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Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China 中華民國立法院 | |
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| 11th Legislative Yuan | |
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| Type | |
| Type | Unicameral Lower house (1947–2005) |
| History | |
| Founded |
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| Disbanded |
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| Preceded by | National Assembly |
| Leadership | |
President | Han Kuo-yu (KMT) since 1 February 2024 |
Vice President | Johnny Chiang (KMT) since 1 February 2024 |
Caucus Leaders |
since 1 February 2024 |
Secretary General | Chester W. L. Chou (Independent) since 5 February 2024 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 113[a] |
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Political groups | Minority Government
Opposition
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Length of term | 4 years |
| Elections | |
Voting system | Parallel voting:
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Last election | 13 January 2024 |
| Meeting place | |
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| The Legislative Yuan Building, No. 1, Zhongshan South Road Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Republic of China | |
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| Website | |
| www.ly.gov.tw (in English) | |
| Constitution | |
| Additional Articles and the original Constitution of the Republic of China | |
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| Chinese | 立法院 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Law-establishing court | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Politics of Taiwan |
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President of the Republic of China Office of the President |
 11th Legislative Yuan National Assembly (defunct) Control Yuan (chamber defunct) |
 Central Election Commission
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 Taiwan portal
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The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel voting system.
Originally located in Nanjing, the Legislative Yuan, along with the National Assembly (electoral college) and the Control Yuan (upper house), formed the tricameral parliament under the original 1947 Constitution. The Legislative Yuan previously had 759 members representing each constituencies of all provinces, municipalities, Tibet Area, Outer Mongolia, and various professions.
Until democratization, the Republic of China was an authoritarian state under Dang Guo. At the time, the Legislative Yuan functioned as a rubber stamp for the ruling regime of the Kuomintang.[3]
Like parliaments or congresses of other countries, the Legislative Yuan is responsible for the passage of legislation, which is then sent to the president for signing. For these similarities, it is also common for people to refer to the Legislative Yuan as "the parliament" (國會; Guóhuì; Kok-hōe).
Under the current amended Constitution and in accordance with the separation of powers, the Legislative Yuan, as the only parliamentary body, also holds the power to initiate several constitutional processes, including initiating constitutional amendments (then determined by a national referendum), recalls of the president (then determined by a recall vote), and impeachments of the president (then tried by the Constitutional Court).
- ^ "Concise History". Legislative Yuan. 23 July 2013. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ 立法院全球資訊網－認識立法院－簡史. www.ly.gov.tw (in Chinese). 23 July 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ Daniel Southerl (1987-07-25). "TAIWAN'S SLOW BOAT TO DEMOCRATIC CHANGE". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
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