Mayor of Gwangju
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| Mayor of Gwangju | |
|---|---|
| 광주광역시장 | |
 Seal of Gwangju | |
 Incumbent since 1 July 2022Kang Gi-jung | |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Seo Min-ho |
| Formation | 16 August 1945 |
The Mayor of Gwangju (Korean: 광주광역시장; Hanja: 光州廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Gwangju, South Korea. The mayor is elected to a four-year term.
Appointed mayors (before 1995)
From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Gwangju 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 Gwangju is elected by direct election.
| Political parties |
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| Term | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1st |  |
Song Un-jong 송언종 宋彦鐘 (1937–2020) |
1 July 1995 | 30 June 1998 | 3 years, 0 days | Democratic → National Congress |
1995 | |
| 2nd | |
Goh Jae-yu 고재유 高在維 (born 1938) |
1 July 1998 | 30 June 2002 | 4 years, 0 days | National Congress → Millennium Democratic |
1998 | |
| 3rd | |
Park Gwang-tae 박광태 朴光泰 (born 1943) |
1 July 2002 | 30 June 2010 | 8 years, 0 days | Millennium Democratic → Democratic ('00) → Democratic ('08) |
2002 | |
| 4th | 2006 | |||||||
| 5th | _수영대회_사태_강운태_시장_공식_사과.jpg) |
Kang Woon-tae 강운태 姜雲太 (born 1948) |
1 July 2010 | 30 June 2014 | 4 years, 0 days | Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD |
2010 | |
| 6th |  |
Yoon Jang-hyun 윤장현 尹壯鉉 (born 1949) |
1 July 2014 | 30 June 2018 | 4 years, 0 days | NPAD → Democratic |
2014 | |
| 7th |  |
Lee Yong-seop 이용섭 李庸燮 (born 1951) |
1 July 2018 | 30 June 2022 | 4 years, 0 days | Democratic | 2018 | |
| 8th | |
Kang Gi-jung 강기정 姜琪正 (born 1964) |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years, 271 days | Democratic | 2022 | |