| Post: | Governor |
| Body: | South Chungcheong Province |
| Flag: | File:Seal of South Chungcheong.svg |
| Flagsize: | 180px |
| Flagcaption: | Seal of South Chungcheong |
| Incumbent: | Kim Tae-heum |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 July 2022 |
| Termlength: | Four years |
| Inaugural: | Hwang In-shik |
| Website: | www.chungnam.go.kr/governor |
The Governor of South Chungcheong Province is the head of the local government of South Chungcheong Province who is elected to a four-year term.
From 1945 to 1995, the Governor of South Chungcheong Province was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.
Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of South Chungcheong 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: 심대평<br>沈大平 | 1 July 1995 | 24 March 2006 | United Liberal Democrats → People First | 1995 | ||||
| 2nd | 1998 | ||||||||
| 3rd | 2002 | ||||||||
| Yoo Deok-joon Korean: 유덕준<br>兪德濬 | 24 March 2006 | 30 June 2006 | Independent | — | |||||
| 4th | Lee Wan-koo Korean: 이완구<br>李完九 | 1 July 2006 | 4 December 2009 | Grand National | 2006 | ||||
| Lee In-hwa Korean: 이인화<br>李仁禾 | 4 December 2009 | 30 June 2010 | Independent | — | |||||
| 5th | Ahn Hee-jung Korean: 안희정<br>安熙正 | 1 July 2010 | 6 March 2018 | Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD → Democratic ('14) | 2010 | ||||
| 6th | 2014 | ||||||||
Korean: 남궁영<br>南宮英 | 7 March 2018 | 30 June 2018 | Independent | — | |||||
| 7th | Yang Seung-jo Korean: 양승조<br>梁承晁 | 1 July 2018 | 30 June 2022 | Democratic | 2018 | ||||
| 8th | Korean: 김태흠<br>金泰欽 | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | People Power | 2022 | ||||
Source:[2]
| 1995 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Sim Dae-pyung | 616,006 | 67.88% | |||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Park Joong-bae | 174,117 | 19.18% | |||
| Democratic | 2 | Cho Joong-youn | 117,300 | 12.92% | |||
| Total | 907,423 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 73.77% | ||||||
| 1998 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Sim Dae-pyung | 656,795 | 84.63% | |||
| Grand National | 1 | Han Chung-soo | 119,216 | 15.36% | |||
| Total | 776,011 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 59.49% | ||||||
| 2002 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| United Liberal Democrats | 3 | Sim Dae-pyung | 508,796 | 66.96% | |||
| Grand National | 1 | Park Tae-kwon | 251,005 | 33.03% | |||
| Total | 759,801 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 56.24% | ||||||
| 2006 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Grand National | 2 | Lee Wan-koo | 379,420 | 46.31% | |||
| People First | 5 | Lee Myung-soo | 209,254 | 25.54% | |||
| Uri | 1 | Oh Young-kyo | 178,169 | 21.74% | |||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Lee Yong-gil | 52,417 | 6.39% | |||
| Total | 819,260 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 55.78% | ||||||
| 2010 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | 2 | Ahn Hee-jung | 367,288 | 42.25% | |||
| Liberty Forward | 3 | Park Sang-don | 347,265 | 39.94% | |||
| Grand National | 1 | Park Hae-chun | 154,723 | 17.79% | |||
| Total | 869,276 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 56.52% | ||||||
| 2014 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| NPAD | 2 | Ahn Hee-jung | 465,994 | 52.21% | |||
| Saenuri | 1 | Chung Jin-suk | 392,315 | 43.95% | |||
| Independent | 4 | Kim Ki-moon | 34,204 | 3.83% | |||
| Total | 892,513 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 55.71% | ||||||
| 2018 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | 1 | Yang Seung-jo | 615,870 | 62.55% | |||
| Liberty Korea | 2 | Lee In-je | 345,577 | 35.10% | |||
| Let's go Korea | 6 | Cha Gook-hwan | 23,012 | 2.33% | |||
| Total | 984,459 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 58.12% | ||||||
| 2022 South Chungcheong gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| People Power | 2 | Kim Tae-heum | 468,658 | 53.87% | |||
| Democratic | 1 | Yang Seung-jo | 401,308 | 46.12% | |||
| Total | 869,966 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 49.82% | ||||||