Governor of South Jeolla Province

Governor of South Jeolla Province
전라남도지사
Incumbent Kim Yung-rok since 1 July 2018
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Choi Young-wook
Formation	15 February 1946 (1946-02-15)

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.

Direct 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.

Political parties
Liberal   Independent
Status
Denotes acting governor

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Duration	Political party	Term
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color;"|		Heo Kyeong-man 허경만 許京萬 (born 1938)	1 July 1995	30 June 2002	7 years, 0 days	Democratic → National Congress → Millennium Democratic	1
2
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color;"|		Park Tae-young 박태영 朴泰榮 (1941–2004)	1 July 2002	29 April 2004	1 year, 304 days	Millennium Democratic	3
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"|		Song Kwang-woon 송광운 宋光運 (born 1953) (acting)	30 April 2004	5 June 2004	37 days	Independent
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color;"|		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
4
5
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color;"|		Lee Nak-yeon 이낙연 李洛淵 (born 1951)	1 July 2014	12 May 2017	2 years, 316 days	NPAD → Democratic	6
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"|		Kim Gap-seop 김갑섭 金甲燮 (unknown) (acting)	13 May 2017	11 September 2017	122 days	Independent
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"|		Lee Jae-young 이재영 李在榮 (unknown) (acting)	12 September 2017	30 June 2018	292 days	Independent
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color;"|		Kim Yung-rok 김영록 金瑛錄 (born 1955)	1 July 2018	Incumbent	6 years, 129 days	Democratic	7

Elections

Source:

2018

2018 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party of Korea/meta/color"|	Democratic	1	Kim Yung-rok	807,902	77.08%
bgcolor="Template:Party for Democracy and Peace/meta/color"|	Democracy and Peace	4	Min Young-sam	110,973	10.58%
bgcolor="Template:Minjung Party/meta/color"|	Minjung	6	Lee Sung-soo	51,410	4.90%
bgcolor="Template:Bareunmirae Party/meta/color"|	Bareunmirae	3	Park Mae-ho	40,287	3.84%
bgcolor="Template:Justice Party (South Korea)/meta/color"|	Justice	5	Noh Hyung-tae	37,433	3.57%
Total				1,048,005	100.00%
Voter turnout				69.24%

2014

2014 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:New Politics Alliance for Democracy/meta/color"|	NPAD	2	Lee Nak-yeon	755,233	77.96%
bgcolor="Template:Unified Progressive Party/meta/color"|	Unified Progressive	3	Lee Sung-soo	120,868	12.47%
bgcolor="Template:Saenuri Party/meta/color"|	Saenuri	1	Lee Joong-hyo	92,549	9.55%
Total				968,650	100.00%
Voter turnout				65.55%

2010

2010 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008)/meta/color"|	Democratic	2	Park Jun-young	629,984	68.30%
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"|	Grand National	1	Kim Dae-sik	123,548	13.39%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color"|	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%

2006

2006 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color"|	Democratic	3	Park Jun-young	640,894	67.69%
bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color"|	Uri	1	Seo Beom-seok	181,756	19.19%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color"|	Democratic Labor	4	Park Woong-doo	68,702	7.25%
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"|	Grand National	2	Park Jae-soon	55,444	5.85%
Total				946,796	100.00%
Voter turnout				64.33%

2004 (by-election)

2004 South Jeolla gubernatorial by-election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color"|	Millennium Democratic	4	Park Jun-young	308,299	57.60%
bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color"|	Uri	1	Min Hwa-sik	187,168	35.00%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color"|	Democratic Labor	3	Kim Sun-dong	39,774	7.43%
Total				535,241	100.00%
Voter turnout				36.29%

2002

2002 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color"|	Millennium Democratic	2	Park Tae-young	563,545	57.76%
bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Independent	3	Song Jae-gu	236,558	24.24%
bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Independent	4	Song Ha-sung	89,487	9.17%
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"|	Grand National	1	Hwang Soo-youn	51,504	5.27%
bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Independent	5	Ahn Su-won	34,439	3.53%
Total				975,533	100.00%
Voter turnout				65.63%

1998

1998 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:National Congress for New Politics/meta/color"|	National Congress	2	Heo Kyeong-man	918,300	100.00%
Total				918,300	100.00%
Voter turnout				68.22%

1995

1995 South Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 1991)/meta/color"|	Democratic	2	Heo Kyeong-man	769,538	73.50%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)/meta/color"|	Democratic Liberal	1	Chun Suk-hong	277,386	26.49%
Total				1,046,924	100.00%
Voter turnout				76.06%

See also

• Government of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics