Governor of Jeju Province

Head of the local government of Jeju Province

Governor of Jeju Province

제주특별자치도지사

Seal of Jeju

Incumbent
Oh Young-hun

since 1 July 2022

Term length| Four years
Inaugural holder| Park Kyoung-hoon
Formation| 1 August 1946; 79 years ago (1946-08-01)

The Governor of Jeju Province (Korean: 제주특별자치도지사; Hanja: 濟州特別自治道知事) is the head of the local government of Jeju Province 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 Jeju 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 Jeju Province is elected by direct election.

Political parties

Conservative

Liberal

Independent

Status

Denotes acting governor

Term  | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term of office  | Political party  | Elected

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Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
Jeju Province (1995–2006)
1st |  | Shin Koo-bum [ko]
신구범
愼久範
(1942–2023) | 1 July 1995  | 30 June 1998  | 3 years, 0 days  |  | Independent | 1995
2nd |  | Woo Geun-min [ko]
우근민
禹瑾敏
(born 1942) | 1 July 1998  | 27 April 2004  | 5 years, 302 days  |  | National Congress →
Millennium Democratic →
Uri | 1998
3rd | 2002
| Kwon Young-chul
권영철
權寧喆
(born 1951)
Acting | 28 April 2004  | 5 June 2004  | 39 days  |  | Independent | —
| Kim Tae-hwan [ko]
김태환
金泰煥
(born 1942) | 6 June 2004  | 8 May 2006  | 1 year, 337 days  |  | Grand National | 2004 (by-el.)
| Kim Han-wook
김한욱
金漢昱
(born 1948)
Acting | 8 May 2006  | 30 June 2006  | 54 days  |  | Independent | —
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province (2006–present)
4th |  | Kim Tae-hwan [ko]
김태환
金泰煥
(born 1942) | 1 July 2006  | 30 June 2010  | 4 years, 0 days  |  | Independent | 2006
5th |  | Woo Geun-min [ko]
우근민
禹瑾敏
(born 1942) | 1 July 2010  | 30 June 2014  | 4 years, 0 days  |  | Independent →
Saenuri | 2010
6th |

| Won Hee-ryong
원희룡
元喜龍
(born 1964) | 1 July 2014  | 11 August 2021  | 7 years, 42 days  |  | Saenuri →
Bareun →
Independent →
United Future →
People Power | 2014
7th | 2018
| Koo Man-sub [ko]
구만섭
丘萬燮
(born 1966)
Acting | 12 August 2021  | 30 June 2022  | 323 days  |  | Independent | —
8th |  | Oh Young-hun
오영훈
吳怜勳
(born 1969) | 1 July 2022  | Incumbent | 3 years, 48 days  |  | Democratic | 2022

## Elections

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Source:[1]

### 1995

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1995 Jeju gubernatorial election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| Independent | 3  | Shin Koo-bum  | 111,205  | 40.64%  |

| Democratic Liberal | 1  | Woo Geun-min  | 89,000  | 32.53%  |

| Democratic | 2  | Kang Bo-sung  | 66,406  | 24.27%  |

| Independent | 4  | Shin Doo-wan  | 6,961  | 2.54%  |

Total  | 273,572  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 80.47%

### 1998

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1998 Jeju gubernatorial election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| National Congress | 2  | Woo Geun-min  | 139,695  | 52.76%  |

| Independent | 4  | Shin Koo-bum  | 81,491  | 30.78%  |

| Grand National | 1  | Hyun Im-jong  | 43,559  | 16.45%  |

Total  | 264,745  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 73.70%

### 2002

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2002 Jeju gubernatorial election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| Millennium Democratic | 2  | Woo Geun-min  | 135,283  | 51.40%  |

| Grand National | 1  | Shin Koo-bum  | 119,502  | 45.41%  |

| Democratic People's | 3  | Shin Doo-wan  | 8,373  | 3.18%  |

Total  | 263,158  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 68.94%

### 2004 (by-election)

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2004 Jeju gubernatorial by-election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| Grand National | 2  | Kim Tae-hwan  | 108,853  | 56.00%  |

| Uri | 1  | Jin Chul-hoon  | 85,542  | 44.00%  |

Total  | 194,395  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 49.80%

### 2006

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2006 Jeju gubernatorial election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| Independent | 6  | Kim Tae-hwan  | 117,244  | 42.73%  |

| Grand National | 2  | Hyun Myung-gwan  | 112,774  | 41.10%  |

| Uri | 1  | Jin Chul-hoon  | 44,334  | 16.15%  |

Total  | 274,352  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 67.26%

### 2010

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2010 Jeju gubernatorial election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| Independent | 9  | Woo Geun-min  | 110,603  | 41.40%  |

| Independent | 8  | Hyun Myung-gwan  | 108,344  | 40.55%  |

| Democratic | 2  | Goh Hee-bum  | 48,186  | 18.03%  |

Total  | 267,133  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 65.09%

### 2014

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2014 Jeju gubernatorial election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| Saenuri | 1  | Won Hee-ryong | 172,793  | 59.97%  |

| NPAD | 2  | Shin Koo-bum  | 99,493  | 34.53%  |

| Unified Progressive | 3  | Goh Seung-wan  | 12,209  | 4.23%  |

| New Politics  | 4  | Joo Jong-geun  | 3,637  | 1.26%  |

Total  | 288,132  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 62.79%

### 2018

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2018 Jeju gubernatorial election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| Independent | 7  | Won Hee-ryong | 178,255  | 51.72%  |

| Democratic | 1  | Moon Dae-rim  | 137,901  | 40.01%  |

| Green | 6  | Ko Eun-young  | 12,188  | 3.53%  |

| Liberty Korea | 2  | Kim Bang-hoon  | 11,241  | 3.26%  |

| Bareunmirae | 3  | Jang Seong-cheol  | 5,019  | 1.45%  |

Total  | 344,604  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 65.90%

### 2022

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2022 Jeju gubernatorial election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| Democratic | 1  | Oh Young-hun | 163,116  | 55.14%  |

| People Power | 2  | Heo Hyang-jin  | 116,786  | 39.48%  |

| Independent | 5  | Park Chan-shik  | 10,138  | 3.42%  |

| Green | 4  | Bu Soon-jeong  | 5,750  | 1.94%  |

Total  | 295,790  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 53.11%

## See also

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* Government of South Korea
* Politics of South Korea

## References

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