Kaohsiung City Council

The Kaohsiung City Council (KCC; Chinese: 高雄市議會; pinyin: Gāoxióng Shì Yìhuì) is the elected municipal council of Kaohsiung City, Republic of China. The council is composed of 66 councilors elected from single non-transferable vote for four-year terms. 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. A citizen aged 23 or above, who has resided in this city for more than four months has the right to run for the Kaohsiung City Council.[2]

Kaohsiung City Council
高雄市議會
Type
Type
Leadership
Vacant
Deputy Speaker
Lu Shu-Mei[1]
since 2018
Structure
Seats66
Political groups
     KMT (33)
     DPP (25)
     NPSU (2)
     PFP (1)
     TSU (1)
     Independent (2)
Elections
Single non-transferable vote
Last election
2018
Meeting place
The Building of Kaohsiung City Council
No.156, Sec. 2, Guotai Rd., Fengshan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Website
kcc.gov.tw

History
Establishment of Kaohsiung City Senate in 1946
Former building of Kaohsiung City Council

The Kaohsiung City Council was originally established in 1946 as Kaohsiung City Senate. In 1951, the senate was reorganized as Kaohsiung City Council and Kaohsiung County Council. On 1 July 1979, Kaohsiung City was upgraded to special municipality from provincial city and the City Council was reorganized to Provisional Kaohsiung City Council. On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung City Council and Kaohsiung County Council was merged and reorganized to become Kaohsiung City Council.[3]

Transportation

The council is accessible within walking distance South of Fongshan West Station of Kaohsiung MRT.

Councilors[4]

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

References
  1. "Deputy Speaker". Kaohsiung City Council.
  2. "Kaohsiung City Council".
  3. http://www.kcc.gov.tw/en_web/Eng_Inside.aspx?CID=1323
  4. "Councilors". Kaohsiung City Council.


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