Governor of Jeonbuk State

Governor of Jeonbuk State
전북특별자치도지사
Seal of Jeonbuk State
since 1 July 2022
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderChung Il-sa
Formation4 April 1946; 78 years ago (1946-04-04)

The Governor of Jeonbuk State (Korean전북특별자치도지사; Hanja全北特別自治道知事) is the head of the local government of Jeonbuk State who is elected to a four-year term.

List of governors

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Appointed governors (before 1995)

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From 1946 to 1995, the Governor of North Jeolla Province was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Directly elected governors (1995–present)

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Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of North Jeolla Province is elected by direct election.[1]

Title of the Governor of North Jeollla Province was changed to the Governor of Jeonbuk State on 18 January 2024.

Political parties
Term Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Elected
Took office Left office Time in office
1st Yu Jong-geun [ko]
유종근
柳鍾根

(born 1944)
1 July 1995 30 June 2002 7 years, 0 days Democratic
National Congress
Millennium Democratic
1995
2nd 1998
3rd Kang Hyun-wook
강현욱
姜賢旭

(born 1938)
1 July 2002 30 June 2006 4 years, 0 days Millennium Democratic
Uri
2002
4th Kim Wan-ju
김완주
金完柱

(born 1946)
1 July 2006 30 June 2014 8 years, 0 days Uri
United New Democratic
Democratic ('08)
Democratic United
Democratic ('11)
NPAD
2006
5th 2010
6th Song Ha-jin
송하진
宋河珍

(born 1952)
1 July 2014 30 June 2022 8 years, 0 days NPAD
Democratic
2014
7th 2018
8th Kim Kwan-young [ko]
김관영
金寬永

(born 1969)
1 July 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 145 days Democratic 2022

Elections

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Source:[2]

1995

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1995 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 2 Yu Jong-geun 653,295 67.15%
Democratic Liberal 1 Kang Hyun-wook 319,452 32.84%
Total 972,747 100.00%
Voter turnout 73.66%

1998

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1998 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
National Congress 2 Yu Jong-geun 758,141 100.00%
Total 758,141 100.00%
Voter turnout 57.78%

2002

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2002 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Millennium Democratic 2 Kang Hyun-wook 571,650 74.56%
Independent 3 Son Ju-hang 131,320 17.12%
Grand National 1 Ra Kyung-kyun 63,661 8.30%
Total 766,631 100.00%
Voter turnout 54.98%

2006

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2006 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Uri 1 Kim Wan-ju 389,436 48.08%
Democratic 3 Chung Kyun-hwan 295,891 36.53%
Grand National 2 Moon Yong-ju 62,922 7.76%
Democratic Labor 4 Yeom Kyung-suk 61,672 7.61%
Total 809,921 100.00%
Voter turnout 57.87%

2010

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2010 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 2 Kim Wan-ju 569,980 68.67%
Grand National 1 Jeong Woon-chun 151,064 18.20%
Democratic Labor 5 Ha Yeon-ho 52,331 6.30%
New Progressive 7 Yeom Kyung-suk 35,565 4.28%
Peace Democratic 8 Kim Dae-sik 20,990 2.52%
Total 829,930 100.00%
Voter turnout 59.34%

2014

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2014 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
NPAD 2 Song Ha-jin 599,654 69.23%
Saenuri 1 Park Chul-gon 177,172 20.45%
Unified Progressive 3 Lee Kwang-seok 89,337 10.31%
Total 866,163 100.00%
Voter turnout 59.87%

2018

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2018 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 1 Song Ha-jin 682,042 70.57%
Democracy and Peace 4 Lim Chung-yeop 184,728 19.11%
Justice 5 Kwon Tae-hong 52,496 5.43%
Liberty Korea 2 Shin Jae-bong 26,374 2.72%
Minjung 6 Lee Kwang-seok 20,827 2.15%
Total 966,467 100.00%
Voter turnout 65.23%

2022

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2022 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 1 Kim Kwan-young 591,510 82.11%
People Power 2 Cho Bae-sook 128,828 17.88%
Total 720,338 100.00%
Voter turnout 48.65%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "History of Jeonbuk's governors - Governor - About Jeollabuk-do". North Jeolla Province.
  2. ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.