Governor of Jeju Province

The Governor of Jeju Province (Korean: 제주특별자치도지사; Hanja: 濟州特別自治道知事) is the head of the local government of Jeju Province who is elected to a four-year term.

List of governors[]

Appointed governors (before 1995)[]

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

#	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Term
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Jeju Province (1995–2006)
31		[ko] 신구범 愼久範 (born 1942)	1 July 1995	30 June 1998	3 years, 0 days		Independent	1st
32		[ko] 우근민 禹瑾敏 (born 1942)	1 July 1998	27 April 2004	5 years, 302 days		National Congress → Millennium Democratic → Uri
33								3rd
-		Kwon Young-chul 권영철 權寧喆 (born 1951) Acting	28 April 2004	5 June 2004	39 days		Independent
34		[ko] 김태환 金泰煥 (born 1942)	6 June 2004	8 May 2006	1 year, 337 days		Grand National
-		Kim Han-wook 김한욱 金漢昱 (born 1948) Acting	8 May 2006	30 June 2006	54 days		Independent
Jeju Special Self-Governing Province (2006–present)
35		[ko] 김태환 金泰煥 (born 1942)	1 July 2006	30 June 2010	4 years, 0 days		Independent	4th
36		[ko] 우근민 禹瑾敏 (born 1942)	1 July 2010	30 June 2014	4 years, 0 days		Independent → Saenuri	5th
37		Won Hee-ryong 원희룡 元喜龍 (born 1964)	1 July 2014	11 August 2021	7 years, 42 days		Saenuri → Bareun → Independent → United Future → People Power	6th
38								7th
-		[ko] 구만섭 丘萬燮 (born 1966) Acting	12 August 2021	Incumbent	195 days		Independent

Elections[]

Source:^[1]

1995[]

1998[]

2002[]

2004 (by-election)[]

2006[]

2010[]

2014[]

2018[]

See also[]

• Government of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea

References[]