Governor of Jeonbuk State

Governor of Jeonbuk State
전북특별자치도지사
File:Emblem of Jeonbuk State.svg Seal of Jeonbuk State
Incumbent Kim Kwan-young since 1 July 2022
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Chung Il-sa
Formation	4 April 1946 (1946-04-04)

The Governor of Jeonbuk State (Korean: 전북특별자치도지사; Hanja: 全北特別自治道知事) is the head of the local government of Jeonbuk State who is elected to a four-year term.

List of governors

Appointed governors (before 1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Governor of North Jeolla 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 North Jeolla Province is elected by direct election. Title of the Governor of North Jeollla Province was changed to the Governor of Jeonbuk State on 18 January 2024.

Political parties
Liberal

Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Elected
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1st	File:Portrait gray.png	Yu Jong-geun 유종근 柳鍾根 (born 1944)	1 July 1995	30 June 2002	7 years, 0 days		Democratic → National Congress → Millennium Democratic	1995
2nd								1998
3rd	File:Portrait gray.png	Kang Hyun-wook 강현욱 姜賢旭 (born 1938)	1 July 2002	30 June 2006	4 years, 0 days		Millennium Democratic → Uri	2002
4th	File:USAF photo 100318-F-8160C-031, Mr. Wan-ju Kim, Governor of North Jeolla Province.jpg	Kim Wan-ju 김완주 金完柱 (born 1946)	1 July 2006	30 June 2014	8 years, 0 days		Uri → United New Democratic → Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD	2006
5th								2010
6th	File:Governor of North Jeolla Province Song Ha-jin taking a commemorative photo with the Speaker of the National Assembly.jpg	Song Ha-jin 송하진 宋河珍 (born 1952)	1 July 2014	30 June 2022	8 years, 0 days		NPAD → Democratic	2014
7th								2018
8th	File:Portrait gray.png	Kim Kwan-young 김관영 金寬永 (born 1969)	1 July 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 213 days		Democratic	2022

Elections

Source:

1995

1995 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	2	Yu Jong-geun	653,295	67.15%
	Democratic Liberal	1	Kang Hyun-wook	319,452	32.84%
Total				972,747	100.00%
Voter turnout				73.66%

1998

1998 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	National Congress	2	Yu Jong-geun	758,141	100.00%
Total				758,141	100.00%
Voter turnout				57.78%

2002

2002 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Millennium Democratic	2	Kang Hyun-wook	571,650	74.56%
	Independent	3	Son Ju-hang	131,320	17.12%
	Grand National	1	Ra Kyung-kyun	63,661	8.30%
Total				766,631	100.00%
Voter turnout				54.98%

2006

2006 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Uri	1	Kim Wan-ju	389,436	48.08%
	Democratic	3	Chung Kyun-hwan	295,891	36.53%
	Grand National	2	Moon Yong-ju	62,922	7.76%
	Democratic Labor	4	Yeom Kyung-suk	61,672	7.61%
Total				809,921	100.00%
Voter turnout				57.87%

2010

2010 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	2	Kim Wan-ju	569,980	68.67%
	Grand National	1	Jeong Woon-chun	151,064	18.20%
	Democratic Labor	5	Ha Yeon-ho	52,331	6.30%
	New Progressive	7	Yeom Kyung-suk	35,565	4.28%
	Peace Democratic	8	Kim Dae-sik	20,990	2.52%
Total				829,930	100.00%
Voter turnout				59.34%

2014

2014 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	NPAD	2	Song Ha-jin	599,654	69.23%
	Saenuri	1	Park Chul-gon	177,172	20.45%
	Unified Progressive	3	Lee Kwang-seok	89,337	10.31%
Total				866,163	100.00%
Voter turnout				59.87%

2018

2018 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	1	Song Ha-jin	682,042	70.57%
	Democracy and Peace	4	Lim Chung-yeop	184,728	19.11%
	Justice	5	Kwon Tae-hong	52,496	5.43%
	Liberty Korea	2	Shin Jae-bong	26,374	2.72%
	Minjung	6	Lee Kwang-seok	20,827	2.15%
Total				966,467	100.00%
Voter turnout				65.23%

2022

2022 North Jeolla gubernatorial election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	1	Kim Kwan-young	591,510	82.11%
	People Power	2	Cho Bae-sook	128,828	17.88%
Total				720,338	100.00%
Voter turnout				48.65%

See also

• Government of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea