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{{Infobox officeholder
|native_name=김완주
|order=32nd
|office=Governor of North Jeolla Province
|term_start=July 1, 2006
|term_end=June 30, 2014
|predecessor=[[Kang Hyun-wook (politician)|Kang Hyun-wook]]
|successor=[[Song Ha-jin]]
|office2=Mayor of the [[Jeonju|City of Jeonju]]
|term_start2=July 1, 1998
|term_end2=March 10, 2006
|predecessor2=Yang Sang-lyeol
|successor2={{ill|Lee Kyung-ok|ko|이경옥}} (acting)
|image=USAF photo 100318-F-8160C-031, Mr. Wan-ju Kim, Governor of North Jeolla Province.jpg
|caption=Kim in March 2010 (right)
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1946|05|25}}
|birth_place=[[Wanju County]], [[United States Army Military Government in Korea|Southern Korea]]
|nationality=South Korean
|alma_mater=[[University of Pennsylvania]]
|party=[[Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)|Korean Democratic]]
|occupation=Politician
}}
'''Kim Wan-ju''' ({{Langx|ko|김완주}}; born May 25, 1946) is a South Korean politician who was the 32nd governor of the South Korean province of [[North Jeolla Province|North Jeolla]] from 2006 to 2014; he was also the [[mayor]] of the South Korean city of [[Jeonju]] from 1998 to 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jeonju.go.kr/eng2004/110.asp |title=Welcome to Jeonju City |website=www.jeonju.go.kr |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041018203940/http://www.jeonju.go.kr/eng2004/110.asp |archive-date=18 October 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> During his tenure, Kim was a strong proponent of regional development, historical preservation and new paradigms of local and decentralized government.
==Early life and education==
Kim was born in what is now [[North Jeolla Province]]'s [[Wanju County]] in May 1946. He graduated from the Jeonju Nam-jung School in 1962 and graduated from Jeonju High School in 1965. He received a Bachelor's in Political Science from [[Seoul National University]] (SNU) in 1970 and graduated from SNU's Graduate School of Public Administration in 1963. In 1987, he received a Master's in Urban Planning from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in the U.S.
==Career==
*Passed the 14th Administrative Examination in 1973
*1974–1980: Chonbuk Provincial Planning Division Manager
*1980–1981: Chonbuk Provincial Office Deputy Director-General
*1988–1988: Planning Officer, Chonbuk Provincial Office
*1991–1992: Presidential Office of the President
*1994: Representative of Namwon's mayor in North Jeolla Province
*1994–1995: The 7th and 8th North Jeolla Province Namwon Market
*1995–1996: Chief of Planning and Management of North Jeolla Province
*1998: Director of the Korea Sports Council
*July 1, 1998 – March 10, 2006: Mayor of the City of Jeonju (re-election)
**2001–2004 Member of Local Transportation Committee
**2003: Chairperson of the Decentralization Special Promotion Committee
**2003: Chairman of the Council of the Mayor of the Mayor of the National Market
*July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2014: 32nd Governor of North Jeolla Province do in 33rd (re-election)
==Personal life==
Kim is a member of the [[Gwangsan Kim clan]].
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