Mayor of Daegu
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The Mayor of Daegu (Korean: 대구광역시장; Hanja: 大邱廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Daegu who is elected to a four-year term.
| Mayor of Daegu | |
|---|---|
| 대구광역시장 | |
 Seal of Daegu | |
since 11 April 2025 | |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Lee Kyung-hee |
| Formation | 16 August 1945 |
List of mayors
Appointed mayors (before 1995)
From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Daegu 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 Daegu is elected by direct election.
| Political parties |
|---|
| Status |
| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1st |  |
Moon Hee-gap 문희갑 文熹甲 (born 1937) |
1 July 1995 | 30 June 2002 | 7 years, 0 days | Independent → Grand National |
1995 | |
| 2nd | 1998 | |||||||
| 3rd | |
Cho Hae-nyung 조해녕 曺海寧 (born 1943) |
1 July 2002 | 30 June 2006 | 4 years, 0 days | Grand National | 2002 | |
| 4th |  |
Kim Bum-il 김범일 金範鎰 (born 1950) |
1 July 2006 | 30 June 2014 | 8 years, 0 days | Grand National → Saenuri |
2006 | |
| 5th | 2010 | |||||||
| 6th | |
Kwon Young-jin 권영진 權泳臻 (born 1962) |
1 July 2014 | 30 June 2022 | 8 years, 0 days | Saenuri → Liberty Korea → United Future → People Power |
2014 | |
| 7th | 2018 | |||||||
| 8th |  |
Hong Joon-pyo 홍준표 洪準杓 (born 1953) |
1 July 2022 | 11 April 2025 | 2 years, 285 days | People Power | 2022 | |
|
Kim Jeong-gi 김정기 金正基 |
11 April 2025 | Incumbent | 341 days | Independent | – | ||
Elections
Source:[1]
1995
| 1995 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Independent | 3 | Moon Hee-gap | 383,272 | 36.79% | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 2 | Lee Eui-ik | 230,668 | 22.14% | ||
| Independent | 5 | Lee Hae-bong | 222,409 | 21.35% | ||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Cho Hae-nyung | 175,749 | 16.87% | ||
| Independent | 4 | Ahn Yu-ho | 29,617 | 2.84% | ||
| Total | 1,041,715 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 63.97% | |||||
1998
| 1998 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Moon Hee-gap | 570,167 | 71.98% | ||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Lee Eui-ik | 163,653 | 20.66% | ||
| New National | 4 | Yoo Sung-hwan | 58,243 | 7.35% | ||
| Total | 792,063 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 46.81% | |||||
2002
| 2002 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Cho Hae-nyung | 452,943 | 61.18% | ||
| Independent | 3 | Lee Jae-yong | 287,396 | 38.81% | ||
| Total | 740,339 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 41.45% | |||||
2006
| 2006 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 2 | Kim Bum-il | 636,057 | 70.15% | ||
| Uri | 1 | Lee Jae-yong | 191,131 | 21.08% | ||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Lee Youn-jae | 35,497 | 3.91% | ||
| Independent | 6 | Paik Seung-hong | 35,232 | 3.88% | ||
| People First | 5 | Park Seung-gook | 8,764 | 0.96% | ||
| Total | 906,681 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 48.54% | |||||
2010
| 2010 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Grand National | 1 | Kim Bum-il | 633,118 | 72.92% | ||
| Democratic | 2 | Lee Seung-cheon | 146,458 | 16.86% | ||
| New Progressive | 7 | Cho Myung-rae | 88,599 | 10.20% | ||
| Total | 868,175 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 45.94% | |||||
2014
| 2014 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Saenuri | 1 | Kwon Young-jin | 581,175 | 55.95% | ||
| NPAD | 2 | Kim Boo-kyum | 418,891 | 40.33% | ||
| Independent | 5 | Lee Jung-sook | 14,774 | 1.42% | ||
| Justice | 4 | Lee Won-joon | 12,922 | 1.24% | ||
| Unified Progressive | 3 | Song Young-woo | 10,857 | 1.04% | ||
| Total | 1,038,619 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 52.30% | |||||
2018
| 2018 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Kwon Young-jin | 619,165 | 53.73% | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Lim Dae-yun | 458,112 | 39.75% | ||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Kim Hyung-gi | 74,955 | 6.50% | ||
| Total | 1,152,232 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 57.26% | |||||
2022
| 2022 Daegu mayoral election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| People Power | 2 | Hong Joon-pyo | 685,159 | 78.75% | ||
| Democratic | 1 | Seo Jae-heon | 156,429 | 17.97% | ||
| Justice | 3 | Han Min-jeong | 20,904 | 2.40% | ||
| Basic Income | 4 | Shin Won-ho | 7,542 | 0.86% | ||
| Total | 870,034 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 43.19% | |||||