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
Appointed governors (before 1995)
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)
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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Denotes acting governor
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| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
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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 |
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Park Tae-young 박태영 朴泰榮 (1941–2004) |
1 July 2002 | 29 April 2004 | 1 year, 304 days | Millennium Democratic | 2002 | |
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Song Kwang-woon 송광운 宋光運 (born 1953) Acting |
30 April 2004 | 5 June 2004 | 37 days | Independent | — | ||
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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)
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Lee Nak-yon 이낙연 李洛淵 (born 1951) |
1 July 2014 | 12 May 2017 | 2 years, 316 days | NPAD → Democratic |
2014 | |
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Kim Gap-seop 김갑섭 金甲燮 (born 1958) Acting |
13 May 2017 | 11 September 2017 | 122 days | Independent | — | ||
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Lee Jae-young 이재영 李在榮 (born 1966) Acting |
12 September 2017 | 30 June 2018 | 292 days | Independent | — | ||
| 7th |
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Kim Yung-rok 김영록 金瑛錄 (born 1955) |
1 July 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 127 days | Democratic | 2018 | |
| 8th | 2022 | |||||||
Elections
Source:[1]
1995
| 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
| 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
| 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)
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
References
- ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.