Governor of South Gyeongsang Province

The Governor of South Gyeongsang Province (Korean경상남도지사; Hanja慶尙南道知事) is the head of the local government of South Gyeongsang Province who is elected to a four-year term.

Governor of South Gyeongsang Province
경상남도지사
Seal of South Gyeongsang
Incumbent
Park Wan-su
since 1 July 2022
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderKim Byung-kyu
Formation23 January 1946; 78 years ago (1946-01-23)
Websitewww.gyeongnam.go.kr/governor

List of governors edit

Appointed governors (before 1995) edit

From 1946 to 1995, the Governor of South Gyeongsang 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 Gyeongsang 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   Kim Hyuk-kyu [ko]
김혁규
金爀珪

(born 1939)
1 July 1995 14 December 2003 8 years, 167 days Democratic Liberal
New Korea
Grand National
1995
2nd 1998
3rd 2002
  Chang In-tae [ko]
장인태
張仁太

(born 1951)
Acting
15 December 2003 3 May 2004 141 days Independent
  Kim Chae-yong [ko]
김채용
金采溶

(born 1949)
Acting
4 May 2004 5 June 2004 33 days Independent
  Kim Tae-ho
김태호
金台鎬

(born 1962)
6 June 2004 30 June 2010 6 years, 25 days Grand National 2004 (by-el.)
4th 2006
5th   Kim Doo-kwan
김두관
金斗官

(born 1959)
1 July 2010 6 July 2012 2 years, 6 days Independent
Democratic United
2010
  Lim Chae-ho
임채호
林采虎

(born 1958)
Acting
7 July 2012 19 December 2012 166 days Independent
  Hong Joon-pyo
홍준표
洪準杓

(born 1954)
20 December 2012 9 April 2017 4 years, 111 days Saenuri
Liberty Korea
2012 (by-el.)
6th 2014
  Ryu Soon-hyun [ko]
류순현
柳淳鉉

(born 1963)
Acting
10 April 2017 16 August 2017 129 days Independent
  Han Kyung-ho [ko]
한경호
韓徑浩

(born 1963)
Acting
17 August 2017 30 June 2018 318 days Independent
7th   Kim Kyoung-soo
김경수
金慶洙

(born 1967)
1 July 2018 21 July 2021 3 years, 21 days Democratic 2018
  Ha Byung-pil
하병필
河炳弼

(born 1968)
Acting
21 July 2021 30 June 2022 345 days Independent
8th   Park Wan-su
박완수
朴完洙

(born 1955)
1 July 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 300 days People Power 2022

Elections edit

Source:[1]

1995 edit

1995 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Liberal 1 Kim Hyuk-kyu 1,177,397 63.84%
United Liberal Democrats 2 Kim Yong-kyun 666,756 36.15%
Total 1,844,153 100.00%
Voter turnout 73.05%

1998 edit

1998 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 1 Kim Hyuk-kyu 939,358 74.64%
National Congress 2 Kang Shin-hwa 161,703 12.84%
Independent 4 Heo Moon-doh 157,337 12.50%
Total 1,258,398 100.00%
Voter turnout 61.08%

2002 edit

2002 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 1 Kim Hyuk-kyu 920,706 74.50%
Millennium Democratic 2 Kim Doo-kwan 208,641 16.88%
Democratic Labor 3 Lim Su-tae 106,367 8.60%
Total 1,235,714 100.00%
Voter turnout 56.53%

2004 (by-election) edit

2004 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial by-election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 2 Kim Tae-ho 454,883 61.60%
Uri 1 Chang In-tae 203,272 27.53%
Democratic Labor 3 Lim Su-tae 80,290 10.87%
Total 738,445 100.00%
Voter turnout 32.80%

2006 edit

2006 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 2 Kim Tae-ho 852,377 63.12%
Uri 1 Kim Doo-kwan 343,137 25.41%
Democratic Labor 4 Moon Sung-hyun 135,823 10.05%
People First 5 Kim Jae-ju 18,906 1.40%
Total 1,350,243 100.00%
Voter turnout 57.84%

2010 edit

2010 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Independent 7 Kim Doo-kwan 812,336 53.50%
Grand National 1 Lee Dal-gon 705,986 46.49%
Total 1,518,322 100.00%
Voter turnout 61.83%

2012 (by-election) edit

2012 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial by-election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Saenuri 1 Hong Joon-pyo 1,191,904 62.91%
Independent 4 Kwon Young-ghil 702,689 37.09%
Total 1,894,593 100.00%
Voter turnout 76.80%

2014 edit

2014 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Saenuri 1 Hong Joon-pyo 913,162 58.85%
NPAD 2 Kim Kyoung-soo 559,367 36.05%
Unified Progressive 3 Kang Byung-ki 79,015 5.09%
Total 1,551,544 100.00%
Voter turnout 59.80%

2018 edit

2018 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 1 Kim Kyoung-soo 941,491 52.81%
Liberty Korea 2 Kim Tae-ho 765,809 42.95%
Bareunmirae 3 Kim Yoo-geun 75,418 4.23%
Total 1,782,718 100.00%
Voter turnout 65.79%

2022 edit

2022 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
People Power 2 Park Wan-su 963,473 65.70%
Democratic 1 Yang Moon-seok 431,569 29.43%
Justice 3 Yeo Yeong-gug 58,933 4.01%
United Korea 4 Choi Jin-seok 12,353 0.84%
Total 1,466,328 100.00%
Voter turnout 53.40%

See also edit

References edit

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