present Kaohsiung City Council was established on 25 December 2010 following merger with the Kaohsiung County Council.
Provisional Kaohsiung City Council
editSource:[2]
Succeeding the 40-member Kaohsiung City Senate on 11 January 1951, the Kaohsiung City Council, having 28 seats, was formed after Kaohsiung was designated a provincial city. Between the period of 1951 and 1979, the council seats had nearly doubled, while councillors had their term extended to 4 years. The city council, entering the transition period following Kaohsiung was promoted to a special municipality, was reorganized into the Provisional Kaohsiung City Council on 1 July 1979, with three new seats were added to the provisional city council. A successive Kaohsiung City Council, replacing the provisional city council, was founded on 25 December 1981 when the transition period ended.
Kaohsiung County Council
editAfter the retrocession of Taiwan and the ensuing devolution, 56 candidates were elected to the Kaohsiung County Senate upon the indirect election held on 15 March 1946.[3] The Government announced in 1950 the reorganization of local governments,[4] including partition of Kaohsiung County and Pingtung County, thus paving way for further devolution in Taiwan.[5] The 48-member Kaohsiung County Council, succeeding the county senate, was established on 11 January 1951 after the local elections held on 17 December 1950.[6]
Transportation
editThe council building is accessible within walking distance of Fongshan West–City Council metro station.
Councilors
editSource:[7]
District 1
- Hsin-Chiang Chu
- Fu-Bao Lin
- Yi-Di Lin
District 2
- Ming-Ze Chen
- Ming-Tai Huang
- Ya-Chu Li
District 3
- Xin-Yuan Fang
- Min-Lin Gao
- Chiu-Ying Huang
- Shu-Mei Li
- Li-Pin Sung
District 4
- Li-Chen Chen
- Mei-Jyuan Chen
- Mei-Jhen Li
- Ya-Hui Li
- Ya-Fen Li
- Bo-Yi Li
- Shan-Hui Chen
- Wen-Chih Huang
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
- Hui-Mei Tang
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Kaohsiung City Council-Organization". Kaohsiung City Council. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "History". Kaohsiung City Council. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ 陳, 亮州 (2012). "光復初期的高雄縣參議會 － 以檔案管理局管有檔案為例". 檔案季刊. 11 (2): 29.
- ^ "屏東縣議會全球資訊網> 議會簡介 > 議會沿革". www.ptcc.gov.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 22 December 2008. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "History". Kaohsiung City Council. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "History". Kaohsiung City Council. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ "Councilors". Kaohsiung City Council. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.