Mayor of Busan

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.

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; 78 years ago (1946-01-24)

List of mayors

Appointed mayors (before 1995)

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Busan 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 Busan is elected by direct election.

Political parties
Conservative   Liberal   Independent
Status
Denotes acting mayor

Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Elected
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
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								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	3 years, 31 days		People Power	2021 (by-el.)
8th								2022

Elections

Source:^[1]

1995

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

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

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 (by-election)

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%

2006

2006 Busan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	2	Hur Nam-sik	895,214	65.54%
	Uri	1	Oh Keo-don	329,470	24.12%
	Democratic Labor	4	Kim Seok-joon	141,061	10.32%
Total				1,365,745	100.00%
Voter turnout				48.46%

2010

2010 Busan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Grand National	1	Hur Nam-sik	770,507	55.42%
	Democratic	2	Kim Jeong-gil	619,565	44.57%
Total				1,390,072	100.00%
Voter turnout				49.48%

2014

2014 Busan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Saenuri	1	Suh Byung-soo	797,926	50.65%
	Independent	4	Oh Keo-don	777,225	49.34%
Total				1,575,151	100.00%
Voter turnout				55.56%

2018

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 (by-election)

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%

2022

2022 Busan mayoral election
Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	People Power	2	Park Heong-joon	938,601	66.36%
	Democratic	1	Byeon Sung-wan	455,901	32.23%
	Justice	3	Kim Young-jin	19,733	1.39%
Total				1,414,235	100.00%
Voter turnout				49.10%

See also

• Government of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea

References

1. National Election Commission. (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2019-10-05.