Governor of Jeju Province
| Governor of Jeju Province | |
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| 제주특별자치도지사 | |
 Seal of Jeju | |
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| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Park Kyoung-hoon |
| Formation | 1 August 1946 |
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
[edit]Appointed governors (before 1995)
[edit]From 1946 to 1995, the Governor of Jeju Province was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.
Directly elected governors (1995–present)
[edit]Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of Jeju Province is elected by direct election.
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Denotes acting governor
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| 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 | 
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Shin Koo-bum 신구범 愼久範 (1942-2023) |
1 July 1995 | 30 June 1998 | 3 years, 0 days | Independent | 1995 | |
| 2nd | 
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Woo Geun-min 우근민 禹瑾敏 (born 1942) |
1 July 1998 | 27 April 2004 | 5 years, 302 days | National Congress → Millennium Democratic → Uri |
1998 | |
| 3rd | 2002 | |||||||
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Kwon Young-chul 권영철 權寧喆 (born 1951) Acting |
28 April 2004 | 5 June 2004 | 39 days | Independent | — | ||
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Kim Tae-hwan 김태환 金泰煥 (born 1942) |
6 June 2004 | 8 May 2006 | 1 year, 337 days | Grand National | 2004 (by-el.) | ||
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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 |
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Kim Tae-hwan 김태환 金泰煥 (born 1942) |
1 July 2006 | 30 June 2010 | 4 years, 0 days | Independent | 2006 | |
| 5th |
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Woo Geun-min 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 | |||||||
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Koo Man-sub 구만섭 丘萬燮 (born 1966) Acting |
12 August 2021 | 30 June 2022 | 323 days | Independent | — | ||
| 8th |
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Oh Young-hun 오영훈 吳怜勳 (born 1969) |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 175 days | Democratic | 2022 | |
Elections
[edit]Source:[1]
1995
[edit]| 1995 Jeju gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| 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
[edit]| 1998 Jeju gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| 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
[edit]| 2002 Jeju gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| 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)
[edit]| 2004 Jeju gubernatorial by-election | ||||||
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| 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
[edit]| 2006 Jeju gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| 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
[edit]| 2010 Jeju gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| 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
[edit]| 2014 Jeju gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| 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
[edit]| 2018 Jeju gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| 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
[edit]| 2022 Jeju gubernatorial election | ||||||
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| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.