Mayor of Daejeon
| Mayor of Daejeon | |
|---|---|
| 대전광역시장 | |
 Seal of Daejeon | |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Hwang In-shik |
| Formation | 16 August 1945 |
The Mayor of Daejeon (Korean: 대전광역시장; Hanja: 大田廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Daejeon who is elected to a four-year term.
List of mayors[edit]
Appointed mayors (before 1995)[edit]
From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Daejeon was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.
Directly elected mayors (1995–present)[edit]
Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Daejeon is elected by direct election.[1]
| Political parties |
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| Status |
Denotes acting mayor
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| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1st | 
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Hong Sun-ki 홍선기 洪善基 (born 1936) |
1 July 1995 | 30 June 2002 | 7 years, 0 days | United Liberal Democrats | 1995 | |
| 2nd | 1998 | |||||||
| 3rd |
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Yeom Hong-cheol 염홍철 廉弘喆 (born 1944) |
1 July 2002 | 30 June 2006 | 4 years, 0 days | Grand National → Uri |
2002 | |
| 4th |
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Park Sung-hyo 박성효 朴城孝 (born 1955) |
1 July 2006 | 30 June 2010 | 4 years, 0 days | Grand National | 2006 | |
| 5th |
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Yeom Hong-cheol 염홍철 廉弘喆 (born 1944) |
1 July 2010 | 30 June 2014 | 4 years, 0 days | Liberty Forward → Saenuri |
2010 | |
| 6th |
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Kwon Sun-taek 권선택 權善宅 (born 1957) |
1 July 2014 | 14 November 2017 | 3 years, 137 days | NPAD → Democratic |
2014 | |
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Lee Jae-gwan 이재관 李在官 (born 1965) Acting |
14 November 2017 | 30 June 2018 | 229 days | Independent | — | ||
| 7th | 
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Heo Tae-jeong 허태정 許泰鋌 (born 1965) |
1 July 2018 | 30 June 2022 | 4 years, 0 days | Democratic | 2018 | |
| 8th |
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Lee Jang-woo 이장우 李莊雨 (born 1965) |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 310 days | People Power | 2022 | |
Elections[edit]
Source:[2]
1995[edit]
| 1995 Daejeon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Hong Sun-ki | 342,959 | 63.76% | ||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Yeom Hong-cheol | 112,607 | 20.93% | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Pyon Pyung-sup | 58,346 | 10.84% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Lee Dae-hyung | 23,953 | 4.45% | ||
| Total | 537,865 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 66.93% | |||||
1998[edit]
| 1998 Daejeon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Hong Sun-ki | 286,255 | 73.68% | ||
| New National | 4 | Song Chun-young | 70,414 | 18.12% | ||
| Independent | 5 | Cho Myung-hyun | 31,796 | 8.18% | ||
| Total | 388,465 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 44.45% | |||||
2002[edit]
| 2002 Daejeon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Yeom Hong-cheol | 191,832 | 46.61% | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Hong Sun-ki | 165,426 | 40.20% | ||
| Independent | 5 | Chung Ha-yong | 38,445 | 9.34% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Kim Heon-tae | 15,780 | 3.83% | ||
| Total | 411,483 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 42.32% | |||||
2006[edit]
| 2006 Daejeon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 2 | Park Sung-hyo | 231,489 | 43.83% | ||
| Uri | 1 | Yeom Hong-cheol | 217,273 | 41.14% | ||
| People First | 5 | Nam Choong-hee | 55,231 | 10.45% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Park Choon-ho | 14,899 | 2.82% | ||
| Democratic | 3 | Choi Ki-bok | 6,442 | 1.21% | ||
| Hanmijun | 5 | Koh Nak-jung | 2,707 | 0.51% | ||
| Total | 528,041 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 49.43% | |||||
2010[edit]
| 2010 Daejeon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Liberty Forward | 3 | Yeom Hong-cheol | 276,122 | 46.67% | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Park Sung-hyo | 168,616 | 28.50% | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Kim Won-woong | 137,751 | 23.28% | ||
| New Progressive | 7 | Kim Yoon-ki | 9,074 | 1.53% | ||
| Total | 591,563 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.92% | |||||
2014[edit]
| 2014 Daejeon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| NPAD | 2 | Kwon Sun-taek | 322,762 | 50.07% | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Park Sung-hyo | 301,389 | 46.76% | ||
| Justice | 4 | Han Chang-min | 11,346 | 1.76% | ||
| Unified Progressive | 3 | Kim Chang-geun | 9,009 | 1.39% | ||
| Total | 644,506 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 54.03% | |||||
2018[edit]
| 2018 Daejeon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Heo Tae-jeong | 393,354 | 56.41% | ||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Park Sung-hyo | 224,306 | 32.16% | ||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Nam Choong-hee | 61,271 | 8.78% | ||
| Justice | 5 | Kim Yoon-ki | 18,351 | 2.63% | ||
| Total | 697,282 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 57.97% | |||||
2022[edit]
| 2022 Daejeon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| People Power | 2 | Lee Jang-woo | 310,035 | 51.19% | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Heo Tae-jeong | 295,555 | 48.80% | ||
| Total | 605,590 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 49.66% | |||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Previous Mayors - Introducing Daejeon". Daejeon Metropolitan City (in Korean).
- ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.