| Yoo Jeong-bok | |||||||||
| Office: | Mayor of Incheon | ||||||||
| Term Start: | 1 July 2022 | ||||||||
| Predecessor: | Park Nam-choon | ||||||||
| Term Start1: | 1 July 2014 | ||||||||
| Term End1: | 30 June 2018 | ||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Song Young-gil | ||||||||
| Successor1: | Park Nam-choon | ||||||||
| Office2: | Member of the National Assembly | ||||||||
| Term Start2: | 30 May 2004 | ||||||||
| Term End2: | 31 March 2014 | ||||||||
| Predecessor2: | Park Jong-woo | ||||||||
| Successor2: | Hong Chul-ho | ||||||||
| Constituency2: | Gimpo (Gyeonggi-do) | ||||||||
| Office3: | Minister of Security and Public Administration | ||||||||
| President3: | Park Geun-hye | ||||||||
| Primeminister3: | Chung Hong-won | ||||||||
| Term Start3: | 13 March 2013 | ||||||||
| Term End3: | 6 March 2014 | ||||||||
| Predecessor3: | Position established | ||||||||
| Successor3: | Kang Byung-kyu | ||||||||
| Office4: | Minister for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries | ||||||||
| President4: | Lee Myung-bak | ||||||||
| Primeminister4: | Kim Hwang-sik | ||||||||
| Term Start4: | 30 August 2010 | ||||||||
| Term End4: | 1 June 2011 | ||||||||
| Predecessor4: | Jang Tae-pyung | ||||||||
| Successor4: | Seo Kyu-yong | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | 17 June 1957 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Incheon, South Korea | ||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Yonsei University Seoul National University | ||||||||
| Party: | People Power Party | ||||||||
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| Blank1: | Religion | ||||||||
| Data1: | Roman Catholic (Christian name : Paul) | ||||||||
Yoo Jeong-bok (; born 17 June 1957) is a South Korean public servant and politician who is the current mayor of Incheon since July 1, 2022 and was also from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2018.
Yoo Jeong-bok was born on 17 June 1957, in Songrim-dong of Dong District, Incheon. His parents were Internally displaced person from Cheongdan area, Hwanghae Province[1] [2]
He passed the civil service exam in his last year of college. After serving in the military, he became a public servant.[3] In 1994, he was appointed a mayor of Gimpo County. He agreed absorption of Geomdan Myeon into Incheon and appointed as a mayor of Seo District, Incheon, which absorbed Geomdan Myeon.[4] [5] In 1995, South Korea expanded local autonomy. He resigned to run for 1995 South Korean local elections and elected as a mayor of Gimpo County.[6] In 1998, Gimpo County was promoted to Gimpo city. He served two terms for Mayor of Gimpo. After the loss in 2002 South Korean local elections, he was elected as a member of the National Assembly to represent Gimpo three times since 2004.[7] In 2014, he resigned his seat in the National Assembly to run for Mayor of Incheon and elected.[8] He lost in 2018 election but he was elected in 2022.[8]
On 31 August 2022, he announced administrative reorganization plans for Incheon. Geomdan will become a new separate District from Seo District. Old downtown area of Jung District and Dong District District will be merged into Jemulpo District and Yeongjong-Yongyu will be an independent Yeongjong District. Mayors of Jung, Dong and Seo District agreed this proposal.[9]