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Mayor of Busan

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Mayor of Busan
부산광역시장
Seal of Busan
since 8 April 2021
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderYang Seong-bong
Formation24 January 1946; 78 years ago (1946-01-24)

The Mayor of Busan (Korean부산광역시장; 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

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Appointed mayors (before 1995)

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From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Busan was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Directly elected mayors (1995–present)

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Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Busan is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Status
  Denotes acting mayor
Term Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Elected
Took office Left office Time in office
1st Moon Jung-soo [ko]
문정수
文正秀

(born 1939)
1 July 1995 30 June 1998 3 years, 0 days Democratic Liberal
New Korea
Grand National
1995
2nd Ahn Sang-yeong
안상영
安相英

(1938–2004)
1 July 1998 24 October 2003 5 years, 116 days Grand National 1998
3rd 2002
Oh Keo-don
오거돈
吳巨敦

(born 1948)
Acting
25 October 2003 13 May 2004 202 days Independent
Ahn Joon-tae [ko]
안준태
安準泰

(born 1952)
Acting
14 May 2004 5 June 2004 23 days Independent
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 Suh Byung-soo
서병수
徐秉洙

(born 1952)
1 July 2014 30 June 2018 4 years, 0 days Saenuri
Liberty Korea
2014
7th Oh Keo-don
오거돈
吳巨敦

(born 1948)
1 July 2018 23 April 2020 1 year, 298 days Democratic 2018
Byeon Sung-wan
변성완
邊城完

(born 1965)
Acting
23 April 2020 26 January 2021 279 days Independent
Kim Sun-jo [ko]
김선조
金善照

(born 1967)
Acting
26 January 2021 28 January 2021 3 days Independent
Lee Byeong-jin [ko]
이병진
李炳振

(born 1964)
Acting
29 January 2021 7 April 2021 69 days Independent
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

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Source:[1]

1995

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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

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1998 Busan mayoral election
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

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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)

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2004 Busan mayoral by-election
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

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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

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2010 Busan mayoral election
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

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2014 Busan mayoral election
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

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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)

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2021 Busan mayoral by-election
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

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2022 Busan mayoral election
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

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References

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  1. ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.