Mayor of Gwangju

광주광역시장

Seal of Gwangju

Incumbent
Kang Gi-jung
since 1 July 2022

Term length| Four years
Inaugural holder| Seo Min-ho
Formation| 16 August 1945; 78 years ago (1945-08-16)

The Mayor of Gwangju (Korean: 광주광역시장; Hanja: 光州廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Gwangju who is elected to a four-year term.

## List of mayors[edit]

### Appointed mayors (before 1995)[edit]

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Gwangju was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

### Directly elected mayors (1995–present)[edit]

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Gwangju is elected by direct election.

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 |  | Song Un-jong [ko]
송언종
宋彦鐘
(born 1937) | 1 July 1995  | 30 June 1998  | 3 years, 0 days  |  | Democratic →
National Congress | 1995
2nd |  | Goh Jae-yu
고재유
高在維
(born 1938) | 1 July 1998  | 30 June 2002  | 4 years, 0 days  |  | National Congress →
Millennium Democratic | 1998
3rd |  | Park Gwang-tae [ko]
박광태
朴光泰
(born 1943) | 1 July 2002  | 30 June 2010  | 8 years, 0 days  |  | Millennium Democratic →
Democratic ('00) →
Democratic ('08) | 2002
4th | 2006
5th |  | Kang Woon-tae [ko]
강운태
姜雲太
(born 1948) | 1 July 2010  | 30 June 2014  | 4 years, 0 days  |  | Democratic ('08) →
Democratic United →
Democratic ('11) →
NPAD | 2010
6th |  | Yoon Jang-hyun [ko]
윤장현
尹壯鉉
(born 1949) | 1 July 2014  | 30 June 2018  | 4 years, 0 days  |  | NPAD →
Democratic | 2014
7th |  | Lee Yong-seop
이용섭
李庸燮
(born 1951) | 1 July 2018  | 30 June 2022  | 4 years, 0 days  |  | Democratic | 2018
8th |  | Kang Gi-jung [ko]
강기정
姜琪正
(born 1964) | 1 July 2022  | Incumbent | 1 year, 353 days  |  | Democratic | 2022

## Elections[edit]

Source:[1]

### 1995[edit]

1995 Gwangju mayoral election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| Democratic | 2  | Song Un-jong  | 469,570  | 89.71%  |

| Democratic Liberal | 1  | Kim Dong-hwan  | 53,817  | 10.28%  |

Total  | 523,387  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 64.82%

### 1998[edit]

1998 Gwangju mayoral election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| National Congress | 2  | Goh Jae-yu  | 261,578  | 67.20%  |

| Independent | 4  | Lee Seung-chae  | 127,626  | 32.79%  |

Total  | 389,204  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 45.07%

### 2002[edit]

2002 Gwangju mayoral election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| Millennium Democratic | 2  | Park Gwang-tae  | 185,938  | 46.81%  |

| Independent | 5  | Chung Dong-nyun  | 107,415  | 27.04%  |

| Grand National | 1  | Lee Hwan-eui  | 43,695  | 11.00%  |

| Democratic Labor | 3  | Park Jong-hyun  | 29,427  | 7.40%  |

| Independent | 6  | Chung Ho-sun  | 20,796  | 5.23%  |

| Independent | 4  | Chung Koo-sun  | 9,877  | 2.48%  |

Total  | 397,148  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 42.31%

### 2006[edit]

2006 Gwangju mayoral election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| Democratic | 3  | Park Gwang-tae  | 239,884  | 51.61%  |

| Uri | 1  | Cho Young-taek  | 157,756  | 33.94%  |

| Democratic Labor | 4  | Oh Byung-yoon  | 48,617  | 10.46%  |

| Grand National | 2  | Han Young  | 18,461  | 3.97%  |

Total  | 464,718  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 46.26%

### 2010[edit]

2010 Gwangju mayoral election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| Democratic | 2  | Kang Woon-tae  | 297,003  | 56.73%  |

| Participation | 8  | Chung Chan-yong  | 75,830  | 14.48%  |

| Grand National | 1  | Chung Yong-hwa  | 74,490  | 14.22%  |

| Democratic Labor | 5  | Chang Won-seop  | 39,455  | 7.53%  |

| New Progressive | 7  | Yoon Nan-sil  | 30,834  | 5.89%  |

| Peace Democratic  | 9  | Cho Hong-kyu  | 5,871  | 1.12%  |

Total  | 523,483  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 49.76%

### 2014[edit]

2014 Gwangju mayoral election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| NPAD | 2  | Yoon Jang-hyun  | 367,203  | 57.85%  |

| Independent | 5  | Kang Woon-tae  | 201,666  | 31.77%  |

| Saenuri | 1  | Lee Jung-jae  | 21,614  | 3.40%  |

| Unified Progressive | 3  | Yoon Min-ho  | 21,200  | 3.34%  |

| Independent | 7  | Lee Byung-wan  | 16,249  | 2.56%  |

| Labor | 4  | Lee Byung-hoon  | 6,785  | 1.06%  |

Total  | 634,717  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 57.10%

### 2018[edit]

2018 Gwangju mayoral election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| Democratic | 1  | Lee Yong-seop | 573,995  | 84.07%  |

| Justice | 5  | Na Gyung-che | 40,916  | 5.99%  |

| Bareunmirae | 3  | Jeon Duk-young  | 34,487  | 5.05%  |

| Minjung | 6  | Yoon Min-ho  | 33,312  | 4.87%  |

Total  | 682,710  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 59.22%

### 2022[edit]

2022 Gwangju mayoral election

Party  | #  | Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage
| Democratic | 1  | Kang Gi-jung  | 334,699  | 74.91%  |

| People Power | 2  | Joo Ki-hwan  | 71,062  | 15.90%  |

| Justice | 3  | Jang Yeun-ju  | 21,070  | 4.71%  |

| Progressive | 5  | Kim Ju-eop  | 16,595  | 3.71%  |

| Basic Income | 4  | Moon Hyeon-chul  | 3,344  | 0.74%  |

Total  | 446,770  | 100.00%
Voter turnout  | 37.66%

## See also[edit]

* Government of South Korea
* Politics of South Korea

## References[edit]

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