The Lienchiang County Council (MTCC; ) is the elected

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Lienchiang County The Matsu Islands ( or , ; Foochow Romanized: Mā-cū liĕk-dō̤), officially Lienchiang County (, ; Foochow Romanized: Lièng-gŏng-gâing), are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea governed by the Republic of China ( ...

, Republic of China. The council composes of nine councilors lastly elected through the 2018 Republic of China local election on 24 November 2018. It has the fewest seats among all councils in Taiwan.

History

MTCC was originally established as Lienchiang County Affairs Counseling Committee in 1957 by the Executive Yuan. On 7 November 1992, the

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was lifted from Matsu and the committee was reformed into Lienchiang Temporary County Council and its councilor members were appointed by

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. The first election for the councilor members were done in January 1994, and in March 1994 it was finally changed and inaugurated to Lienchiang County Council. On 7 November 1996, the current council building in Fuxing Village of Nangan Township was completed.

Organization

* Speaker * Deputy Speaker

Administrative departments

* Personnel Administrator * Accountant * Regulation * Office of General Affairs * Session Procedures * Secretary

Sessions

* Examining Committee A * Examining Committee B * Discipline Committee * Procedure Committee

Transportation

The council is accessible within walking distance from

Matsu Nangan Airport Matsu Nangan Airport () is one of the airports in Matsu Islands, Lienchiang County, Fukien Province, Taiwan (ROC). It is located on the Nangan Island, near the Jieshou Village. It also serves as a heliport. As Uni Air is the only carrier servi ...

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