Lienchiang County Council Explained

Lienchiang County Council
Native Name:	連江縣議會
Native Name Lang:	zh
Coa Pic:	Lienchiang County Council 20120928 (cropped).jpg
Coa Res:	220px
House Type:	County Council
Jurisdiction:	Lienchiang County
Leader1 Type:	Speaker
Leader1:	Chen Kuei-chung
Party1:	Independent
Leader2 Type:	Deputy Speaker
Leader2:	Tsao Yi-piao
Party2:	Independent
Seats:	9^[1] ^[2]
Structure1:	Lienchiang County Seats.svg
Structure1 Res:	220px
Political Groups1:	KMT (7) NPSU (2)
Voting System1:	Single non-transferable vote
Last Election1:	2022
Meeting Place:	Fusing, Nangan, Lienchiang, Fujian, Republic of China

The Lienchiang County Council (MTCC;) is the elected county council of Lienchiang County, Republic of China. The council composes of nine councilors lastly elected through the 2022 Republic of China local election on 26 November 2022. 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 martial law was lifted from Matsu and the committee was reformed into Lienchiang Temporary County Council and its councilor members were appointed by Fujian Provincial Government. 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.^[3]

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^[4]

Transportation

The council is accessible within walking distance from Matsu Nangan Airport.^[5]

References

26.1634°N 119.952°W

Notes and References

Web site: Lienchiang County Council . Mtcc.gov.tw . 2011-07-01 . 2014-04-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130601114846/http://www.mtcc.gov.tw/en.htm . 2013-06-01 .
Web site: 2014 Local Elections . 2014-12-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141229122715/http://vote2014.nat.gov.tw/en/W2/802000000000000.html . 2014-12-29 .
Web site: Brief History of the Council . Matsu.idv.tw . 1992-11-07 . 2014-04-22.
Web site: Organization . Matsu.idv.tw . 2014-04-22 . dead . https://archive.today/20140403133937/http://www.matsu.idv.tw/gov/mtcc/en/organization.htm . 2014-04-03 .
Web site: Location . Matsu.idv.tw . 2014-04-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130602081444/http://www.matsu.idv.tw/gov/mtcc/en/location.htm . 2013-06-02 .