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Highland Aborigine Constituency
The Highland Aborigine constituency () is a multi-member constituency of the Legislative Yuan. Taiwanese indigenous people Taiwanese indigenous peoples (formerly Taiwanese aborigines), also known as Formosan people, Austronesian Taiwanese, Yuanzhumin or Gaoshan people, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 5 ... have elected representatives to reserved legislative seats since the 1970s. Predecessors to both the Highland and Lowland Aborigine districts were established in 1994. Since 2008, the Highland Taiwanese indigenous elect three members to the Legislative Yuan. Legislators Election results References {{Legislative Yuan seats (2008–2016) by electoral method navbar Constituencies in Taiwan Taiwanese indigenous peoples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Yuan
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 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel voting system. Originally located in Nanking, 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, Outer Mongolia and various professions. Until democratization, the Republic of China was an authoritarian state under Dang Guo, the Legislative Yuan had alternatively been characterized as a rubber stamp for the then-ruling regime of the Kuomintang. Like parliaments or congresses of other countries, the Legislative Yuan is responsible for the passage of legislation, which is then sent to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Taiwan Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 19 December 1992. Background The Constitution of the Republic of China took effect on December 25, 1947 (36th year of the Republic) and held its first parliamentary election in 1948. Amidst the backdrop of the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang nationalist government and the Chinese Communist Party, the National Assembly invoked article 174 of the constitution and implemented the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion. After the mainland fell to the Communists, the central government retreated to Taiwan thus holding another nationwide elections would be too difficult in the Communist-held areas. As democratization began in the late 1980s, the government repealed the Temporary Provisions and introduced the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China, allowing the electorates residing in the free area to directly elect the president and the complete re-election of the Legislative Yuan. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Taiwan Legislative Election
The 2008 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 12 January 2008 for members of the Legislative Yuan. It was the first Legislative Yuan election after the constitutional amendments of 2005, which extended term length from three to four years, reduced seat count from 225 to 113, and introduced the current electoral system. The results gave the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Pan-Blue Coalition a supermajority (86 of the 113 seats) in the legislature, handing a heavy defeat to then-President Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party, which won the remaining 27 seats only. The junior partner in the Pan-Green Coalition, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, won no seats. Two transitional justice referendums, both of which failed to pass due to low turnout, were held at the same time. Legislature reform For the first time in the history of Taiwan, most members of the Legislative Yuan were to be elected from single-member districts: 73 of the 113 members were chosen in such districts by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Taiwan Legislative Election
The 2004 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 11 December 2004. All 225 seats of the Legislative Yuan were up for election: 168 elected by single non-transferable vote, 41 elected through party-list Proportional representation, eight elected from overseas Chinese constituencies on the basis of the proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political parties, eight elected by popular vote among the aboriginal populations. Members served three-year terms beginning on 1 February 2005, and ending 31 January 2008. The next term served four years. This was the first election following Pan-Blue coalition candidate Lien Chen's narrow defeat in the presidential election in March. With the results of the presidential election still contested, many saw the legislative election as a referendum on Chen Shui-bian's Government and on the Pan-Blue Coalition's electoral viability. With the failure of the Pan-Green Coalition to win a majority, President Chen Shui-bian fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan Number One Party
The Taiwan Number One Party () is a minor political party in Taiwan. See also * List of political parties in the Republic of China This article lists the political parties in the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 7 December 1949. The organization of political parties in Taiwan is governed by the Political Parties Act, enacted on 6 December 2017. The Political Parties Act de ... References Political parties in Taiwan {{Taiwan-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Taiwan Legislative Election
The 2001 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 1 December 2001. All 225 seats of the Legislative Yuan were up for election: 168 elected by popular vote, 41 elected on the basis of the proportional representation based of the nationwide votes received by participating political parties, eight elected from overseas Chinese constituencies on the basis of the proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political parties, eight elected by popular vote among the Taiwanese aboriginal populations. Members served three year terms from February 1, 2002 to February 1, 2005. Background The first national election to be held after Chen Shui-bian's victory in the 2000 presidential election, the election resulted for the first time in the Kuomintang (KMT) losing its majority and President Chen's Democratic Progressive Party to emerging as the largest party in the legislature. However, the Pan-Blue Coalition developed between the Kuomintang, the People First Party and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Chun-te
Lin Chun-te (; born 5 July 1947) is a Taiwanese Atayal politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2008. Early life and education Lin was born in Nantou County and is of Atayal descent. He attended National Pingtung University of Education and completed further study in education at National Taiwan Normal University. Lin then worked as a teacher. Political career Lin began his political career as mayor of Ren'ai, Nantou and later served on the Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council. He was first elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1998. In 2000, Lin's Kuomintang membership was revoked after he was found to have breached party regulations during the 2000 presidential election. He was reelected in 2001 as a member of the People First Party and won a third term in 2004. That year, Lin and Liao Kuo-tung led a protest against Vice President Annette Lu Annette Lu Hsiu-lien (; born 7 June 1944) is a Taiwanese politician. A feminist active in the tangwai movement, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Democratic Non-Party Union
National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, census-designated place * National, Nevada, ghost town * National, Utah, ghost town * National, West Virginia, unincorporated community Commerce * National (brand), a brand name of electronic goods from Panasonic * National Benzole (or simply known as National), former petrol station chain in the UK, merged with BP * National Car Rental, an American rental car company * National Energy Systems, a former name of Eco Marine Power * National Entertainment Commission, a former name of the Media Rating Council * National Motor Vehicle Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1900-1924 * National Supermarkets, a defunct American grocery store chain * National String Instrument Corporation, a guitar company formed to manufacture the first resonator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tseng Hua-te
Tseng Hua-te (; Paiwan: Tjivuluan; born 18 October 1957) is a Taiwanese Paiwan politician. A member of the Kuomintang, he represented the Highland Aborigine Constituency in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2008. Education and early career Tseng studied at Taitung Agricultural Extension School and what became the National Pingtung University of Education. He later took graduate-level coursework in public administration at Tunghai University. Prior to his political career, Tseng was a teacher. Political career Tseng served two terms as mayor of Laiyi, Pingtung, followed by two terms as a member of the Taiwan Provincial Assembly. He was elected to three terms as a member of the Legislative Yuan, serving the Highland Aborigine Constituency, and representing the Kuomintang. In 2002, Tseng and other lawmakers voted in opposition to Kuomintang caucus directives while considering nominations for the Examination Yuan The Examination Yuan is the civil service commission branch, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Taiwan Legislative Election
The 1998 Taiwanese legislative election were held on 5 December 1998. The result was a victory for the Kuomintang, which won 123 of the 225 seats. Voter turnout was 68.1%.Nohlen ''et al''., p540 Results References {{Taiwanese elections Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ... 1998 elections in Taiwan Legislative elections in Taiwan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuan Wen-sheng
Chuan Wen-sheng (; born 13 July 1959) is a Taiwanese politician. Education Chuan graduated from what became Chung Shan Medical University. Political career Chuan was mayor of Xinyi Township in Nantou County for two terms prior to his 1995 election to the Legislative Yuan as a member of the Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ... representing the Highland Aborigine district. He lost reelection in 1999, and ran again in 2001. During his unsuccessful 2001 legislative campaign, Chuan was indicted for vote buying, as were fellow candidates Hsiao-Chin-lan, Hsu Chih-ming, and Wang Tien-ching. References 1959 births Living people Aboriginal Members of the Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Members of the 3rd Legislativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kao Yang-sheng
Kao Yang-sheng (; born 11 July 1952) is a Taiwanese politician. Early life Kao obtained his bachelor's degree in philosophy from Fu Jen Catholic University. Political career Kao sat in the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 2002, representing the Highland Aborigine Constituency on behalf of the Kuomintang. Kao was appointed political deputy minister of the Council of Indigenous Peoples The Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP; ), formerly known as the Council of Aboriginal Affairs, is a ministry-level body under the Executive Yuan in Taiwan (Republic of China). It was established to serve the needs of the country's indigenous ... on 2 September 2013. He left the CIP on 31 July 2014 to serve as deputy magistrate of Taoyuan County. References Aboriginal Members of the Legislative Yuan Living people 1952 births Members of the 3rd Legislative Yuan Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Fu Jen Catholic University alumni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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