Mayor_of_Incheon
Mayor of Incheon
Mayor in South Korea
The Mayor of Incheon (Korean: 인천광역시장; Hanja: 仁川廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Incheon who is elected to a four-year term.
Quick Facts Term length, Inaugural holder ...
| Mayor of Incheon | |
|---|---|
| 인천광역시장 | |
Seal of Incheon | |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Lim Hong-jae |
| Formation | 8 October 1945; 78 years ago (1945-10-08) |
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Appointed mayors (before 1995)
From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Incheon was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.
Directly elected mayors (1995–present)
Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Incheon is elected by direct election.[1]
More information Term, Portrait ...
| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1st |  |
Choi Ki-sun [ko] 최기선 崔箕善 (1945–2018) |
1 July 1995 | 30 June 2002 | 7 years, 0 days | Democratic Liberal → New Korea → Grand National → United Liberal Democrats |
1995 | |
| 2nd | 1998 | |||||||
| 3rd | |
Ahn Sang-soo 안상수 安相洙 (born 1946) |
1 July 2002 | 30 June 2010 | 8 years, 0 days | Grand National | 2002 | |
| 4th | 2006 | |||||||
| 5th | |
Song Young-gil 송영길 宋永吉 (born 1963) |
1 July 2010 | 30 June 2014 | 4 years, 0 days | Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD |
2010 | |
| 6th | |
Yoo Jeong-bok 유정복 劉正福 (born 1957) |
1 July 2014 | 30 June 2018 | 4 years, 0 days | Saenuri → Liberty Korea |
2014 | |
| 7th | |
Park Nam-choon 박남춘 朴南春 (born 1958) |
1 July 2018 | 30 June 2022 | 4 years, 0 days | Democratic | 2018 | |
| 8th | .jpg) |
Yoo Jeong-bok 유정복 劉正福 (born 1957) |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 293 days | People Power | 2022 | |
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1995
More information 1995 Incheon mayoral election, Party ...
| 1995 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Choi Ki-sun | 383,965 | 40.81% | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Shin Yong-seok | 298,544 | 31.73% | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Kang Woo-hyuk | 258,175 | 27.44% | ||
| Total | 940,684 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 62.02% | |||||
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1998
More information 1998 Incheon mayoral election, Party ...
| 1998 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Choi Ki-sun | 375,051 | 53.49% | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Ahn Sang-soo | 238,708 | 34.04% | ||
| New National | 4 | Kim Ki-jae | 87,327 | 12.45% | ||
| Total | 701,086 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 43.19% | |||||
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2002
More information 2002 Incheon mayoral election, Party ...
| 2002 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Ahn Sang-soo | 393,932 | 56.17% | ||
| Millennium Democratic | 2 | Park Sang-eun | 225,210 | 32.11% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Kim Chang-han | 35,234 | 5.02% | ||
| Green Peace | 3 | Shin Maeng-soon | 29,473 | 4.20% | ||
| Socialist | 5 | Kim Young-kyu | 17,404 | 2.48% | ||
| Total | 701,253 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 39.32% | |||||
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2006
More information 2006 Incheon mayoral election, Party ...
| 2006 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 2 | Ahn Sang-soo | 526,932 | 61.93% | ||
| Uri | 1 | Choi Ki-sun | 200,650 | 23.58% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Kim Sung-jin | 78,898 | 9.27% | ||
| Democratic | 3 | Shin Kyung-cheol | 44,339 | 5.21% | ||
| Total | 850,819 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 44.30% | |||||
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2010
More information 2010 Incheon mayoral election, Party ...
| 2010 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Song Young-gil | 556,902 | 52.69% | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Ahn Sang-soo | 469,040 | 44.38% | ||
| New Progressive | 7 | Kim Sang-ha | 19,580 | 1.85% | ||
| Peace Democratic | 8 | Paik Seok-doo | 11,258 | 1.06% | ||
| Total | 1,056,780 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 50.91% | |||||
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2014
More information 2014 Incheon mayoral election, Party ...
| 2014 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Yoo Jeong-bok | 615,077 | 49.95% | ||
| NPAD | 2 | Song Young-gil | 593,555 | 48.20% | ||
| Unified Progressive | 3 | Shin Chang-hyun | 22,651 | 1.83% | ||
| Total | 1,231,283 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 53.66% | |||||
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2018
More information 2018 Incheon mayoral election, Party ...
| 2018 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Park Nam-choon | 766,186 | 57.66% | ||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Yoo Jeong-bok | 470,937 | 35.44% | ||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Moon Byung-ho | 54,054 | 4.06% | ||
| Justice | 5 | Kim Eung-ho | 37,472 | 2.82% | ||
| Total | 1,328,649 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 55.27% | |||||
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2022
More information 2022 Incheon mayoral election, Party ...
| 2022 Incheon mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| People Power | 2 | Yoo Jeong-bok | 634,250 | 51.76% | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Park Nam-choon | 545,885 | 44.55% | ||
| Justice | 3 | Lee Jeong-mi | 38,921 | 3.17% | ||
| Basic Income | 4 | Kim Han-byeol | 6,079 | 0.49% | ||
| Total | 1,225,135 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 48.95% | |||||
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- "Previous Mayors - City Government - Introducing Incheon". Incheon Metropolitan City.
- National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.