# Mayor of Daejeon

The Mayor of Daejeon (Korean: 대전광역시장; Hanja: 大田廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Daejeon who is elected to a four-year term.

## List of mayors
### Appointed mayors (before 1995)

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Daejeon 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 Daejeon is elected by direct election.
| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Political party | Elected |
| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Political party | Elected |
| 1st | | Hong Sun-ki [ko] 홍선기 洪善基 (born 1936) | 1 July 1995 | 30 June 2002 | 7 years, 0 days | | United Liberal Democrats | 1995 |
| 2nd | | Hong Sun-ki [ko] 홍선기 洪善基 (born 1936) | 1 July 1995 | 30 June 2002 | 7 years, 0 days | | United Liberal Democrats | 1998 |
| 3rd | | Yeom Hong-cheol [ko] 염홍철 廉弘喆 (born 1944) | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2006 | 4 years, 0 days | | Grand National → Uri | 2002 |
| 4th | | Park Sung-hyo [ko] 박성효 朴城孝 (born 1955) | 1 July 2006 | 30 June 2010 | 4 years, 0 days | | Grand National | 2006 |
| 5th | | Yeom Hong-cheol [ko] 염홍철 廉弘喆 (born 1944) | 1 July 2010 | 30 June 2014 | 4 years, 0 days | | Liberty Forward → Saenuri | 2010 |
| 6th | | Kwon Sun-taek [ko] 권선택 權善宅 (born 1957) | 1 July 2014 | 14 November 2017 | 3 years, 137 days | | NPAD → Democratic | 2014 |
| 6th | | Lee Jae-gwan [ko] 이재관 李在官 (born 1965) Acting | 14 November 2017 | 30 June 2018 | 229 days | | Independent | — |
| 7th | | Heo Tae-jeong 허태정 許泰鋌 (born 1965) | 1 July 2018 | 30 June 2022 | 4 years, 0 days | | Democratic | 2018 |
| 8th | | Lee Jang-woo [ko] 이장우 李莊雨 (born 1965) | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 167 days | | People Power | 2022 |

## Elections

Source:

### 1995

1995 Daejeon mayoral election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Hong Sun-ki | 342,959 | 63.76% | |
| | Democratic Liberal | 1 | Yeom Hong-cheol | 112,607 | 20.93% | |
| | Democratic | 2 | Pyon Pyung-sup | 58,346 | 10.84% | |
| | Independent | 4 | Lee Dae-hyung | 23,953 | 4.45% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 537,865 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 66.93% | 66.93% | 66.93% |

### 1998

1998 Daejeon mayoral election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Hong Sun-ki | 286,255 | 73.68% | |
| | New National | 4 | Song Chun-young | 70,414 | 18.12% | |
| | Independent | 5 | Cho Myung-hyun | 31,796 | 8.18% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 388,465 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 44.45% | 44.45% | 44.45% |

### 2002

2002 Daejeon mayoral election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | Grand National | 1 | Yeom Hong-cheol | 191,832 | 46.61% | |
| | United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Hong Sun-ki | 165,426 | 40.20% | |
| | Independent | 5 | Chung Ha-yong | 38,445 | 9.34% | |
| | Independent | 4 | Kim Heon-tae | 15,780 | 3.83% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 411,483 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 42.32% | 42.32% | 42.32% |

### 2006

2006 Daejeon mayoral election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | Grand National | 2 | Park Sung-hyo | 231,489 | 43.83% | |
| | Uri | 1 | Yeom Hong-cheol | 217,273 | 41.14% | |
| | People First | 5 | Nam Choong-hee | 55,231 | 10.45% | |
| | Democratic Labor | 4 | Park Choon-ho | 14,899 | 2.82% | |
| | Democratic | 3 | Choi Ki-bok | 6,442 | 1.21% | |
| | Hanmijun | 5 | Koh Nak-jung | 2,707 | 0.51% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 528,041 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 49.43% | 49.43% | 49.43% |

### 2010

2010 Daejeon mayoral election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | Liberty Forward | 3 | Yeom Hong-cheol | 276,122 | 46.67% | |
| | Grand National | 1 | Park Sung-hyo | 168,616 | 28.50% | |
| | Democratic | 2 | Kim Won-woong | 137,751 | 23.28% | |
| | New Progressive | 7 | Kim Yoon-ki | 9,074 | 1.53% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 591,563 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 52.92% | 52.92% | 52.92% |

### 2014

2014 Daejeon mayoral election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | NPAD | 2 | Kwon Sun-taek | 322,762 | 50.07% | |
| | Saenuri | 1 | Park Sung-hyo | 301,389 | 46.76% | |
| | Justice | 4 | Han Chang-min | 11,346 | 1.76% | |
| | Unified Progressive | 3 | Kim Chang-geun | 9,009 | 1.39% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 644,506 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 54.03% | 54.03% | 54.03% |

### 2018

2018 Daejeon mayoral election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | Democratic | 1 | Heo Tae-jeong | 393,354 | 56.41% | |
| | Liberty Korea | 2 | Park Sung-hyo | 224,306 | 32.16% | |
| | Bareunmirae | 3 | Nam Choong-hee | 61,271 | 8.78% | |
| | Justice | 5 | Kim Yoon-ki | 18,351 | 2.63% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 697,282 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 57.97% | 57.97% | 57.97% |

### 2022

2022 Daejeon mayoral election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | People Power | 2 | Lee Jang-woo | 310,035 | 51.19% | |
| | Democratic | 1 | Heo Tae-jeong | 295,555 | 48.80% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 605,590 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 49.66% | 49.66% | 49.66% |