Taiwan’s Political System

Taiwan’s Political SystemTaiwan’s Political System

Government of TaiwanGovernment of TaiwanGovernment of TaiwanGovernment of Taiwan

Republic of Taiwan is a democratic country and its president, the head of state, is directly voted by the people through election.

Election: People vote directly in each election.

The government of Taiwan is composed of central government and local governments.

Central GovernmentCentral Government

President vice-president

National Security CouncilNational Security Council

Executive Yuan Legislative Yuan Judicial Yuan Examination Yuan Control Yuan

Five Yuans:Five Yuans:

Central GovernmentCentral Government

Executive Yuan

Central GovernmentCentral Government

Legislative Yuan

Central GovernmentCentral Government

Judicial Yuan

Central GovernmentCentral Government

Examination Yuan

Central GovernmentCentral Government

Control Yuan

PresidentPresident

The president is responsible for dealing with foreign relations and has the absolute power to conduct the forces of air, army and navy.

Under the Constitution, the president in Taiwan is named as the head of the state.

In-service term for president: four years.Maximum in service terms: two consecutive terms.

Local GovernmentsLocal Governments

The CapitalThe Capital

Special Municipality LevelSpecial Municipality Level

County and City LevelCounty and City Level

Political Parties in TaiwanPolitical Parties in Taiwan

Taiwan adopts multi-party system.

There are about 140 legal political parties currently.

Political Parties in TaiwanPolitical Parties in Taiwan

The major parties are as follows：

Kuomintang (KMT)

Democratic Progressive Party

(DPP)

People First Party (PFP)

New Party (NP)

Non-Partisan Solidarity Union

(NPSU)