Mayor of Daegu

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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.

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.

Direct elected mayors (1995–present)[]

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

#	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Term
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
11		[ko] 문희갑 文熹甲 (born 1937)	1 July 1995	30 June 2002	7 years, 0 days		Independent → Grand National	1st
12
13		[ko] 조해녕 曺海寧 (born 1943)	1 July 2002	30 June 2006	4 years, 0 days		Grand National	3rd
14		[ko] 김범일 金範鎰 (born 1950)	1 July 2006	30 June 2014	8 years, 0 days		Grand National → Saenuri	4th
15								5th
16		Kwon Young-jin 권영진 權泳臻 (born 1962)	1 July 2014	Incumbent	7 years, 235 days		Saenuri → Liberty Korea → United Future → People Power	6th
17								7th

Elections[]

Source:^[1]

1995[]

1998[]

2002[]

2006[]

2010[]

2014[]

2018[]

See also[]

• Government of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea

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