# Governor of Gyeonggi Province

The Governor of Gyeonggi Province (Korean: 경기도지사; Hanja: 京畿道知事) is the head of the local government of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, who is elected to a four-year term.

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

From 1946 to 1995, the Governor of Gyeonggi Province was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

### Directly elected governors (1995–present)

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of Gyeonggi Province 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 | | Lee In-je 이인제 李仁濟 (born 1948) | 1 July 1995 | 18 September 1997 | 2 years, 80 days | | Democratic Liberal → New Korea | 1995 |
| 1st | | Lim Su-bok 임수복 林秀福 (born 1943) Acting | 19 September 1997 | 30 June 1998 | 285 days | | Independent | — |
| 2nd | | Lim Chang-yeol [ko] 임창열 林昌烈 (born 1944) | 1 July 1998 | 30 June 2002 | 4 years, 0 days | | National Congress | 1998 |
| 3rd | | Sohn Hak-kyu 손학규 孫鶴圭 (born 1948) | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2006 | 4 years, 0 days | | Grand National | 2002 |
| 4th | | Kim Moon-soo 김문수 金文洙 (born 1951) | 1 July 2006 | 30 June 2014 | 8 years, 0 days | | Grand National → Saenuri | 2006 |
| 5th | | Kim Moon-soo 김문수 金文洙 (born 1951) | 1 July 2006 | 30 June 2014 | 8 years, 0 days | | Grand National → Saenuri | 2010 |
| 6th | | Nam Kyung-pil 남경필 南景弼 (born 1965) | 1 July 2014 | 30 June 2018 | 4 years, 0 days | | Saenuri → Bareun → Liberty Korea | 2014 |
| 7th | | Lee Jae-myung 이재명 李在明 (born 1964) | 1 July 2018 | 25 October 2021 | 3 years, 117 days | | Democratic | 2018 |
| 7th | | Oh Byeong-kwon 오병권 吳秉權 (born 1971) Acting | 26 October 2021 | 30 June 2022 | 248 days | | Independent | — |
| 8th | | Kim Dong-yeon 김동연 金東兗 (born 1957) | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 185 days | | Democratic | 2022 |

## Elections

Source:

### 1995

1995 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | Democratic Liberal | 1 | Lee In-je | 1,264,914 | 40.56% | |
| | Democratic | 2 | Chang Kyoung-woo | 923,069 | 29.60% | |
| | Independent | 4 | Im Sa-bin | 613,624 | 19.67% | |
| | United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Kim Moon-won | 316,637 | 10.15% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 3,118,244 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 63.23% | 63.23% | 63.23% |

### 1998

1998 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | National Congress | 2 | Lim Chang-yeol | 1,549,189 | 54.30% | |
| | Grand National | 1 | Sohn Hak-kyu | 1,303,340 | 45.69% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 2,852,529 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 50.00% | 50.00% | 50.00% |

### 2002

2002 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | Grand National | 1 | Sohn Hak-kyu | 1,744,291 | 58.37% | |
| | Millennium Democratic | 2 | Jin Nyum | 1,075,243 | 35.98% | |
| | Democratic Labor | 3 | Kim Joon-ki | 168,357 | 5.63% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 2,987,891 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 44.63% | 44.63% | 44.63% |

### 2006

2006 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | Grand National | 2 | Kim Moon-soo | 2,181,677 | 59.68% | |
| | Uri | 1 | Jin Dae-je | 1,124,317 | 30.75% | |
| | Democratic Labor | 4 | Kim Yong-han | 201,106 | 5.50% | |
| | Democratic | 3 | Park Jung-il | 148,409 | 4.05% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 3,655,509 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 46.67% | 46.67% | 46.67% |

### 2010

2010 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | Grand National | 1 | Kim Moon-soo | 2,271,492 | 52.20% | |
| | Participation | 8 | Rhyu Si-min | 2,079,892 | 47.79% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4,351,384 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 51.76% | 51.76% | 51.76% |

### 2014

2014 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | Saenuri | 1 | Nam Kyung-pil | 2,524,981 | 50.43% | |
| | NPAD | 2 | Kim Jin-pyo | 2,481,824 | 49.56% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5,006,805 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 53.28% | 53.28% | 53.28% |

### 2018

2018 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | Democratic | 1 | Lee Jae-myung | 3,370,621 | 56.40% | |
| | Liberty Korea | 2 | Nam Kyung-pil | 2,122,433 | 35.51% | |
| | Bareunmirae | 3 | Kim Young-hwan | 287,504 | 4.81% | |
| | Justice | 5 | Lee Hong-woo | 151,871 | 2.54% | |
| | Minjung | 6 | Kim Young-hwan | 43,098 | 0.72% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5,975,527 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 57.77% | 57.77% | 57.77% |

### 2022

2022 Gyeonggi gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | Democratic | 1 | Kim Dong-yeon | 2,827,593 | 49.06% | |
| | People Power | 2 | Kim Eun-hye | 2,818,680 | 48.91% | |
| | Independent | 6 | Kang Yong-suk | 54,758 | 0.95% | |
| | Justice | 3 | Hwang Sun-sik | 38,525 | 0.66% | |
| | Progressive | 5 | Song Young-ju | 13,939 | 0.24% | |
| | Basic Income | 4 | Seo Tae-seong | 9,314 | 0.16% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5,762,809 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 50.63% | 50.63% | 50.63% |