page_title: Control Yuan
section_title: Structure
hierarchical_section_title: Control Yuan / Structure
caption_attribution_description: English: The Control Yuan building. Picture taken July 2, 2005 by Allen Timothy Chang.
context_page_description: The Control Yuan is an investigatory branch of the Government of the Republic of China. Superseding the defunct Auditing Yuan on 16 February 1931, it was the last branch of government formed after promulgation of the five-power constitution, which applied to practice Sun Yat-sen's principle of checks and balances. As the overseer in the government, the Control Yuan has been anticipated as the counterpart to the European Court of Auditors, the Government Accountability Office of the United States and, most obviously, the State Comptroller of Israel. Designed as a hybrid of auditor and ombudsman, it currently consists of 29 members, including the President and the Vice President, all nominated by the President of the Republic of China and confirmed by the Legislative Yuan.
context_section_description: The structure of the Control Yuan consists of the President, Vice President, a 27-member council and the Ministry of Audit (also known as the National Audit Office).
caption: The Control Yuan building
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