Mayor of Busan
| Mayor of Busan | |
|---|---|
| 부산광역시장 | |
 Seal of Busan | |
since 8 April 2021 | |
| 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
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 |
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| Status |
Denotes acting mayor
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| # | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Term | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 30 | 
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Moon Jeong-soo 문정수 文正秀 (born 1939) |
1 July 1995 | 30 June 1998 | 3 years, 0 days | style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;" | | Democratic Liberal → New Korea → Grand National |
1st |
| 31 |
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Ahn Sang-yeong 안상영 安相英 (1938–2004) |
1 July 1998 | 24 October 2003 | 5 years, 116 days | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;" | | Grand National | 2nd |
| 32 | 3rd | |||||||
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Oh Keo-don 오거돈 吳巨敦 (born 1948) (acting) |
25 October 2003 | 13 May 2004 | 202 days | style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;" | | Independent | |
| - |
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Ahn Joon-tae 안준태 安準泰 (born 1952) (acting) |
14 May 2004 | 5 June 2004 | 23 days | style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;" | | Independent | |
| 33 |
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Hur Nam-sik 허남식 許南植 (born 1949) |
6 June 2004 | 30 June 2014 | 10 years, 25 days | rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;" | | Grand National → Saenuri | |
| 34 | 4th | |||||||
| 35 | 5th | |||||||
| 36 | 
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Suh Byung-soo 서병수 徐秉洙 (born 1952) |
1 July 2014 | 30 June 2018 | 4 years, 0 days | style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;" | | Saenuri → Liberty Korea |
6th |
| 37 |
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Oh Keo-don 오거돈 吳巨敦 (born 1948) |
1 July 2018 | 23 April 2020 | 1 year, 298 days | style="background:Template:Liberal (South Korea)/meta/color;" | | Democratic | 7th |
| - |
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Byeon Sung-wan 변성완 邊城完 (born 1965) (acting) |
23 April 2020 | 26 January 2021 | 279 days | style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;" | | Independent | |
| - |
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Kim Sun-jo 김선조 金善照 (born 1967) (acting) |
26 January 2021 | 28 January 2021 | 3 days | style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;" | | Independent | |
| - |
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Lee Byung-jin 이병진 李炳振 (born 1964) (acting) |
29 January 2021 | 7 April 2021 | 69 days | style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;" | | Independent | |
| 38 |
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Park Hyung-joon 박형준 朴亨埈 (born 1960) |
8 April 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 257 days | style="background:Template:Conservative (South Korea)/meta/color;" | | People Power | |
Elections
Source: [1]
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% | |||||
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% | |||||
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% | |||||
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% | |||||
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% | |||||
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% | |||||
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% | |||||
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% | |||||
2021 (by-election)
| 2021 Busan mayoral by-election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| bgcolor="Template:People Power Party (South Korea)/meta/color"| | People Power | 2 | Park Hyung-joon | 961,576 | 62.67% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party of Korea/meta/color"| | Democratic | 1 | Kim Young-choon | 528,135 | 34.42% | |
| Freedom and Democracy | 8 | Jeong Kyu-jae | 16,380 | 1.06% | ||
| bgcolor="Template:Progressive Party (South Korea, 2017)/meta/color"| | Progressive | 9 | Roh Jeong-hyeon | 13,054 | 0.85% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Mirae Party/meta/color"| | Mirae | 6 | Son Sang-woo | 7,933 | 0.51% | |
| bgcolor="Template:Minsaeng Party/meta/color"| | Minsaeng | 7 | Bae Jun-hyeon | 7,251 | 0.47% | |
| Total | 1,534,329 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.65% | |||||
See also
References
- ^ National Election Commission. "중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.