| Post: | Governor |
| Body: | South Jeolla Province |
| Flag: | File:Emblem of South Jeolla Province.svg |
| Flagsize: | 180px |
| Flagcaption: | Seal of South Jeolla |
| Incumbent: | Kim Yung-rok |
| Incumbentsince: | 1 July 2018 |
| Termlength: | Four years |
| Inaugural: | Choi Young-wook |
| Website: | governor.jeonnam.go.kr |
The Governor of South Jeolla Province is the head of the local government of South Jeolla Province who is elected to a four-year term.
From 1946 to 1995, the Governor of South Jeolla 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 Jeolla Province is elected by direct election.
| Term | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1st | Korean: 허경만<br>許京萬 | 1 July 1995 | 30 June 2002 | Democratic → National Congress → Millennium Democratic | 1995 | |||
| 2nd | 1998 | |||||||
| 3rd | Korean: 박태영<br>朴泰榮 | 1 July 2002 | 29 April 2004 | Millennium Democratic | 2002 | |||
Korean: 송광운<br>宋光運 | 30 April 2004 | 5 June 2004 | Independent | — | ||||
Korean: 박준영<br>朴晙瑩 | 6 June 2004 | 30 June 2014 | Millennium Democratic → Democratic ('00) → Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD | 2004 | ||||
| 4th | 2006 | |||||||
| 5th | 2010 | |||||||
| 6th | Lee Nak-yon Korean: 이낙연<br>李洛淵 | 1 July 2014 | 12 May 2017 | NPAD → Democratic | 2014 | |||
| Kim Gap-seop Korean: 김갑섭<br>金甲燮 | 13 May 2017 | 11 September 2017 | Independent | — | ||||
| Lee Jae-young Korean: 이재영<br>李在榮 | 12 September 2017 | 30 June 2018 | Independent | — | ||||
| 7th | Kim Yung-rok Korean: 김영록<br>金瑛錄 | 1 July 2018 | Incumbent | Democratic | 2018 | |||
| 8th | 2022 | |||||||
Source:[1]
| 1995 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | 2 | Heo Kyeong-man | 769,538 | 73.50% | |||
| Democratic Liberal | 1 | Chun Suk-hong | 277,386 | 26.49% | |||
| Total | 1,046,924 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 76.06% | ||||||
| 1998 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| National Congress | 2 | Heo Kyeong-man | 918,300 | 100.00% | |||
| Total | 918,300 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 68.22% | ||||||
| 2002 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Millennium Democratic | 2 | Park Tae-young | 563,545 | 57.76% | |||
| Independent | 3 | Song Jae-gu | 236,558 | 24.24% | |||
| Independent | 4 | Song Ha-sung | 89,487 | 9.17% | |||
| Grand National | 1 | Hwang Soo-youn | 51,504 | 5.27% | |||
| Independent | 5 | Ahn Su-won | 34,439 | 3.53% | |||
| Total | 975,533 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 65.63% | ||||||
| 2004 South Jeolla gubernatorial by-election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Millennium Democratic | 4 | Park Jun-young | 308,299 | 57.60% | |||
| Uri | 1 | Min Hwa-sik | 187,168 | 35.00% | |||
| Democratic Labor | 3 | Kim Sun-dong | 39,774 | 7.43% | |||
| Total | 535,241 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 36.29% | ||||||
| 2006 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | 3 | Park Jun-young | 640,894 | 67.69% | |||
| Uri | 1 | Seo Beom-seok | 181,756 | 19.19% | |||
| Democratic Labor | 4 | Park Woong-doo | 68,702 | 7.25% | |||
| Grand National | 2 | Park Jae-soon | 55,444 | 5.85% | |||
| Total | 946,796 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 64.33% | ||||||
| 2010 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | 2 | Park Jun-young | 629,984 | 68.30% | |||
| Grand National | 1 | Kim Dae-sik | 123,548 | 13.39% | |||
| Democratic Labor | 5 | Park Woong-doo | 100,581 | 10.90% | |||
| Peace Democratic | 7 | Kim Kyung-jae | 68,220 | 7.39% | |||
| Total | 922,333 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 64.28% | ||||||
| 2014 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| NPAD | 2 | Lee Nak-yon | 755,233 | 77.96% | |||
| Unified Progressive | 3 | Lee Sung-soo | 120,868 | 12.47% | |||
| Saenuri | 1 | Lee Joong-hyo | 92,549 | 9.55% | |||
| Total | 968,650 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 65.55% | ||||||
| 2018 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | 1 | Kim Yung-rok | 807,902 | 77.08% | |||
| Democracy and Peace | 4 | Min Young-sam | 110,973 | 10.58% | |||
| Minjung | 6 | Lee Sung-soo | 51,410 | 4.90% | |||
| Bareunmirae | 3 | Park Mae-ho | 40,287 | 3.84% | |||
| Justice | 5 | Noh Hyung-tae | 37,433 | 3.57% | |||
| Total | 1,048,005 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 69.24% | ||||||
| 2022 South Jeolla gubernatorial election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||||
| Democratic | 1 | Kim Yung-rok | 672,433 | 75.74% | |||
| People Power | 2 | Lee Jung-hyun | 167,020 | 18.81% | |||
| Progressive | 4 | Min Jeom-ki | 48,336 | 5.44% | |||
| Total | 887,789 | align=right colspan=2 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 58.44% | ||||||