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Governor of Gangwon State

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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; 78 years ago (1946-01-19)

The Governor of Gangwon State (Korean강원특별자치도지사; 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

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Appointed governors (before 1995)

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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)

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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 [ko]
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 [ko]
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 [ko]
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 2 years, 131 days People Power 2022

Elections

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Source:[2]

1995

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  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.