Governor of Gangwon State

The Governor of Gangwon State (Korean: 강원특별자치도지사; 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.

Governor of Gangwon State
강원특별자치도지사
Seal of Gangwon
Incumbent Kim Jin-tae since 1 July 2022
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Park Kun-won
Formation	19 January 1946; 79 years ago (1946-01-19)

List of governors

Appointed governors (before 1995)

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)

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of North Gyeongsang Province is elected by direct election.^[1]

Political parties
Conservative   Liberal   Independent
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		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	3 years, 35 days		People Power	2022

Elections

Source:^[2]

1995

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

• Government of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea