Governor of Jeju Province
제주특별자치도지사
Seal of Jeju
Incumbent
Oh Young-hun
since 1 July 2022
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderPark Kyoung-hoon
Formation1 August 1946 (1946-08-01)

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.

Directly elected governors (1995–present)

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of Jeju Province is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Status
  Denotes acting governor
Term Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Elected
Took office Left office Time in office
Jeju Province (1995–2006)
1st Shin Koo-bum
신구범
愼久範

(born 1942)
1 July 1995 30 June 1998 3 years, 0 days Independent 1995
2nd Woo Geun-min
우근민
禹瑾敏

(born 1942)
1 July 1998 27 April 2004 5 years, 302 days National Congress
Millennium Democratic
Uri
1998
3rd 2002
Kwon Young-chul
권영철
權寧喆

(born 1951)
Acting
28 April 2004 5 June 2004 39 days Independent
Kim Tae-hwan
김태환
金泰煥

(born 1942)
6 June 2004 8 May 2006 1 year, 337 days Grand National 2004 (by-el.)
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)
4th Kim Tae-hwan
김태환
金泰煥

(born 1942)
1 July 2006 30 June 2010 4 years, 0 days Independent 2006
5th Woo Geun-min
우근민
禹瑾敏

(born 1942)
1 July 2010 30 June 2014 4 years, 0 days Independent
Saenuri
2010
6th
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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
2014
7th 2018
Koo Man-sub
구만섭
丘萬燮

(born 1966)
Acting
12 August 2021 30 June 2022 323 days Independent
8th Oh Young-hun
오영훈
吳怜勳

(born 1969)
1 July 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 202 days Democratic 2022

Elections

Source:[1]

1995

1995 Jeju gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Independent 3 Shin Koo-bum 111,205 40.64%
Democratic Liberal 1 Woo Geun-min 89,000 32.53%
Democratic 2 Kang Bo-sung 66,406 24.27%
Independent 4 Shin Doo-wan 6,961 2.54%
Total 273,572 100.00%
Voter turnout 80.47%

1998

1998 Jeju gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
National Congress 2 Woo Geun-min 139,695 52.76%
Independent 4 Shin Koo-bum 81,491 30.78%
Grand National 1 Hyun Im-jong 43,559 16.45%
Total 264,745 100.00%
Voter turnout 73.70%

2002

2002 Jeju gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Millennium Democratic 2 Woo Geun-min 135,283 51.40%
Grand National 1 Shin Koo-bum 119,502 45.41%
Democratic People's 3 Shin Doo-wan 8,373 3.18%
Total 263,158 100.00%
Voter turnout 68.94%

2004 (by-election)

2004 Jeju gubernatorial by-election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Grand National 2 Kim Tae-hwan 108,853 56.00%
Uri 1 Jin Chul-hoon 85,542 44.00%
Total 194,395 100.00%
Voter turnout 49.80%

2006

2006 Jeju gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Independent 6 Kim Tae-hwan 117,244 42.73%
Grand National 2 Hyun Myung-gwan 112,774 41.10%
Uri 1 Jin Chul-hoon 44,334 16.15%
Total 274,352 100.00%
Voter turnout 67.26%

2010

2010 Jeju gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Independent 9 Woo Geun-min 110,603 41.40%
Independent 8 Hyun Myung-gwan 108,344 40.55%
Democratic 2 Goh Hee-bum 48,186 18.03%
Total 267,133 100.00%
Voter turnout 65.09%

2014

2014 Jeju gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Saenuri 1 Won Hee-ryong 172,793 59.97%
NPAD 2 Shin Koo-bum 99,493 34.53%
Unified Progressive 3 Goh Seung-wan 12,209 4.23%
New Politics 4 Joo Jong-geun 3,637 1.26%
Total 288,132 100.00%
Voter turnout 62.79%

2018

2018 Jeju gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Independent 7 Won Hee-ryong 178,255 51.72%
Democratic 1 Moon Dae-rim 137,901 40.01%
Green 6 Ko Eun-young 12,188 3.53%
Liberty Korea 2 Kim Bang-hoon 11,241 3.26%
Bareunmirae 3 Jang Seong-cheol 5,019 1.45%
Total 344,604 100.00%
Voter turnout 65.90%

2022

2022 Jeju gubernatorial election
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic 1 Oh Young-hun 163,116 55.14%
People Power 2 Heo Hyang-jin 116,786 39.48%
Independent 5 Park Chan-shik 10,138 3.42%
Green 4 Bu Soon-jeong 5,750 1.94%
Total 295,790 100.00%
Voter turnout 53.11%

See also

References

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