Governor of South Gyeongsang Province

The Governor of South Gyeongsang Province (Korean: 경상남도지사; Hanja: 慶尙南道知事) is the head of the local government of South Gyeongsang Province who is elected to a four-year term.

Governor of South Gyeongsang Province
경상남도지사
Seal of South Gyeongsang
Incumbent Park Wan-su since 1 July 2022
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Kim Byung-kyu
Formation	23 January 1946; 79 years ago (1946-01-23)
Website	www.gyeongnam.go.kr/governor

List of governors

Appointed governors (before 1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Governor of South 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 South Gyeongsang Province is elected by direct election.

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		Kim Hyuk-kyu 김혁규 金爀珪 (born 1939)	1 July 1995	14 December 2003	8 years, 167 days		Democratic Liberal → New Korea → Grand National	1995
2nd								1998
3rd								2002
		Chang In-tae [ko] 장인태 張仁太 (born 1951) Acting	15 December 2003	3 May 2004	141 days		Independent	—
		Kim Chae-yong [ko] 김채용 金采溶 (born 1949) Acting	4 May 2004	5 June 2004	33 days		Independent	—
		Kim Tae-ho 김태호 金台鎬 (born 1962)	6 June 2004	30 June 2010	6 years, 25 days		Grand National	2004 (by-el.)
4th								2006
5th		Kim Doo-kwan 김두관 金斗官 (born 1959)	1 July 2010	6 July 2012	2 years, 6 days		Independent → Democratic United	2010
		Lim Chae-ho 임채호 林采虎 (born 1958) Acting	7 July 2012	19 December 2012	166 days		Independent	—
		Hong Joon-pyo 홍준표 洪準杓 (born 1954)	20 December 2012	9 April 2017	4 years, 111 days		Saenuri → Liberty Korea	2012 (by-el.)
6th								2014
		Ryu Soon-hyun [ko] 류순현 柳淳鉉 (born 1963) Acting	10 April 2017	16 August 2017	129 days		Independent	—
		Han Kyung-ho [ko] 한경호 韓徑浩 (born 1963) Acting	17 August 2017	30 June 2018	318 days		Independent	—
7th		Kim Kyoung-soo 김경수 金慶洙 (born 1967)	1 July 2018	21 July 2021	3 years, 21 days		Democratic	2018
		Ha Byung-pil 하병필 河炳弼 (born 1968) Acting	21 July 2021	30 June 2022	345 days		Independent	—
8th		Park Wan-su 박완수 朴完洙 (born 1955)	1 July 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 54 days		People Power	2022

Elections

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1995

1995 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic Liberal	1	Kim Hyuk-kyu	1,177,397	63.84%
	United Liberal Democrats	2	Kim Yong-kyun	666,756	36.15%
Total				1,844,153	100.00%
Voter turnout				73.05%

1998

1998 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Kim Hyuk-kyu	939,358	74.64%
	National Congress	2	Kang Shin-hwa	161,703	12.84%
	Independent	4	Heo Moon-doh	157,337	12.50%
Total				1,258,398	100.00%
Voter turnout				61.08%

2002

2002 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Kim Hyuk-kyu	920,706	74.50%
	Millennium Democratic	2	Kim Doo-kwan	208,641	16.88%
	Democratic Labor	3	Lim Su-tae	106,367	8.60%
Total				1,235,714	100.00%
Voter turnout				56.53%

2004 (by-election)

2004 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial by-election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	2	Kim Tae-ho	454,883	61.60%
	Uri	1	Chang In-tae	203,272	27.53%
	Democratic Labor	3	Lim Su-tae	80,290	10.87%
Total				738,445	100.00%
Voter turnout				32.80%

2006

2006 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	2	Kim Tae-ho	852,377	63.12%
	Uri	1	Kim Doo-kwan	343,137	25.41%
	Democratic Labor	4	Moon Sung-hyun	135,823	10.05%
	People First	5	Kim Jae-ju	18,906	1.40%
Total				1,350,243	100.00%
Voter turnout				57.84%

2010

2010 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Independent	7	Kim Doo-kwan	812,336	53.50%
	Grand National	1	Lee Dal-gon	705,986	46.49%
Total				1,518,322	100.00%
Voter turnout				61.83%

2012 (by-election)

2012 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial by-election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Saenuri	1	Hong Joon-pyo	1,191,904	62.91%
	Independent	4	Kwon Young-ghil	702,689	37.09%
Total				1,894,593	100.00%
Voter turnout				76.80%

2014

2014 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Saenuri	1	Hong Joon-pyo	913,162	58.85%
	NPAD	2	Kim Kyoung-soo	559,367	36.05%
	Unified Progressive	3	Kang Byung-ki	79,015	5.09%
Total				1,551,544	100.00%
Voter turnout				59.80%

2018

2018 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	1	Kim Kyoung-soo	941,491	52.81%
	Liberty Korea	2	Kim Tae-ho	765,809	42.95%
	Bareunmirae	3	Kim Yoo-geun	75,418	4.23%
Total				1,782,718	100.00%
Voter turnout				65.79%

2022

2022 South Gyeongsang gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	People Power	2	Park Wan-su	963,473	65.70%
	Democratic	1	Yang Moon-seok	431,569	29.43%
	Justice	3	Yeo Yeong-gug	58,933	4.01%
	United Korea	4	Choi Jin-seok	12,353	0.84%
Total				1,466,328	100.00%
Voter turnout				53.40%

See also

• Government of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea