List of current South Korean mayors and governors

Current ruling parties in South Korea

   PPP (12)

   DPK (5)

The high-level local governments of South Korea consist of one Special City, six Metropolitan Cities, one Special Self-Governing City, eight Provinces, and two Special Self-Governing Province, totalling up to 17 governing councils. The head of the city is referred as the mayor and that of the province as the governor. These Local government heads are elected by direct popular vote for a four-year term. The head of the local government can also be re-elected for up to three terms. ^[1]

Currently, the People Power Party holds 12 local governments out of 17, comprising seven mayors and five governors. The other 5 local governments are headed by the Democratic Party of Korea, comprising one mayor and four governors. ^{[2] [3]}

Current office-holders

Colour key for parties
People Power Party    Democratic Party of Korea

City/Province (Past)	Name		Portrait	Took office (tenure length)	Position	Party		Ref.
	English	Hangul
Special City
Seoul (List)	Oh Se-hoon	오세훈		8 April 2021 (4 years, 62 days)	Mayor		People Power	[4]
Metropolitan Cities
Busan (List)	Park Heong-joon	박형준		8 April 2021 (4 years, 62 days)	Mayor		People Power	[5]
Daegu (List)	Kim Jeong-gi	김정기		11 April 2025 (59 days)			Independent	[6]
Incheon (List)	Yoo Jeong-bok	유정복		1 July 2022 (2 years, 343 days)			People Power	[7]
Gwangju (List)	Kang Gi-jung	강기정		1 July 2022 (2 years, 343 days)			Democratic	[8]
Daejeon (List)	Lee Jang-woo	이장우		1 July 2022 (2 years, 343 days)			People Power
Ulsan (List)	Kim Doo-gyeom	김두겸		1 July 2022 (2 years, 343 days)			People Power
Special Self-Governing City
Sejong (List)	Choi Min-ho	최민호		1 July 2022 (2 years, 343 days)	Mayor		People Power
Provinces
Gyeonggi (List)	Kim Dong-yeon	김동연		1 July 2022 (2 years, 343 days)	Governor		Democratic	[9]
North Chungcheong (List)	Kim Young-hwan	김영환		1 July 2022 (2 years, 343 days)			People Power
South Chungcheong (List)	Kim Tae-heum	김태흠		1 July 2022 (2 years, 343 days)			People Power
South Jeolla (List)	Kim Yung-rok	김영록		1 July 2018 (6 years, 343 days)			Democratic
North Gyeongsang (List)	Lee Cheol-woo	이철우		1 July 2018 (6 years, 343 days)			People Power
South Gyeongsang (List)	Park Wan-su	박완수		1 July 2022 (2 years, 343 days)			People Power
Special Self-Governing Province
Jeju (List)	Oh Young-hun	오영훈		1 July 2022 (2 years, 343 days)	Governor		Democratic	[10]
Gangwon (List)	Kim Jin-tae	김진태		1 July 2022 (2 years, 343 days)			People Power
North Jeolla (List)	Kim Gwan-young	김관영		1 July 2022 (2 years, 343 days)			Democratic

References

1. "Local Governments". Korea.net . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
2. NEWS, KYODO. "South Korea's ruling party wins majority of key local elections". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
3. Choe, Sang-Hun (1 June 2022). "Conservative Party Wins Big in South Korean Local Elections". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 20 February 2023.
4. NEWS, KYODO. "South Korea's ruling party wins majority of key local elections". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
5. "Moon's liberals suffer heavy defeats in Seoul and Busan elections". Nikkei Asia . Retrieved 20 February 2023.
6. Lee, Hyo-jin (8 April 2025). "Mayors, governors step back from roles to join presidential race". The Korea Times . Retrieved 17 May 2025.
7. 주, 경돈 (2 June 2022). "(3rd LD) Ruling party wins resounding victory in local elections". Yonhap News Agency . Retrieved 20 February 2023.
8. "Yoon's conservatives sweep South Korea local elections". Nikkei Asia . Retrieved 20 February 2023.
9. "2022 지방선거". KBS News (in Korean). Retrieved 20 February 2023.
10. Yoon, Min-sik (2 June 2022). "Disconnected from mainland, Jeju delivers DP one of its few wins". The Korea Herald . Retrieved 20 February 2023.