| Mayor of Gwangju | |
|---|---|
| 광주광역시장 | |
 Seal of Gwangju | |
.jpg) IncumbentKang Gi-jung since 1 July 2022 | |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Seo Min-ho |
| Formation | 16 August 1945; 79 years ago (1945-08-16) |
The Mayor of Gwangju (Korean: 광주광역시장; Hanja: 光州廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Gwangju who is elected to a four-year term.
List of mayors
Appointed mayors (before 1995)
From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Gwangju was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.
Directly elected mayors (1995–present)
Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Gwangju is elected by direct election.
| Political parties |
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| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1st | 
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Song Un-jong [ko] 송언종 宋彦鐘 (born 1937) |
1 July 1995 | 30 June 1998 | 3 years, 0 days | Democratic → National Congress |
1995 | |
| 2nd |
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Goh Jae-yu 고재유 高在維 (born 1938) |
1 July 1998 | 30 June 2002 | 4 years, 0 days | National Congress → Millennium Democratic |
1998 | |
| 3rd |
|
Park Gwang-tae [ko] 박광태 朴光泰 (born 1943) |
1 July 2002 | 30 June 2010 | 8 years, 0 days | Millennium Democratic → Democratic ('00) → Democratic ('08) |
2002 | |
| 4th | 2006 | |||||||
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Kang Woon-tae [ko] 강운태 姜雲太 (born 1948) |
1 July 2010 | 30 June 2014 | 4 years, 0 days | Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD |
2010 | |
| 6th |
|
Yoon Jang-hyun [ko] 윤장현 尹壯鉉 (born 1949) |
1 July 2014 | 30 June 2018 | 4 years, 0 days | NPAD → Democratic |
2014 | |
| 7th | 
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Lee Yong-seop 이용섭 李庸燮 (born 1951) |
1 July 2018 | 30 June 2022 | 4 years, 0 days | Democratic | 2018 | |
| 8th |
|
Kang Gi-jung [ko] 강기정 姜琪正 (born 1964) |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 181 days | Democratic | 2022 | |
Elections
Source:
1995
| 1995 Gwangju mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Song Un-jong | 469,570 | 89.71% | ||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Kim Dong-hwan | 53,817 | 10.28% | ||
| Total | 523,387 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 64.82% | |||||
1998
| 1998 Gwangju mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| National Congress | 2 | Goh Jae-yu | 261,578 | 67.20% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Lee Seung-chae | 127,626 | 32.79% | ||
| Total | 389,204 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 45.07% | |||||
2002
| 2002 Gwangju mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Millennium Democratic | 2 | Park Gwang-tae | 185,938 | 46.81% | ||
| Independent | 5 | Chung Dong-nyun | 107,415 | 27.04% | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Lee Hwan-eui | 43,695 | 11.00% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 3 | Park Jong-hyun | 29,427 | 7.40% | ||
| Independent | 6 | Chung Ho-sun | 20,796 | 5.23% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Chung Koo-sun | 9,877 | 2.48% | ||
| Total | 397,148 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 42.31% | |||||
2006
| 2006 Gwangju mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 3 | Park Gwang-tae | 239,884 | 51.61% | ||
| Uri | 1 | Cho Young-taek | 157,756 | 33.94% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Oh Byung-yoon | 48,617 | 10.46% | ||
| Grand National | 2 | Han Young | 18,461 | 3.97% | ||
| Total | 464,718 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 46.26% | |||||
2010
| 2010 Gwangju mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Kang Woon-tae | 297,003 | 56.73% | ||
| Participation | 8 | Chung Chan-yong | 75,830 | 14.48% | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Chung Yong-hwa | 74,490 | 14.22% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 5 | Chang Won-seop | 39,455 | 7.53% | ||
| New Progressive | 7 | Yoon Nan-sil | 30,834 | 5.89% | ||
| Peace Democratic | 9 | Cho Hong-kyu | 5,871 | 1.12% | ||
| Total | 523,483 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 49.76% | |||||
2014
| 2014 Gwangju mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| NPAD | 2 | Yoon Jang-hyun | 367,203 | 57.85% | ||
| Independent | 5 | Kang Woon-tae | 201,666 | 31.77% | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Lee Jung-jae | 21,614 | 3.40% | ||
| Unified Progressive | 3 | Yoon Min-ho | 21,200 | 3.34% | ||
| Independent | 7 | Lee Byung-wan | 16,249 | 2.56% | ||
| Labor | 4 | Lee Byung-hoon | 6,785 | 1.06% | ||
| Total | 634,717 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 57.10% | |||||
2018
| 2018 Gwangju mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Lee Yong-seop | 573,995 | 84.07% | ||
| Justice | 5 | Na Gyung-che | 40,916 | 5.99% | ||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Jeon Duk-young | 34,487 | 5.05% | ||
| Minjung | 6 | Yoon Min-ho | 33,312 | 4.87% | ||
| Total | 682,710 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 59.22% | |||||
2022
| 2022 Gwangju mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Kang Gi-jung | 334,699 | 74.91% | ||
| People Power | 2 | Joo Ki-hwan | 71,062 | 15.90% | ||
| Justice | 3 | Jang Yeun-ju | 21,070 | 4.71% | ||
| Progressive | 5 | Kim Ju-eop | 16,595 | 3.71% | ||
| Basic Income | 4 | Moon Hyeon-chul | 3,344 | 0.74% | ||
| Total | 446,770 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 37.66% | |||||
See also
References
- National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.