Mayor of Busan

Mayor of Busan
부산광역시장
Seal of Busan
Incumbent Byun Seong-wan since 23 April 2020 Acting
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Yang Seong-bong
Formation	24 January 1946 (1946-01-24)

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

Appointed mayors (before 1995)

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

Direct elected mayors (1995–present)

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

Political parties
Conservative   Liberal   Independent
Status
Denotes acting mayor

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Duration	Political party	Term
style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;"|		Moon Jeong-soo 문정수 文正秀 (born 1939)	1 July 1995	30 June 1998	3 years, 0 days	Democratic Liberal → New Korea → Grand National	1
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;"|		Ahn Sang-yeong 안상영 安相英 (1938–2004)	1 July 1998	4 February 2004	5 years, 219 days	Grand National	2
3
	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"|		Oh Keo-don 오거돈 吳巨敦 (born 1948) (acting)	5 February 2004	13 May 2004	99 days	Independent
	style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"|		Ahn Joon-tae 안준태 安準泰 (born 1952) (acting)	14 May 2004	5 June 2004	23 days	Independent
	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;"|		Hur Nam-sik 허남식 許南植 (born 1949)	6 June 2004	30 June 2014	10 years, 25 days	Grand National → Saenuri
4
5
style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;"|		Suh Byung-soo 서병수 徐秉洙 (born 1952)	1 July 2014	30 June 2018	4 years, 0 days	Saenuri → Liberty Korea	6
style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color;"|		Oh Keo-don 오거돈 吳巨敦 (born 1948)	1 July 2018	23 April 2020	1 year, 298 days	Democratic	7
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"|		Byeon Sung-wan 변성완 邊城完 (born 1965) (acting)	23 April 2020	26 January 2021	4 years, 242 days	Independent
		Kim Sun-jo 김선조 金善照 (born 1967) (acting)	26 January 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 330 days	Independent

Elections

Source:

2018

2018 Busan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party of Korea/meta/color"|	Democratic	1	Oh Keo-don	940,469	55.23%
bgcolor="Template:Liberty Korea Party/meta/color"|	Liberty Korea	2	Suh Byung-soo	632,806	37.16%
bgcolor="Template:Bareunmirae Party/meta/color"|	Bareunmirae	3	Lee Sung-guen	67,502	3.96%
bgcolor="Template:Justice Party (South Korea)/meta/color"|	Justice	5	Park Joo-mi	35,299	2.07%
bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Independent	6	Lee Jong-hyuk	26,720	1.56%
Total				1,702,796	100.00%
Voter turnout				58.78%

2014

2014 Busan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Saenuri Party/meta/color"|	Saenuri	1	Suh Byung-soo	797,926	50.65%
bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Independent	4	Oh Keo-don	777,225	49.34%
Total				1,575,151	100.00%
Voter turnout				55.56%

2010

2010 Busan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"|	Grand National	1	Hur Nam-sik	770,507	55.42%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008)/meta/color"|	Democratic	2	Kim Jeong-gil	619,565	44.57%
Total				1,390,072	100.00%
Voter turnout				49.48%

2006

2006 Busan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"|	Grand National	2	Hur Nam-sik	895,214	65.54%
bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color"|	Uri	1	Oh Keo-don	329,470	24.12%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color"|	Democratic Labor	4	Kim Seok-joon	141,061	10.32%
Total				1,365,745	100.00%
Voter turnout				48.46%

2004 (by-election)

2004 Busan mayoral by-election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"|	Grand National	2	Hur Nam-sik	566,700	62.29%
bgcolor="Template:Uri Party/meta/color"|	Uri	1	Oh Keo-don	343,110	37.71%
Total				909,810	100.00%
Voter turnout				32.98%

2002

2002 Busan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"|	Grand National	1	Ahn Sang-yeong	729,589	63.76%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)/meta/color"|	Millennium Democratic	2	Han Ih-heon	221,938	19.39%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)/meta/color"|	Democratic Labor	3	Kim Seok-joon	192,594	16.83%
Total				1,144,121	100.00%
Voter turnout				41.77%

1998

1998 Busan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Grand National Party/meta/color"|	Grand National	1	Ahn Sang-yeong	558,909	45.14%
bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Independent	4	Kim Ki-jae	537,983	43.45%
bgcolor="Template:National Congress for New Politics/meta/color"|	National Congress	2	Ha Il-min	141,172	11.40%
Total				1,238,064	100.00%
Voter turnout				46.66%

1995

1995 Busan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)/meta/color"|	Democratic Liberal	1	Moon Jeong-soo	885,433	51.40%
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (South Korea, 1991)/meta/color"|	Democratic	2	Roh Moo-hyun	647,297	37.58%
bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Independent	3	Kim Hyun-ok	169,652	9.84%
bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color"|	Independent	4	Bae Sang-han	20,008	1.16%
Total				1,722,390	100.00%
Voter turnout				66.23%

See also

• Government of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics