The Governor of Gangwon State (Korean: 강원특별자치도지사; Hanja: 江原特別自治道知事) is the head of the local government of Gangwon State who is elected to a four-year term.
Governor of Gangwon State | |
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강원특별자치도지사 | |
Term length | Four years |
Inaugural holder | Park Kun-won |
Formation | 19 January 1946 |
List of governors edit
Appointed governors (before 1995) edit
From 1945 to 1995, the Governor of North 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 North Gyeongsang Province is elected by direct election.[1]
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Status |
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 | ||||||
1st | Choi Gak-gyu 최각규 崔珏圭 (born 1933) |
1 July 1995 | 30 June 1998 | 3 years, 0 days | United Liberal Democrats → New Korea → Grand National |
1995 | ||
2nd | Kim Jin-sun 김진선 金振兟 (born 1946) |
1 July 1998 | 30 June 2010 | 12 years, 0 days | Grand National | 1998 | ||
3rd | 2002 | |||||||
4th | 2006 | |||||||
5th | Kang Ki-chang 강기창 姜起敞 (born 1955) Acting |
1 July 2010 | 2 September 2010 | 64 days | Independent | — | ||
Lee Kwang-jae 이광재 李光宰 (born 1965) |
3 September 2010 | 27 January 2011 | 211 days | Democratic | 2010 | |||
Kang Ki-chang 강기창 姜起敞 (born 1955) Acting |
28 January 2011 | 27 April 2011 | 90 days | Independent | — | |||
Choi Moon-soon 최문순 崔文洵 (born 1956) |
28 April 2011 | 30 June 2022 | 11 years, 64 days | Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD → Democratic ('14) |
2011 (by-el.) | |||
6th | 2014 | |||||||
7th | 2018 | |||||||
8th | Kim Jin-tae 김진태 金鎭台 (born 1964) |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 314 days | People Power | 2022 |
Elections edit
Source:[2]
1995 edit
1995 Gangwon gubernatorial election | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
United Liberal Democrats | 2 | Choi Gak-gyu | 500,894 | 65.82% | ||
Democratic Liberal | 1 | Lee Sang-ryong | 260,004 | 34.17% | ||
Total | 760,898 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 74.77% |
1998 edit
1998 Gangwon gubernatorial election | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
Grand National | 1 | Kim Jin-sun | 268,559 | 39.27% | ||
United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Han Ho-sun | 231,376 | 33.84% | ||
Independent | 4 | Lee Sang-ryong | 183,775 | 26.87% | ||
Total | 683,710 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 64.27% |
2002 edit
2002 Gangwon gubernatorial election | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
Grand National | 1 | Kim Jin-sun | 468,987 | 71.11% | ||
Millennium Democratic | 2 | Nam Dong-woo | 190,451 | 28.88% | ||
Total | 659,438 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 59.41% |
2006 edit
2006 Gangwon gubernatorial election | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
Grand National | 2 | Kim Jin-sun | 471,613 | 70.56% | ||
Uri | 1 | Lee Chang-bok | 148,302 | 22.19% | ||
Democratic | 3 | Yoo Jae-gyu | 29,028 | 4.34% | ||
People First | 5 | Yoo Seung-gyu | 19,383 | 2.90% | ||
Total | 668,326 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 58.71% |
2010 edit
2010 Gangwon gubernatorial election | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
Democratic | 2 | Lee Kwang-jae | 388,443 | 54.36% | ||
Grand National | 1 | Lee Kye-jin | 326,111 | 45.63% | ||
Total | 714,554 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 62.30% |
2011 (by-election) edit
2011 Gangwon gubernatorial by-election | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
Democratic | 2 | Choi Moon-soon | 293,509 | 51.08% | ||
Grand National | 1 | Ohm Ki-young | 267,538 | 46.56% | ||
Independent | 8 | Hwang Hak-su | 13,463 | 2.34% | ||
Total | 574,510 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 47.50% |
2014 edit
2014 Gangwon gubernatorial election | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
NPAD | 2 | Choi Moon-soon | 381,338 | 49.76% | ||
Saenuri | 1 | Choi Heung-jip | 369,201 | 48.17% | ||
Unified Progressive | 3 | Lee Seung-jae | 15,774 | 2.05% | ||
Total | 766,313 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 62.24% |
2018 edit
2018 Gangwon gubernatorial election | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
Democratic | 1 | Choi Moon-soon | 518,447 | 64.73% | ||
Liberty Korea | 2 | Jeong Chang-soo | 282,456 | 35.26% | ||
Total | 800,903 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 63.20% |
2022 edit
2022 Gangwon gubernatorial election | ||||||
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Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
People Power | 2 | Kim Jin-tae | 409,461 | 54.07% | ||
Democratic | 1 | Lee Kwang-jae | 347,766 | 45.92% | ||
Total | 757,227 | 100.00% | ||||
Voter turnout | 57.82% |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Former Governors - Governor's Office - Introduction to Gangwon-do". Gangwon Province.
- ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.