The Governor of South Chungcheong Province (Korean: 충청남도지사; Hanja: 忠淸南道知事) is the head of the local government of South Chungcheong Province who is elected to a four-year term.
| Governor of South Chungcheong Province | |
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| 충청남도지사 | |
 Seal of South Chungcheong | |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Hwang In-shik |
| Formation | 3 November 1945 |
| Website | www.chungnam.go.kr/governor |
List of governors edit
Appointed governors (before 1995) edit
From 1945 to 1995, the Governor of South Chungcheong 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 Chungcheong 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 | 
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Sim Dae-pyung 심대평 沈大平 (born 1941) |
1 July 1995 | 24 March 2006 | 10 years, 267 days | United Liberal Democrats → People First |
1995 | |
| 2nd | 1998 | |||||||
| 3rd | 2002 | |||||||
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Yoo Deok-joon 유덕준 兪德濬 (born 1946) Acting |
24 March 2006 | 30 June 2006 | 99 days | Independent | — | ||
| 4th | 
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Lee Wan-koo 이완구 李完九 (1950-2021) |
1 July 2006 | 4 December 2009 | 3 years, 157 days | Grand National | 2006 | |
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Lee In-hwa 이인화 李仁禾 (born 1954) Acting |
4 December 2009 | 30 June 2010 | 209 days | Independent | — | ||
| 5th | 
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Ahn Hee-jung 안희정 安熙正 (born 1964) |
1 July 2010 | 6 March 2018 | 7 years, 249 days | Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD → Democratic ('14) |
2010 | |
| 6th | 2014 | |||||||
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Namkoong Young 남궁영 南宮英 (born 1962) Acting |
7 March 2018 | 30 June 2018 | 116 days | Independent | — | ||
| 7th | 
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Yang Seung-jo 양승조 梁承晁 (born 1959) |
1 July 2018 | 30 June 2022 | 4 years, 0 days | Democratic | 2018 | |
| 8th |
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Kim Tae-heum 김태흠 金泰欽 (born 1962) |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 314 days | People Power | 2022 | |
Elections edit
Source:[2]
1995 edit
| 1995 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Sim Dae-pyung | 616,006 | 67.88% | ||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Park Joong-bae | 174,117 | 19.18% | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Cho Joong-youn | 117,300 | 12.92% | ||
| Total | 907,423 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 73.77% | |||||
1998 edit
| 1998 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Sim Dae-pyung | 656,795 | 84.63% | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Han Chung-soo | 119,216 | 15.36% | ||
| Total | 776,011 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 59.49% | |||||
2002 edit
| 2002 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Sim Dae-pyung | 508,796 | 66.96% | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Park Tae-kwon | 251,005 | 33.03% | ||
| Total | 759,801 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 56.24% | |||||
2006 edit
| 2006 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 2 | Lee Wan-koo | 379,420 | 46.31% | ||
| People First | 5 | Lee Myung-soo | 209,254 | 25.54% | ||
| Uri | 1 | Oh Young-kyo | 178,169 | 21.74% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Lee Yong-gil | 52,417 | 6.39% | ||
| Total | 819,260 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 55.78% | |||||
2010 edit
| 2010 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Ahn Hee-jung | 367,288 | 42.25% | ||
| Liberty Forward | 3 | Park Sang-don | 347,265 | 39.94% | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Park Hae-chun | 154,723 | 17.79% | ||
| Total | 869,276 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 56.52% | |||||
2014 edit
| 2014 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| NPAD | 2 | Ahn Hee-jung | 465,994 | 52.21% | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Chung Jin-suk | 392,315 | 43.95% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Kim Ki-moon | 34,204 | 3.83% | ||
| Total | 892,513 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 55.71% | |||||
2018 edit
| 2018 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Yang Seung-jo | 615,870 | 62.55% | ||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Lee In-je | 345,577 | 35.10% | ||
| Let's go Korea | 6 | Cha Gook-hwan | 23,012 | 2.33% | ||
| Total | 984,459 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 58.12% | |||||
2022 edit
| 2022 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| People Power | 2 | Kim Tae-heum | 468,658 | 53.87% | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Yang Seung-jo | 401,308 | 46.12% | ||
| Total | 869,966 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 49.82% | |||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Previous Governors - Introducing Chungnam". South Chungcheong Province (in Korean).
- ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.