Kaohsiung City Council

Kaohsiung City Council

高雄市議會
Kaohsiung City Council ; 高雄市議會
4th Kaohsiung City Council
Type
Type	City council
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
Voting system	Single non-transferable vote
First election	27 November 2010
Last election	24 November 2022
Meeting place
	No. 156, Sec. 2, Guotai Road, Fengshan District, Kaohsiung 830, Taiwan
Website
	www.kcc.gov.tw
Constitution
	Constitution of the Republic of China

22°37′16.4″N 120°20′50.5″E / 22.621222°N 120.347361°E / 22.621222; 120.347361

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.

History

The present Kaohsiung City Council was established on 25 December 2010 following merger with the Kaohsiung County Council.

Provisional Kaohsiung City Council^[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

After 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

The council building is accessible within walking distance of Fongshan West–City Council metro station.

Councilors^[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

Huang Jie

District 10

District 11

District 12

District 13

District 14

District 15

Hui-Mei Tang

References

^ "Kaohsiung City Council-Organization". Kaohsiung City Council. 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. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ "History". Kaohsiung City Council. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ "History". Kaohsiung City Council. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ "Councilors". Kaohsiung City Council. Retrieved 4 August 2020.