Mayor of Incheon

The Mayor of Incheon (Korean: 인천광역시장; Hanja: 仁川廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Incheon who is elected to a four-year term.

Mayor of Incheon
인천광역시장
Seal of Incheon
Incumbent Yoo Jeong-bok since 1 July 2022
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Lim Hong-jae
Formation	8 October 1945 (1945-10-08)

List of mayors

Appointed mayors (before 1995)

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Incheon 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 Incheon is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Conservative   Liberal

Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Elected
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1st		Choi Ki-sun 최기선 崔箕善 (1945–2018)	1 July 1995	30 June 2002	7 years, 0 days		Democratic Liberal → New Korea → Grand National → United Liberal Democrats	1995
2nd								1998
3rd		Ahn Sang-soo 안상수 安相洙 (born 1946)	1 July 2002	30 June 2010	8 years, 0 days		Grand National	2002
4th								2006
5th		Song Young-gil 송영길 宋永吉 (born 1963)	1 July 2010	30 June 2014	4 years, 0 days		Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD	2010
6th		Yoo Jeong-bok 유정복 劉正福 (born 1957)	1 July 2014	30 June 2018	4 years, 0 days		Saenuri → Liberty Korea	2014
7th		Park Nam-choon 박남춘 朴南春 (born 1958)	1 July 2018	30 June 2022	4 years, 0 days		Democratic	2018
8th		Yoo Jeong-bok 유정복 劉正福 (born 1957)	1 July 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 170 days		People Power	2022

Elections

Source:

1995

1995 Incheon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic Liberal	1	Choi Ki-sun	383,965	40.81%
	Democratic	2	Shin Yong-seok	298,544	31.73%
	United Liberal Democrats	3	Kang Woo-hyuk	258,175	27.44%
Total				940,684	100.00%
Voter turnout				62.02%

1998

1998 Incheon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	United Liberal Democrats	3	Choi Ki-sun	375,051	53.49%
	Grand National	1	Ahn Sang-soo	238,708	34.04%
	New National	4	Kim Ki-jae	87,327	12.45%
Total				701,086	100.00%
Voter turnout				43.19%

2002

2002 Incheon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Ahn Sang-soo	393,932	56.17%
	Millennium Democratic	2	Park Sang-eun	225,210	32.11%
	Democratic Labor	4	Kim Chang-han	35,234	5.02%
	Green Peace	3	Shin Maeng-soon	29,473	4.20%
	Socialist	5	Kim Young-kyu	17,404	2.48%
Total				701,253	100.00%
Voter turnout				39.32%

2006

2006 Incheon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	2	Ahn Sang-soo	526,932	61.93%
	Uri	1	Choi Ki-sun	200,650	23.58%
	Democratic Labor	4	Kim Sung-jin	78,898	9.27%
	Democratic	3	Shin Kyung-cheol	44,339	5.21%
Total				850,819	100.00%
Voter turnout				44.30%

2010

2010 Incheon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	2	Song Young-gil	556,902	52.69%
	Grand National	1	Ahn Sang-soo	469,040	44.38%
	New Progressive	7	Kim Sang-ha	19,580	1.85%
	Peace Democratic	8	Paik Seok-doo	11,258	1.06%
Total				1,056,780	100.00%
Voter turnout				50.91%

2014

2014 Incheon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Saenuri	1	Yoo Jeong-bok	615,077	49.95%
	NPAD	2	Song Young-gil	593,555	48.20%
	Unified Progressive	3	Shin Chang-hyun	22,651	1.83%
Total				1,231,283	100.00%
Voter turnout				53.66%

2018

2018 Incheon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	1	Park Nam-choon	766,186	57.66%
	Liberty Korea	2	Yoo Jeong-bok	470,937	35.44%
	Bareunmirae	3	Moon Byung-ho	54,054	4.06%
	Justice	5	Kim Eung-ho	37,472	2.82%
Total				1,328,649	100.00%
Voter turnout				55.27%

2022

2022 Incheon mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	People Power	2	Yoo Jeong-bok	634,250	51.76%
	Democratic	1	Park Nam-choon	545,885	44.55%
	Justice	3	Lee Jeong-mi	38,921	3.17%
	Basic Income	4	Kim Han-byeol	6,079	0.49%
Total				1,225,135	100.00%
Voter turnout				48.95%

See also

• Government of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea