Governor of South Chungcheong Province

Governor of South Chungcheong Province
Governor of South Chungcheong Province
충청남도지사
	Incumbent; Yang Seung-jo; since 1 July 2018
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Hwang In-shik
Formation	3 November 1945; 76 years ago
Website	www.chungnam.go.kr/governor

The Governor of South Chungcheong Province (Korean: 충청남도지사; Hanja: 忠淸南道知事) is the head of the local government of South Chungcheong Province who is elected to a four-year term.

List of governors[]

Appointed governors (before 1995)[]

From 1945 to 1995, the Governor of South Chungcheong 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 South Chungcheong 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
32		[ko] 심대평 沈大平 (born 1941)	1 July 1995	24 March 2006	10 years, 267 days		United Liberal Democrats → People First	1st
33
34								3rd
-		Yoo Deok-joon 유덕준 兪德濬 (born 1946) Acting	24 March 2006	30 June 2006	99 days		Independent	3rd
35		Lee Wan-koo 이완구 李完九 (1950-2021)	1 July 2006	4 December 2009	3 years, 157 days		Grand National	4th
-		Lee In-hwa 이인화 李仁禾 (born 1954) Acting	4 December 2009	30 June 2010	209 days		Independent	4th
36		Ahn Hee-jung 안희정 安熙正 (born 1964)	1 July 2010	6 March 2018	7 years, 249 days		Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD → Democratic ('14)	5th
37		Ahn Hee-jung 안희정 安熙正 (born 1964)	1 July 2010	6 March 2018	7 years, 249 days			6th
-		[ko] 남궁영 南宮英 (born 1962) Acting	7 March 2018	30 June 2018	116 days		Independent	6th
38		Yang Seung-jo 양승조 梁承晁 (born 1959)	1 July 2018	Incumbent	3 years, 237 days		Democratic	7th

Elections[]

Source:^[2]

1995[]

1995 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	United Liberal Democrats	3	Sim Dae-pyung	616,006	67.88%
	Democratic Liberal	1	Park Joong-bae	174,117	19.18%
	Democratic	2	Cho Joong-youn	117,300	12.92%
Total				907,423	100.00%
Voter turnout				73.77%

1998[]

1998 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	United Liberal Democrats	3	Sim Dae-pyung	656,795	84.63%
	Grand National	1	Han Chung-soo	119,216	15.36%
Total				776,011	100.00%
Voter turnout				59.49%

2002[]

2002 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	United Liberal Democrats	3	Sim Dae-pyung	508,796	66.96%
	Grand National	1	Park Tae-kwon	251,005	33.03%
Total				759,801	100.00%
Voter turnout				56.24%

2006[]

2006 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	2	Lee Wan-koo	379,420	46.31%
	People First	5	Lee Myung-soo	209,254	25.54%
	Uri	1	Oh Young-kyo	178,169	21.74%
	Democratic Labor	4	Lee Yong-gil	52,417	6.39%
Total				819,260	100.00%
Voter turnout				55.78%

2010[]

2010 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	2	Ahn Hee-jung	367,288	42.25%
	Liberty Forward	3	Park Sang-don	347,265	39.94%
	Grand National	1	Park Hae-chun	154,723	17.79%
Total				869,276	100.00%
Voter turnout				56.52%

2014[]

2014 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	NPAD	2	Ahn Hee-jung	465,994	52.21%
	Saenuri	1	Chung Jin-suk	392,315	43.95%
	Independent	4	Kim Ki-moon	34,204	3.83%
Total				892,513	100.00%
Voter turnout				55.71%

2018[]

2018 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	1	Yang Seung-jo	615,870	62.55%
	Liberty Korea	2	Lee In-je	345,577	35.10%
	Let's go Korea	6	Cha Gook-hwan	23,012	2.33%
Total				984,459	100.00%
Voter turnout				58.12%

References[]

^ "Previous Governors - Introducing Chungnam". South Chungcheong Province (in Korean).
^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.

[1] "Previous Governors - Introducing Chungnam". South Chungcheong Province (in Korean).

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

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