Governor of Jeonbuk State

Local government head in South Korea

Governor of Jeonbuk State

전북특별자치도지사

Seal of Jeonbuk State

Incumbent
Kim Kwan-young

since 1 July 2022

Term length| Four years
Inaugural holder| Chung Il-sa
Formation| 4 April 1946; 79 years ago (1946-04-04)

The Governor of Jeonbuk State (Korean: 전북특별자치도지사; 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

Liberal

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

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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, 295 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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* Government of South Korea
* Politics of South Korea

## 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.