| Post: | Governor |
| Body: | Gangwon State |
| Flag: | Emblem of Gangwon State.svg |
| Flagsize: | 180px |
| Flagcaption: | Seal of Gangwon |
| Incumbent: | Kim Jin-tae |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 July 2022 |
| Termlength: | Four years |
| Inaugural: | Park Kun-won |
The Governor of Gangwon State is the head of the local government of Gangwon State who is elected to a four-year term.
From 1945 to 1995, the Governor of North Gyeongsang Province was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.
Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of North Gyeongsang Province is elected by direct election.[1]
| Term | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Elected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1st | Korean: 최각규<br>崔珏圭 | 1 July 1995 | 30 June 1998 | United Liberal Democrats → New Korea → Grand National | 1995 | ||||
| 2nd | Kim Jin-sun Korean: 김진선<br>金振兟 | 1 July 1998 | 30 June 2010 | Grand National | 1998 | ||||
| 3rd | 2002 | ||||||||
| 4th | 2006 | ||||||||
| 5th | Korean: 강기창<br>姜起敞 | 1 July 2010 | 2 September 2010 | Independent | — | ||||
| Lee Kwang-jae Korean: 이광재<br>李光宰 | 3 September 2010 | 27 January 2011 | Democratic | 2010 | |||||
Korean: 강기창<br>姜起敞 | 28 January 2011 | 27 April 2011 | Independent | — | |||||
| Choi Moon-soon Korean: 최문순<br>崔文洵 | 28 April 2011 | 30 June 2022 | Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD → Democratic ('14) | 2011 | |||||
| 6th | 2014 | ||||||||
| 7th | 2018 | ||||||||
| 8th | Kim Jin-tae Korean: 김진태<br>金鎭台 | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | People Power | 2022 | ||||
Source:[2]
| 1995 Gangwon gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| United Liberal Democrats | 2 | Choi Gak-gyu | 500,894 | 65.82% | |||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Lee Sang-ryong | 260,004 | 34.17% | |||
| Total | 760,898 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 74.77% | ||||||
| 1998 Gangwon gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 1 | Kim Jin-sun | 268,559 | 39.27% | |||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Han Ho-sun | 231,376 | 33.84% | |||
| Independent | 4 | Lee Sang-ryong | 183,775 | 26.87% | |||
| Total | 683,710 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 64.27% | ||||||
| 2002 Gangwon gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 1 | Kim Jin-sun | 468,987 | 71.11% | |||
| Millennium Democratic | 2 | Nam Dong-woo | 190,451 | 28.88% | |||
| Total | 659,438 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 59.41% | ||||||
| 2006 Gangwon gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 2 | Kim Jin-sun | 471,613 | 70.56% | |||
| Uri | 1 | Lee Chang-bok | 148,302 | 22.19% | |||
| Democratic | 3 | Yoo Jae-gyu | 29,028 | 4.34% | |||
| People First | 5 | Yoo Seung-gyu | 19,383 | 2.90% | |||
| Total | 668,326 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 58.71% | ||||||
| 2010 Gangwon gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | 2 | Lee Kwang-jae | 388,443 | 54.36% | |||
| Grand National | 1 | Lee Kye-jin | 326,111 | 45.63% | |||
| Total | 714,554 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 62.30% | ||||||
| 2011 Gangwon gubernatorial by-election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | 2 | Choi Moon-soon | 293,509 | 51.08% | |||
| Grand National | 1 | Ohm Ki-young | 267,538 | 46.56% | |||
| Independent | 8 | Hwang Hak-su | 13,463 | 2.34% | |||
| Total | 574,510 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 47.50% | ||||||
| 2014 Gangwon gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| NPAD | 2 | Choi Moon-soon | 381,338 | 49.76% | |||
| Saenuri | 1 | Choi Heung-jip | 369,201 | 48.17% | |||
| Unified Progressive | 3 | Lee Seung-jae | 15,774 | 2.05% | |||
| Total | 766,313 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 62.24% | ||||||
| 2018 Gangwon gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | 1 | Choi Moon-soon | 518,447 | 64.73% | |||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Jeong Chang-soo | 282,456 | 35.26% | |||
| Total | 800,903 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 63.20% | ||||||
| 2022 Gangwon gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| People Power | 2 | Kim Jin-tae | 409,461 | 54.07% | |||
| Democratic | 1 | Lee Kwang-jae | 347,766 | 45.92% | |||
| Total | 757,227 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 57.82% | ||||||