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Legislative Yuan

NameLegislative Yuan
Native Name 
Transcription NameLìfǎ Yuàn
Legislature7th Legislative Yuan
Coa PicFlag of the Republic of China.svg
Background Color#000095
Text Color#FFFFFF
House TypeUnicameral
Leader1 TypePresident of the
Legislative Yuan
Leader1Wang Jin-pyng
Party1Kuomintang
Election11 February 1999
Members113
Structure12008 Legislative Yuan Seat Composition.png
Structure1 Res270px
Political Groups1  KMT
  PFP
  New Party
  DPP
  NPSU
  Independents
Last Election112 January 2008
Session RoomLegislative-Yuan.jpg
Session Res270px
Meeting PlaceThe Legislative Yuan building , Zhongzheng District, Taipei City

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The Legislative Yuan ( ) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (ROC).

The Legislative Yuan is one of the five branches (called 'yuàn', "courts") of government stipulated by the Constitution of the Republic of China, which follows Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People. Although sometimes referred to as a "parliament", the Legislative Yuan, under Sun's political theory, is a branch of government, while only the National Assembly of the Republic of China (now abolished), with the power to amend the constitution and formerly to elect the President and Vice President, could be considered a parliament. However, after constitutional amendments effectively transferring almost all of the National Assembly's powers to the Legislative Yuan in the late 1990s, it has become more common in Taiwanese newspapers to refer to the Legislative Yuan as the "parliament" (國會, guóhuì).


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