Governor of Gyeonggi Province

Governor of Gyeonggi Province
Governor of Gyeonggi Province
경기도지사
	Seal of Gyeonggi
	Incumbent; Kim Dong-yeon; since 1 July 2022
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Koo Ja-ok
Formation	15 February 1946; 79 years ago
Deputy	3 Vice Governors
Website	governor.gg.go.kr

The Governor of Gyeonggi Province (Korean: 경기도지사; Hanja: 京畿道知事) is the head of the local government of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, who is elected to a four-year term.

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Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Elected
Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Elected
1st		Lee In-je 이인제 李仁濟 (born 1948)	1 July 1995	18 September 1997	2 years, 80 days		Democratic Liberal → New Korea	1995
1st		Lim Su-bok 임수복 林秀福 (born 1943) Acting	19 September 1997	30 June 1998	285 days		Independent	—
2nd		Lim Chang-yeol [ko] 임창열 林昌烈 (born 1944)	1 July 1998	30 June 2002	4 years, 0 days		National Congress	1998
3rd		Sohn Hak-kyu 손학규 孫鶴圭 (born 1948)	1 July 2002	30 June 2006	4 years, 0 days		Grand National	2002
4th		Kim Moon-soo 김문수 金文洙 (born 1951)	1 July 2006	30 June 2014	8 years, 0 days		Grand National → Saenuri	2006
5th		Kim Moon-soo 김문수 金文洙 (born 1951)	1 July 2006	30 June 2014	8 years, 0 days		Grand National → Saenuri	2010
6th		Nam Kyung-pil 남경필 南景弼 (born 1965)	1 July 2014	30 June 2018	4 years, 0 days		Saenuri → Bareun → Liberty Korea	2014
7th		Lee Jae-myung 이재명 李在明 (born 1964)	1 July 2018	25 October 2021	3 years, 117 days		Democratic	2018
7th		Oh Byeong-kwon 오병권 吳秉權 (born 1971) Acting	26 October 2021	30 June 2022	248 days		Independent	—
8th		Kim Dong-yeon 김동연 金東兗 (born 1957)	1 July 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 43 days		Democratic	2022

1995 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic Liberal	1	Lee In-je	1,264,914	40.56%
	Democratic	2	Chang Kyoung-woo	923,069	29.60%
	Independent	4	Im Sa-bin	613,624	19.67%
	United Liberal Democrats	3	Kim Moon-won	316,637	10.15%
Total				3,118,244	100.00%
Voter turnout				63.23%

1998 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	National Congress	2	Lim Chang-yeol	1,549,189	54.30%
	Grand National	1	Sohn Hak-kyu	1,303,340	45.69%
Total				2,852,529	100.00%
Voter turnout				50.00%

2002 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Sohn Hak-kyu	1,744,291	58.37%
	Millennium Democratic	2	Jin Nyum	1,075,243	35.98%
	Democratic Labor	3	Kim Joon-ki	168,357	5.63%
Total				2,987,891	100.00%
Voter turnout				44.63%

2006 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	2	Kim Moon-soo	2,181,677	59.68%
	Uri	1	Jin Dae-je	1,124,317	30.75%
	Democratic Labor	4	Kim Yong-han	201,106	5.50%
	Democratic	3	Park Jung-il	148,409	4.05%
Total				3,655,509	100.00%
Voter turnout				46.67%

Governor of Gyeonggi Province

List of governors

Appointed governors (before 1995)

Directly elected governors (1995–present)

Elections

1995

1998

2002

2006

2010

2014

2018

2022

See also

References

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Political parties
Conservative Liberal Independent
Status
Denotes acting governor

2018 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	1	Lee Jae-myung	3,370,621	56.40%
	Liberty Korea	2	Nam Kyung-pil	2,122,433	35.51%
	Bareunmirae	3	Kim Young-hwan	287,504	4.81%
	Justice	5	Lee Hong-woo	151,871	2.54%
	Minjung	6	Kim Young-hwan	43,098	0.72%
Total				5,975,527	100.00%
Voter turnout				57.77%

2022 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	1	Kim Dong-yeon	2,827,593	49.06%
	People Power	2	Kim Eun-hye	2,818,680	48.91%
	Independent	6	Kang Yong-suk	54,758	0.95%
	Justice	3	Hwang Sun-sik	38,525	0.66%
	Progressive	5	Song Young-ju	13,939	0.24%
	Basic Income	4	Seo Tae-seong	9,314	0.16%
Total				5,762,809	100.00%
Voter turnout				50.63%