Governor of Gangwon Province

Governor of Gangwon Province
Governor of Gangwon Province
강원도지사
	Incumbent; Choi Moon-soon; since 28 April 2011
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Park Kun-won
Formation	19 January 1946; 76 years ago

The Governor of Gangwon Province (Korean: 강원도지사; Hanja: 江原道知事) is the head of the local government of Gangwon Province who is elected to a four-year term.

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.

Direct 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

#	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Term
#	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Term
31		[ko] 최각규 崔珏圭 (born 1933)	1 July 1995	30 June 1998	3 years, 0 days		United Liberal Democrats → New Korea → Grand National	1st
32		Kim Jin-sun 김진선 金振兟 (born 1946)	1 July 1998	30 June 2010	12 years, 0 days		Grand National
33								3rd
34								4th
-		[ko] 강기창 姜起敞 (born 1955) Acting	1 July 2010	2 September 2010	64 days		Independent	5th
35		Lee Kwang-jae 이광재 李光宰 (born 1965)	3 September 2010	27 January 2011	211 days		Democratic
-		[ko] 강기창 姜起敞 (born 1955) Acting	28 January 2011	27 April 2011	90 days		Independent
36		Choi Moon-soon 최문순 崔文洵 (born 1956)	28 April 2011	Incumbent	10 years, 301 days		Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD → Democratic ('14)
37								6th
38								7th

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%

References[]

^ "Former Governors - Governor's Office - Introduction to Gangwon-do". Gangwon Province.
^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.

[1] "Former Governors - Governor's Office - Introduction to Gangwon-do". Gangwon Province.

[2] National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.

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