Governor of South Jeolla Province

Governor of South Jeolla Province
전라남도지사
Seal of South Jeolla
Incumbent
Kim Yung-rok
since 1 July 2018
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderChoi Young-wook
Formation15 February 1946; 78 years ago (1946-02-15)
Websitegovernor.jeonnam.go.kr

The Governor of South Jeolla Province (Korean전라남도지사; 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

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Appointed governors (before 1995)

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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)

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Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of South Jeolla Province is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Status
  Denotes acting governor
Term Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Elected
Took office Left office Time in office
1st Heo Kyeong-man [ko]
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 [ko]
박태영
朴泰榮

(1941–2004)
1 July 2002 29 April 2004 1 year, 304 days Millennium Democratic 2002
Song Kwang-woon [ko]
송광운
宋光運

(born 1953)
Acting
30 April 2004 5 June 2004 37 days Independent
Park Jun-young [ko]
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 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, 138 days Democratic 2018
8th 2022

Elections

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Source:[1]

1995

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1995 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
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

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1998 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
National Congress 2 Heo Kyeong-man 918,300 100.00%
Total 918,300 100.00%
Voter turnout 68.22%

2002

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2002 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
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)

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2004 South Jeolla gubernatorial by-election
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

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2006 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
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

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2010 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
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

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2014 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
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

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2018 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
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

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2022 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
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

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References

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  1. ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.