Mayor of Busan

Mayor of Busan
Mayor of Busan
부산광역시장
	Seal of Busan
	Incumbent; Park Heong-joon; since 8 April 2021
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Yang Seong-bong
Formation	24 January 1946; 79 years ago

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.

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Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Elected
Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Elected
1st		Moon Jung-soo [ko] 문정수 文正秀 (born 1939)	1 July 1995	30 June 1998	3 years, 0 days		Democratic Liberal → New Korea → Grand National	1995
2nd		Ahn Sang-yeong 안상영 安相英 (1938–2004)	1 July 1998	24 October 2003	5 years, 116 days		Grand National	1998
3rd		Ahn Sang-yeong 안상영 安相英 (1938–2004)	1 July 1998	24 October 2003	5 years, 116 days		Grand National	2002
		Oh Keo-don 오거돈 吳巨敦 (born 1948) Acting	25 October 2003	13 May 2004	202 days		Independent	—
		Ahn Joon-tae [ko] 안준태 安準泰 (born 1952) Acting	14 May 2004	5 June 2004	23 days		Independent	—
		Hur Nam-sik 허남식 許南植 (born 1949)	6 June 2004	30 June 2014	10 years, 25 days		Grand National → Saenuri	2004 (by-el.)
4th								2006
5th								2010
6th		Suh Byung-soo 서병수 徐秉洙 (born 1952)	1 July 2014	30 June 2018	4 years, 0 days		Saenuri → Liberty Korea	2014
7th		Oh Keo-don 오거돈 吳巨敦 (born 1948)	1 July 2018	23 April 2020	1 year, 298 days		Democratic	2018
		Byeon Sung-wan 변성완 邊城完 (born 1965) Acting	23 April 2020	26 January 2021	279 days		Independent	—
		Kim Sun-jo [ko] 김선조 金善照 (born 1967) Acting	26 January 2021	28 January 2021	3 days		Independent	—
		Lee Byeong-jin [ko] 이병진 李炳振 (born 1964) Acting	29 January 2021	7 April 2021	69 days		Independent	—
		Park Heong-joon 박형준 朴亨埈 (born 1960)	8 April 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 114 days		People Power	2021 (by-el.)
8th		Park Heong-joon 박형준 朴亨埈 (born 1960)	8 April 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 114 days		People Power	2022

1995 Busan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic Liberal	1	Moon Jung-soo	885,433	51.40%
	Democratic	2	Roh Moo-hyun	647,297	37.58%
	Independent	3	Kim Hyun-ok	169,652	9.84%
	Independent	4	Bae Sang-han	20,008	1.16%
Total				1,722,390	100.00%
Voter turnout				66.23%

1998 Busan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Ahn Sang-yeong	558,909	45.14%
	Independent	4	Kim Ki-jae	537,983	43.45%
	National Congress	2	Ha Il-min	141,172	11.40%
Total				1,238,064	100.00%
Voter turnout				46.66%

2002 Busan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Ahn Sang-yeong	729,589	63.76%
	Millennium Democratic	2	Han Ih-heon	221,938	19.39%
	Democratic Labor	3	Kim Seok-joon	192,594	16.83%
Total				1,144,121	100.00%
Voter turnout				41.77%

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

Mayor of Busan

List of mayors

Appointed mayors (before 1995)

Directly elected mayors (1995–present)

Elections

1995

1998

2002

2004 (by-election)

2006

2010

2014

2018

2021 (by-election)

2022

See also

References

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Political parties
Conservative Liberal Independent
Status
Denotes acting mayor

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

2021 Busan mayoral by-election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	People Power	2	Park Heong-joon	961,576	62.67%
	Democratic	1	Kim Young-choon	528,135	34.42%
	Freedom and Democracy	8	Jeong Kyu-jae	16,380	1.06%
	Progressive	9	Roh Jeong-hyeon	13,054	0.85%
	Mirae	6	Son Sang-woo	7,933	0.51%
	Minsaeng	7	Bae Jun-hyeon	7,251	0.47%
Total				1,534,329	100.00%
Voter turnout				52.65%