Governor of South Jeolla Province
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| Governor of South Jeolla Province | |
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| 전라남도지사 | |
 Seal of South Jeolla | |
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| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Choi Young-wook |
| Formation | 15 February 1946 |
| Website | governor.jeonnam.go.kr |
The Governor of South Jeolla Province (Korean: 전라남도지사; Hanja: 全羅南道知事) is the head of the local government of South Jeolla Province who is elected to a four-year term.
List of governors
[edit]Appointed governors (before 1995)
[edit]From 1946 to 1995, the Governor of South Jeolla Province was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.
Directly elected governors (1995–present)
[edit]Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of South Jeolla Province is elected by direct election.
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| Status |
Denotes acting governor |
| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1st |  | Heo Kyeong-man 허경만 許京萬 (born 1938) | 1 July 1995 | 30 June 2002 | 7 years, 0 days | Democratic → National Congress → Millennium Democratic | 1995 | |
| 2nd | 1998 | |||||||
| 3rd | | Park Tae-young 박태영 朴泰榮 (1941–2004) | 1 July 2002 | 29 April 2004 | 1 year, 304 days | Millennium Democratic | 2002 | |
| | Song Kwang-woon 송광운 宋光運 (born 1953) Acting | 30 April 2004 | 5 June 2004 | 37 days | Independent | — | ||
| | Park Jun-young 박준영 朴晙瑩 (born 1946) | 6 June 2004 | 30 June 2014 | 8 years, 25 days | Millennium Democratic → Democratic ('00) → Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD | 2004 (by-el.) | ||
| 4th | 2006 | |||||||
| 5th | 2010 | |||||||
| 6th | _(cropped).jpg) | Lee Nak-yon 이낙연 李洛淵 (born 1951) | 1 July 2014 | 12 May 2017 | 2 years, 316 days | NPAD → Democratic | 2014 | |
| | Kim Gap-seop 김갑섭 金甲燮 (born 1958) Acting | 13 May 2017 | 11 September 2017 | 122 days | Independent | — | ||
| | Lee Jae-young 이재영 李在榮 (born 1966) Acting | 12 September 2017 | 30 June 2018 | 292 days | Independent | — | ||
| 7th | | Kim Yung-rok 김영록 金瑛錄 (born 1956) | 1 July 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 127 days | Democratic | 2018 | |
| 8th | 2022 | |||||||
Elections
[edit]Source:[1]
1995
[edit]| 1995 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Heo Kyeong-man | 769,538 | 73.50% | ||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Chun Suk-hong | 277,386 | 26.49% | ||
| Total | 1,046,924 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 76.06% | |||||
1998
[edit]| 1998 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| National Congress | 2 | Heo Kyeong-man | 918,300 | 100.00% | ||
| Total | 918,300 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 68.22% | |||||
2002
[edit]| 2002 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Millennium Democratic | 2 | Park Tae-young | 563,545 | 57.76% | ||
| Independent | 3 | Song Jae-gu | 236,558 | 24.24% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Song Ha-sung | 89,487 | 9.17% | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Hwang Soo-youn | 51,504 | 5.27% | ||
| Independent | 5 | Ahn Su-won | 34,439 | 3.53% | ||
| Total | 975,533 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 65.63% | |||||
2004 (by-election)
[edit]| 2004 South Jeolla gubernatorial by-election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Millennium Democratic | 4 | Park Jun-young | 308,299 | 57.60% | ||
| Uri | 1 | Min Hwa-sik | 187,168 | 35.00% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 3 | Kim Sun-dong | 39,774 | 7.43% | ||
| Total | 535,241 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 36.29% | |||||
2006
[edit]| 2006 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 3 | Park Jun-young | 640,894 | 67.69% | ||
| Uri | 1 | Seo Beom-seok | 181,756 | 19.19% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Park Woong-doo | 68,702 | 7.25% | ||
| Grand National | 2 | Park Jae-soon | 55,444 | 5.85% | ||
| Total | 946,796 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 64.33% | |||||
2010
[edit]| 2010 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Park Jun-young | 629,984 | 68.30% | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Kim Dae-sik | 123,548 | 13.39% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 5 | Park Woong-doo | 100,581 | 10.90% | ||
| Peace Democratic | 7 | Kim Kyung-jae | 68,220 | 7.39% | ||
| Total | 922,333 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 64.28% | |||||
2014
[edit]| 2014 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| NPAD | 2 | Lee Nak-yon | 755,233 | 77.96% | ||
| Unified Progressive | 3 | Lee Sung-soo | 120,868 | 12.47% | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Lee Joong-hyo | 92,549 | 9.55% | ||
| Total | 968,650 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 65.55% | |||||
2018
[edit]| 2018 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Kim Yung-rok | 807,902 | 77.08% | ||
| Democracy and Peace | 4 | Min Young-sam | 110,973 | 10.58% | ||
| Minjung | 6 | Lee Sung-soo | 51,410 | 4.90% | ||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Park Mae-ho | 40,287 | 3.84% | ||
| Justice | 5 | Noh Hyung-tae | 37,433 | 3.57% | ||
| Total | 1,048,005 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 69.24% | |||||
2022
[edit]| 2022 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Kim Yung-rok | 672,433 | 75.74% | ||
| People Power | 2 | Lee Jung-hyun | 167,020 | 18.81% | ||
| Progressive | 4 | Min Jeom-ki | 48,336 | 5.44% | ||
| Total | 887,789 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 58.44% | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.