Governor of Gyeonggi Province
| Governor of Gyeonggi Province | |
|---|---|
| 경기도지사 | |
.svg) Seal of Gyeonggi | |
since 1 July 2022 | |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Koo Ja-ok |
| Formation | 15 February 1946 |
| Deputy | 3 Vice Governors |
| Website | governor.gg.go.kr |
The Governor of Gyeonggi Province (Korean: 경기도지사; Hanja: 京畿道知事) is the head of the local government of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, who is elected to a four-year term.
List of governors
[edit]Appointed governors (before 1995)
[edit]From 1946 to 1995, the Governor of Gyeonggi 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 Gyeonggi Province is elected by direct election.
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| Status |
Denotes acting governor
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| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1st | Lee In-je 이인제 李仁濟 (born 1948) |
1 July 1995 | 18 September 1997 | 2 years, 80 days | Democratic Liberal → New Korea |
1995 | ||
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Lim Su-bok 임수복 林秀福 (born 1943) Acting |
19 September 1997 | 30 June 1998 | 285 days | Independent | — | ||
| 2nd |
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Lim Chang-yeol 임창열 林昌烈 (born 1944) |
1 July 1998 | 30 June 2002 | 4 years, 0 days | National Congress | 1998 | |
| 3rd | 
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Sohn Hak-kyu 손학규 孫鶴圭 (born 1948) |
1 July 2002 | 30 June 2006 | 4 years, 0 days | Grand National | 2002 | |
| 4th | _(cropped).jpg)
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Kim Moon-soo 김문수 金文洙 (born 1951) |
1 July 2006 | 30 June 2014 | 8 years, 0 days | Grand National → Saenuri |
2006 | |
| 5th | 2010 | |||||||
| 6th | 
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Nam Kyung-pil 남경필 南景弼 (born 1965) |
1 July 2014 | 30 June 2018 | 4 years, 0 days | Saenuri → Bareun → Liberty Korea |
2014 | |
| 7th | Lee Jae-myung 이재명 李在明 (born 1964) |
1 July 2018 | 25 October 2021 | 3 years, 117 days | Democratic | 2018 | ||
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Oh Byeong-kwon 오병권 吳秉權 (born 1971) Acting |
26 October 2021 | 30 June 2022 | 248 days | Independent | — | ||
| 8th | 
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Kim Dong-yeon 김동연 金東兗 (born 1957) |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 142 days | Democratic | 2022 | |
Elections
[edit]Source:[1]
1995
[edit]| 1995 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Lee In-je | 1,264,914 | 40.56% | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Chang Kyoung-woo | 923,069 | 29.60% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Im Sa-bin | 613,624 | 19.67% | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Kim Moon-won | 316,637 | 10.15% | ||
| Total | 3,118,244 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 63.23% | |||||
1998
[edit]| 1998 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| National Congress | 2 | Lim Chang-yeol | 1,549,189 | 54.30% | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Sohn Hak-kyu | 1,303,340 | 45.69% | ||
| Total | 2,852,529 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 50.00% | |||||
2002
[edit]| 2002 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Sohn Hak-kyu | 1,744,291 | 58.37% | ||
| Millennium Democratic | 2 | Jin Nyum | 1,075,243 | 35.98% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 3 | Kim Joon-ki | 168,357 | 5.63% | ||
| Total | 2,987,891 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 44.63% | |||||
2006
[edit]| 2006 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 2 | Kim Moon-soo | 2,181,677 | 59.68% | ||
| Uri | 1 | Jin Dae-je | 1,124,317 | 30.75% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Kim Yong-han | 201,106 | 5.50% | ||
| Democratic | 3 | Park Jung-il | 148,409 | 4.05% | ||
| Total | 3,655,509 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 46.67% | |||||
2010
[edit]| 2010 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Kim Moon-soo | 2,271,492 | 52.20% | ||
| Participation | 8 | Rhyu Si-min | 2,079,892 | 47.79% | ||
| Total | 4,351,384 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 51.76% | |||||
2014
[edit]| 2014 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Nam Kyung-pil | 2,524,981 | 50.43% | ||
| NPAD | 2 | Kim Jin-pyo | 2,481,824 | 49.56% | ||
| Total | 5,006,805 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 53.28% | |||||
2018
[edit]| 2018 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Lee Jae-myung | 3,370,621 | 56.40% | ||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Nam Kyung-pil | 2,122,433 | 35.51% | ||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Kim Young-hwan | 287,504 | 4.81% | ||
| Justice | 5 | Lee Hong-woo | 151,871 | 2.54% | ||
| Minjung | 6 | Kim Young-hwan | 43,098 | 0.72% | ||
| Total | 5,975,527 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 57.77% | |||||
2022
[edit]| 2022 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Kim Dong-yeon | 2,827,593 | 49.06% | ||
| People Power | 2 | Kim Eun-hye | 2,818,680 | 48.91% | ||
| Independent | 6 | Kang Yong-suk | 54,758 | 0.95% | ||
| Justice | 3 | Hwang Sun-sik | 38,525 | 0.66% | ||
| Progressive | 5 | Song Young-ju | 13,939 | 0.24% | ||
| Basic Income | 4 | Seo Tae-seong | 9,314 | 0.16% | ||
| Total | 5,762,809 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 50.63% | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2019.