Mayor of Daegu

The Mayor of Daegu (Korean: 대구광역시장; Hanja: 大邱廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Daegu who is elected to a four-year term.

Mayor of Daegu
대구광역시장
Seal of Daegu
Incumbent Kim Jeong-gi Acting  since 11 April 2025
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Lee Kyung-hee
Formation	16 August 1945; 79 years ago (1945-08-16)

List of mayors

Appointed mayors (before 1995)

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Daegu was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Directly elected mayors (1995–present)

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Daegu is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Conservative   Independent
Status
Denotes acting mayor

Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Elected
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1st		Moon Hee-gap [ko] 문희갑 文熹甲 (born 1937)	1 July 1995	30 June 2002	7 years, 0 days		Independent → Grand National	1995
2nd								1998
3rd		Cho Hae-nyung [ko] 조해녕 曺海寧 (born 1943)	1 July 2002	30 June 2006	4 years, 0 days		Grand National	2002
4th		Kim Bum-il [ko] 김범일 金範鎰 (born 1950)	1 July 2006	30 June 2014	8 years, 0 days		Grand National → Saenuri	2006
5th								2010
6th		Kwon Young-jin 권영진 權泳臻 (born 1962)	1 July 2014	30 June 2022	8 years, 0 days		Saenuri → Liberty Korea → United Future → People Power	2014
7th								2018
8th		Hong Joon-pyo 홍준표 洪準杓 (born 1953)	1 July 2022	11 April 2025	2 years, 285 days		People Power	2022
		Kim Jeong-gi 김정기 金正基	11 April 2025	Incumbent	116 days		Independent	–

Elections

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1995

1995 Daegu mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Independent	3	Moon Hee-gap	383,272	36.79%
	United Liberal Democrats	2	Lee Eui-ik	230,668	22.14%
	Independent	5	Lee Hae-bong	222,409	21.35%
	Democratic Liberal	1	Cho Hae-nyung	175,749	16.87%
	Independent	4	Ahn Yu-ho	29,617	2.84%
Total				1,041,715	100.00%
Voter turnout				63.97%

1998

1998 Daegu mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Moon Hee-gap	570,167	71.98%
	United Liberal Democrats	3	Lee Eui-ik	163,653	20.66%
	New National	4	Yoo Sung-hwan	58,243	7.35%
Total				792,063	100.00%
Voter turnout				46.81%

2002

2002 Daegu mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Cho Hae-nyung	452,943	61.18%
	Independent	3	Lee Jae-yong	287,396	38.81%
Total				740,339	100.00%
Voter turnout				41.45%

2006

2006 Daegu mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	2	Kim Bum-il	636,057	70.15%
	Uri	1	Lee Jae-yong	191,131	21.08%
	Democratic Labor	4	Lee Youn-jae	35,497	3.91%
	Independent	6	Paik Seung-hong	35,232	3.88%
	People First	5	Park Seung-gook	8,764	0.96%
Total				906,681	100.00%
Voter turnout				48.54%

2010

2010 Daegu mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Kim Bum-il	633,118	72.92%
	Democratic	2	Lee Seung-cheon	146,458	16.86%
	New Progressive	7	Cho Myung-rae	88,599	10.20%
Total				868,175	100.00%
Voter turnout				45.94%

2014

2014 Daegu mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Saenuri	1	Kwon Young-jin	581,175	55.95%
	NPAD	2	Kim Boo-kyum	418,891	40.33%
	Independent	5	Lee Jung-sook	14,774	1.42%
	Justice	4	Lee Won-joon	12,922	1.24%
	Unified Progressive	3	Song Young-woo	10,857	1.04%
Total				1,038,619	100.00%
Voter turnout				52.30%

2018

2018 Daegu mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Liberty Korea	2	Kwon Young-jin	619,165	53.73%
	Democratic	1	Lim Dae-yun	458,112	39.75%
	Bareunmirae	3	Kim Hyung-gi	74,955	6.50%
Total				1,152,232	100.00%
Voter turnout				57.26%

2022

2022 Daegu mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	People Power	2	Hong Joon-pyo	685,159	78.75%
	Democratic	1	Seo Jae-heon	156,429	17.97%
	Justice	3	Han Min-jeong	20,904	2.40%
	Basic Income	4	Shin Won-ho	7,542	0.86%
Total				870,034	100.00%
Voter turnout				43.19%

See also

• Government of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea