Governor of Gyeonggi Province

Governor of Gyeonggi Province
Governor of Gyeonggi Province
경기도지사
	Incumbent; Oh Byeong-kwon; since 26 October 2021
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Koo Ja-ok
Formation	15 February 1946; 78 years ago
Deputy	3 Vice Governors
Website	governor.gg.go.kr

The Governor of Gyeonggi Province (Korean: 경기도지사; Hanja: 京畿道知事) is the head of the local government of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, who is elected to a four-year term.

List of governors

Appointed governors (before 1995)

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

Direct elected governors (1995–present)

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of Gyeonggi Province is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Conservative Liberal Independent
Status
Denotes acting governor

#	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Term
#	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Term
29		Lee In-je 이인제 李仁濟 (born 1948)	1 July 1995	18 September 1997	2 years, 80 days	style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;" \|	Democratic Liberal → New Korea	1st
-		Lim Su-bok 임수복 林秀福 (born 1943) Acting	19 September 1997	30 June 1998	285 days	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;" \|	Independent	1st
30		Lim Chang-yeol [ko] 임창열 林昌烈 (born 1944)	1 July 1998	30 June 2002	4 years, 0 days	style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color;" \|	National Congress	2nd
31		Sohn Hak-kyu 손학규 孫鶴圭 (born 1948)	1 July 2002	30 June 2006	4 years, 0 days	style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;" \|	Grand National	3rd
32		Kim Moon-soo 김문수 金文洙 (born 1951)	1 July 2006	30 June 2014	8 years, 0 days	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;" \|	Grand National → Saenuri	4th
33		Kim Moon-soo 김문수 金文洙 (born 1951)	1 July 2006	30 June 2014	8 years, 0 days	5th	Grand National → Saenuri
34		Nam Kyung-pil 남경필 南景弼 (born 1965)	1 July 2014	30 June 2018	4 years, 0 days	style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;" \|	Saenuri → Bareun → Liberty Korea	6th
35		Lee Jae-myung 이재명 李在明 (born 1964)	1 July 2018	October 25 2021	3 years, 117 days	style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color;" \|	Democratic	7th
-		Oh Byeong-kwon 오병권 Acting	October 26 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 41 days	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;" \|	Independent	7th

Elections

Source: ^[1]

1995

1995 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)/meta/color"\|	Democratic Liberal	1	Lee In-je	1,264,914	40.56%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 1991)/meta/color"\|	Democratic	2	Chang Kyoung-woo	923,069	29.60%
bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"\|	Independent	4	Im Sa-bin	613,624	19.67%
bgcolor="Template:United Liberal Democrats/meta/color"\|	United Liberal Democrats	3	Kim Moon-won	316,637	10.15%
Total				3,118,244	100.00%
Voter turnout				63.23%

1998

1998 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:National Congress for New Politics/meta/color"\|	National Congress	2	Lim Chang-yeol	1,549,189	54.30%
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"\|	Grand National	1	Sohn Hak-kyu	1,303,340	45.69%
Total				2,852,529	100.00%
Voter turnout				50.00%

2002

2002 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"\|	Grand National	1	Sohn Hak-kyu	1,744,291	58.37%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color"\|	Millennium Democratic	2	Jin Nyum	1,075,243	35.98%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color"\|	Democratic Labor	3	Kim Joon-ki	168,357	5.63%
Total				2,987,891	100.00%
Voter turnout				44.63%

2006

2006 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"\|	Grand National	2	Kim Moon-soo	2,181,677	59.68%
bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color"\|	Uri	1	Jin Dae-je	1,124,317	30.75%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color"\|	Democratic Labor	4	Kim Yong-han	201,106	5.50%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color"\|	Democratic	3	Park Jung-il	148,409	4.05%
Total				3,655,509	100.00%
Voter turnout				46.67%

2010

2010 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"\|	Grand National	1	Kim Moon-soo	2,271,492	52.20%
	Participation	8	Rhyu Si-min	2,079,892	47.79%
Total				4,351,384	100.00%
Voter turnout				51.76%

2014

2014 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Saenuri Party/meta/color"\|	Saenuri	1	Nam Kyung-pil	2,524,981	50.43%
bgcolor="Template:New Politics Alliance for Democracy/meta/color"\|	NPAD	2	Kim Jin-pyo	2,481,824	49.56%
Total				5,006,805	100.00%
Voter turnout				53.28%

2018

2018 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party of Korea/meta/color"\|	Democratic	1	Lee Jae-myung	3,370,621	56.40%
bgcolor="Template:Liberty Korea Party/meta/color"\|	Liberty Korea	2	Nam Kyung-pil	2,122,433	35.51%
bgcolor="Template:Bareunmirae Party/meta/color"\|	Bareunmirae	3	Kim Young-hwan	287,504	4.81%
bgcolor="Template:Justice Party (South Korea)/meta/color"\|	Justice	5	Lee Hong-woo	151,871	2.54%
bgcolor="Template:Minjung Party/meta/color"\|	Minjung	6	Kim Young-hwan	43,098	0.72%
Total				5,975,527	100.00%
Voter turnout				57.77%

References

^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.

[1] National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.

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