Mayor of Busan
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| Mayor of Busan | |
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| 부산광역시장 | |
 Seal of Busan | |
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| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Yang Seong-bong |
| Formation | 24 January 1946 |
The Mayor of Busan (Korean: 부산광역시장; Hanja: 釜山廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Busan who is elected to a four-year term.
List of mayors
[edit]Appointed mayors (before 1995)
[edit]From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Busan 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 Busan is elected by direct election.
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Denotes acting mayor
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| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1st | 
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Moon Jung-soo 문정수 文正秀 (born 1939) |
1 July 1995 | 30 June 1998 | 3 years, 0 days | Democratic Liberal → New Korea → Grand National |
1995 | |
| 2nd |
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Ahn Sang-yeong 안상영 安相英 (1938–2004) |
1 July 1998 | 24 October 2003 | 5 years, 116 days | Grand National | 1998 | |
| 3rd | 2002 | |||||||
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Oh Keo-don 오거돈 吳巨敦 (born 1948) Acting |
25 October 2003 | 13 May 2004 | 202 days | Independent | — | ||
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Ahn Joon-tae 안준태 安準泰 (born 1952) Acting |
14 May 2004 | 5 June 2004 | 23 days | Independent | — | ||
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Hur Nam-sik 허남식 許南植 (born 1949) |
6 June 2004 | 30 June 2014 | 10 years, 25 days | Grand National → Saenuri |
2004 (by-el.) | ||
| 4th | 2006 | |||||||
| 5th | 2010 | |||||||
| 6th | 
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Suh Byung-soo 서병수 徐秉洙 (born 1952) |
1 July 2014 | 30 June 2018 | 4 years, 0 days | Saenuri → Liberty Korea |
2014 | |
| 7th |
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Oh Keo-don 오거돈 吳巨敦 (born 1948) |
1 July 2018 | 23 April 2020 | 1 year, 298 days | Democratic | 2018 | |
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Byeon Sung-wan 변성완 邊城完 (born 1965) Acting |
23 April 2020 | 26 January 2021 | 279 days | Independent | — | ||
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Kim Sun-jo 김선조 金善照 (born 1967) Acting |
26 January 2021 | 28 January 2021 | 3 days | Independent | — | ||
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Lee Byeong-jin 이병진 李炳振 (born 1964) Acting |
29 January 2021 | 7 April 2021 | 69 days | Independent | — | ||
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Park Heong-joon 박형준 朴亨埈 (born 1960) |
8 April 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 229 days | People Power | 2021 (by-el.) | ||
| 8th | 2022 | |||||||
Elections
[edit]Source:[1]
1995
[edit]| 1995 Busan mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Moon Jung-soo | 885,433 | 51.40% | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Roh Moo-hyun | 647,297 | 37.58% | ||
| Independent | 3 | Kim Hyun-ok | 169,652 | 9.84% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Bae Sang-han | 20,008 | 1.16% | ||
| Total | 1,722,390 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 66.23% | |||||
1998
[edit]| 1998 Busan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Ahn Sang-yeong | 558,909 | 45.14% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Kim Ki-jae | 537,983 | 43.45% | ||
| National Congress | 2 | Ha Il-min | 141,172 | 11.40% | ||
| Total | 1,238,064 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 46.66% | |||||
2002
[edit]| 2002 Busan mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Ahn Sang-yeong | 729,589 | 63.76% | ||
| Millennium Democratic | 2 | Han Ih-heon | 221,938 | 19.39% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 3 | Kim Seok-joon | 192,594 | 16.83% | ||
| Total | 1,144,121 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 41.77% | |||||
2004 (by-election)
[edit]| 2004 Busan mayoral by-election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 2 | Hur Nam-sik | 566,700 | 62.29% | ||
| Uri | 1 | Oh Keo-don | 343,110 | 37.71% | ||
| Total | 909,810 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 32.98% | |||||
2006
[edit]| 2006 Busan mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 2 | Hur Nam-sik | 895,214 | 65.54% | ||
| Uri | 1 | Oh Keo-don | 329,470 | 24.12% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Kim Seok-joon | 141,061 | 10.32% | ||
| Total | 1,365,745 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 48.46% | |||||
2010
[edit]| 2010 Busan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Hur Nam-sik | 770,507 | 55.42% | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Kim Jeong-gil | 619,565 | 44.57% | ||
| Total | 1,390,072 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 49.48% | |||||
2014
[edit]| 2014 Busan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Suh Byung-soo | 797,926 | 50.65% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Oh Keo-don | 777,225 | 49.34% | ||
| Total | 1,575,151 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 55.56% | |||||
2018
[edit]| 2018 Busan mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Oh Keo-don | 940,469 | 55.23% | ||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Suh Byung-soo | 632,806 | 37.16% | ||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Lee Sung-guen | 67,502 | 3.96% | ||
| Justice | 5 | Park Joo-mi | 35,299 | 2.07% | ||
| Independent | 6 | Lee Jong-hyuk | 26,720 | 1.56% | ||
| Total | 1,702,796 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 58.78% | |||||
2021 (by-election)
[edit]| 2021 Busan mayoral by-election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| People Power | 2 | Park Heong-joon | 961,576 | 62.67% | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Kim Young-choon | 528,135 | 34.42% | ||
| Freedom and Democracy | 8 | Jeong Kyu-jae | 16,380 | 1.06% | ||
| Progressive | 9 | Roh Jeong-hyeon | 13,054 | 0.85% | ||
| Mirae | 6 | Son Sang-woo | 7,933 | 0.51% | ||
| Minsaeng | 7 | Bae Jun-hyeon | 7,251 | 0.47% | ||
| Total | 1,534,329 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.65% | |||||
2022
[edit]| 2022 Busan mayoral election | ||||||
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| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| People Power | 2 | Park Heong-joon | 938,601 | 66.36% | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Byeon Sung-wan | 455,901 | 32.23% | ||
| Justice | 3 | Kim Young-jin | 19,733 | 1.39% | ||
| Total | 1,414,235 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 49.10% | |||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.