Governor of Gangwon State
강원특별자치도지사
Seal of Gangwon
Incumbent
Kim Jin-tae
since 1 July 2022
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderPark Kun-won
Formation19 January 1946 (1946-01-19)

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.

List of governors

Appointed governors (before 1995)

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)

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

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 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
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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, 202 days People Power 2022

Elections

Source:[2]

1995

1995 Gangwon gubernatorial election
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

1998 Gangwon gubernatorial election
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

2002 Gangwon gubernatorial election
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

2006 Gangwon gubernatorial election
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

2010 Gangwon gubernatorial election
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)

2011 Gangwon gubernatorial by-election
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

2014 Gangwon gubernatorial election
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

2018 Gangwon gubernatorial election
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

2022 Gangwon gubernatorial election
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

References

  1. "Former Governors - Governor's Office - Introduction to Gangwon-do". Gangwon Province.
  2. National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
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