Song Cheol-ho | |||||||||
Office: | Mayor of Ulsan | ||||||||
Term Start: | 1 July 2018 | ||||||||
Term End: | 30 June 2022 | ||||||||
Predecessor: | Kim Gi-hyeon | ||||||||
Successor: | Kim Doo-gyum | ||||||||
Birth Date: | 26 May 1949 | ||||||||
Birth Place: | Bosu-dong, Jung-gu, Busan, South Korea[1] | ||||||||
Alma Mater: | Korea University University of Ulsan | ||||||||
Party: | Democratic | ||||||||
Blank1: | Religion | ||||||||
Data1: | Roman Catholic(Christian Name : Thomas More) | ||||||||
Website: | Official Website | ||||||||
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Song Cheol-ho (; born 26 May 1949) is a South Korean lawyer and politician and served as the mayor of Ulsan from 2018 to 2022.[2]
Song Cheol-ho was born in Bosu-dong, Jung-gu, Busan in 1949[1] and he grew up in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, where his father was born.
Song passed the bar exam in 1982 and became a lawyer.
His brother is Song Jung-ho, who served as justice minister in 2002. Like his brother, he joined the government in 2005.
Song was although he lost eight elections, he was elected mayor of Ulsan in 2018.[3]