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==Composition== ===Legislators=== {{Main|Legislative Yuan elections|11th Legislative Yuan|2024 Taiwanese legislative election}} Starting with the [[2008 Taiwanese legislative election|2008 legislative elections]], changes were made to the Legislative Yuan in accordance with a [[Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China|constitutional amendment passed in 2005]]. The Legislative Yuan has 113 members serving four-year terms; 73 members are elected by [[first-past-the-post]], 6 reserved for indigenous candidates by [[single non-transferable vote]], and 34 by [[party-list proportional representation]]. The current [[11th Legislative Yuan|Legislative Yuan]] convened on February 1, 2024, and its term ends on January 31, 2028. {| class="wikitable" |+Seat composition in the Legislative Yuan by caucus ! colspan="2" width="250" |Party/Caucus !Caucus leader !Seats |- | style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Kuomintang}}" | |[[Kuomintang]] (KMT) Caucus | align="center" |[[Fu Kun-chi]] | align="center" |54 |- | style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Democratic Progressive Party}}" | |[[Democratic Progressive Party]] (DPP) Caucus | align="center" |[[Ker Chien-ming]] | align="center" |51 |- | style="color:inherit;background: {{party color|Taiwan People's Party}}" | |[[Taiwan People's Party]] (TPP) | align="center" |[[Huang Kuo-chang]] {{small|(''third-party'')}} | align="center" |8 |- ! colspan="2" |{{small|(''{{as of|2024|2|lc=yes}}'')}} !Total !113 |} The five largest parties with three or more seats can form caucuses. If there are fewer than five such parties, legislators in other parties or with no party affiliation can form caucuses with at least four members.<ref>{{cite act |title=Legislative Yuan Organization Act |article=33 |language=zh-hant |date=14 November 2012 |url=http://law.moj.gov.tw/LawClass/LawSingle.aspx?Pcode=A0010044&FLNO=33 |access-date=12 January 2015 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027085140/https://law.moj.gov.tw/LawClass/LawSingle.aspx?Pcode=A0010044&FLNO=33 |date=27 October 2021 }}</ref> ===Leadership=== {{Main|President of the Legislative Yuan|Vice President of the Legislative Yuan|}} The ''president'' and ''vice president'' of the Legislative Yuan are elected by the 113 legislators during a preparatory session in the beginning of their 4-year terms. ''President'' and ''vice president'' of the Legislative Yuan sometimes translate to ''speaker'' and ''deputy speaker'' respectively in [[English language|English]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/02/02/2003730212|title=DPP's Yu Shyi-kun elected legislative speaker|date=February 2, 2020|access-date=August 25, 2020|archive-date=February 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202130226/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2020/02/02/2003730212|url-status=live}}</ref> The President is responsible for appointing the Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General of the Legislative Yuan, as well as other legislative staff, who are described as the Administrative Unit. The Vice President serves in place during the absence of the President.
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