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Mayor of Busan

{{Short description|Local government official in South Korea}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = Mayor

| body = Busan

| flag = Symbol of Busan (2023–).svg

| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ko|부산광역시장}}}}

| flagsize = 180px

| flagcaption = Seal of Busan

| imagesize = 165px

| image = Park Heong-joon on 24 June 2022.jpg

| incumbent = Park Heong-joon

| incumbentsince = 8 April 2021

| residence =

| termlength = Four years

| formation = {{start date and age|1946|1|24|df=yes}}

| inaugural = Yang Seong-bong

| deputy =

| website =

}}

The mayor of Busan ({{korean|부산광역시장|釜山廣域市長}}) is the head of the local government of Busan who is elected to a four-year term.

List of mayors

= Appointed mayors (before 1995) =

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Busan was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

= Directly elected mayors (1995–present) =

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Busan is elected by direct election.

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! Political parties

{{div col}}

{{legend|{{party color|Conservative (South Korea)}}|Conservative|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Liberal (South Korea)}}|Liberal|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|Independent|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{div col end}}

Status
{{legend|#E6E6AA|Denotes acting mayor|border=black}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" | Term

! rowspan="2" | Portrait

! rowspan="2" width="160" | Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! colspan="3" | Term of office

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Political party

! rowspan="2" | Elected

Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

1st

| 80px

| {{ill|Moon Jung-soo|ko|문정수}}
{{lang|ko|문정수
文正秀}}
{{small|(born 1939)}}

| 1 July 1995

| 30 June 1998

| {{ayd|duration=yes|1995|7|1|1998|6|30}}

! style="background:{{party color|Conservative (South Korea)}};" |

| Democratic Liberal →
New Korea →
Grand National

| 1995

2nd

| rowspan="2" | 80px

| rowspan="2" | Ahn Sang-yeong
{{lang|ko|안상영
安相英}}
{{small|(1938–2004)}}

| rowspan="2" | 1 July 1998

| rowspan="2" | 24 October 2003

| rowspan="2" | {{ayd|duration=yes|1998|7|1|2003|10|24}}

! rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Conservative (South Korea)}};" |

| rowspan="2" | Grand National

| 1998

rowspan="4" | 3rd

| 2002

style="background:#E6E6AA;"

| 80px

| Oh Keo-don
{{lang|ko|오거돈
吳巨敦}}
{{small|(born 1948)
Acting}}

| 25 October 2003

| 13 May 2004

| {{ayd|duration=yes|2003|10|25|2004|5|13}}

! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Independent

| —

style="background:#E6E6AA;"

| 80px

| {{ill|Ahn Joon-tae|ko|안준태}}
{{lang|ko|안준태
安準泰}}
{{small|(born 1952)
Acting}}

| 14 May 2004

| 5 June 2004

| {{ayd|duration=yes|2004|5|14|2004|6|5}}

! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Independent

| —

rowspan="3" | 80px

| rowspan="3" | Hur Nam-sik
{{lang|ko|허남식
許南植}}
{{small|(born 1949)}}

| rowspan="3" | 6 June 2004

| rowspan="3" | 30 June 2014

| rowspan="3" | {{ayd|duration=yes|2004|6|6|2014|6|30}}

! rowspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Conservative (South Korea)}};" |

| rowspan="3" | Grand National →
Saenuri

| #2004 (by-election)

4th

| 2006

5th

| 2010

6th

| 80px

| Suh Byung-soo
{{lang|ko|서병수
徐秉洙}}
{{small|(born 1952)}}

| 1 July 2014

| 30 June 2018

| {{ayd|duration=yes|2014|7|1|2018|6|30}}

! style="background:{{party color|Conservative (South Korea)}};" |

| Saenuri →
Liberty Korea

| 2014

rowspan="5" | 7th

| 80px

| Oh Keo-don
{{lang|ko|오거돈
吳巨敦}}
{{small|(born 1948)}}

| 1 July 2018

| 23 April 2020

| {{ayd|duration=yes|2018|7|1|2020|4|23

}

! style="background:{{party color|Liberal (South Korea)}};" |

| Democratic

| 2018

|- style="background:#E6E6AA;"

| 80px

| Byeon Sung-wan
{{lang|ko|변성완
邊城完}}
{{small|(born 1965)
Acting}}

| 23 April 2020

| 26 January 2021

| {{ayd|duration=yes|2020|4|23|2021|1|26}}

! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Independent

| —

|- style="background:#E6E6AA;"

| 80px

| {{ill|Kim Sun-jo|ko|김선조}}
{{lang|ko|김선조
金善照}}
{{small|(born 1967)
Acting}}

| 26 January 2021

| 28 January 2021

| {{ayd|duration=yes|2021|1|26|2021|1|28}}

! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Independent

| —

|- style="background:#E6E6AA;"

| 80px

| {{ill|Lee Byeong-jin|ko|이병진 (1964년)}}
{{lang|ko|이병진
李炳振}}
{{small|(born 1964)
Acting}}

| 29 January 2021

| 7 April 2021

| {{ayd|duration=yes|2021|1|29|2021|4|7}}

! style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};" |

| Independent

| —

|-

| rowspan="2" | 80px

| rowspan="2" | Park Heong-joon
{{lang|ko|박형준
朴亨埈}}
{{small|(born 1960)}}

| rowspan="2" | 8 April 2021

| rowspan="2" | Incumbent

| rowspan="2" | {{ayd|duration=yes|2021|4|8}}

! rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Conservative (South Korea)}};" |

| rowspan="2" | People Power

| #2021 (by-election)

|-

| 8th

| 2022

|}

Elections

Source:{{cite web|url=http://info.nec.go.kr/|script-title=ko:중앙선거관리위원회 선거통계시스템|language=ko|author=National Election Commission|access-date=2019-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414175415/http://info.nec.go.kr/|archive-date=2012-04-14|url-status=dead}}

= 1995 =

class="wikitable"
colspan="7" |1995 Busan mayoral election
style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Party

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | #

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Candidate

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Votes

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Percentage

style="font-weight:bold"

|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)}}"|

|align=left| Democratic Liberal

|align=center| 1

|align=left| Moon Jung-soo

|align=right| 885,433

|align=right| 51.40%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|51.40

c={{party color|Democratic Liberal Party (South Korea)}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 1991)}}"|

|align=left| Democratic

|align=center| 2

|align=left| Roh Moo-hyun

|align=right| 647,297

|align=right| 37.58%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|37.58

c={{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 1991)}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|

|align=left| Independent

|align=center| 3

|align=left| Kim Hyun-ok

|align=right| 169,652

|align=right| 9.84%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|9.84

c=#9a9a9a}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|

|align=left| Independent

|align=center| 4

|align=left| Bae Sang-han

|align=right| 20,008

|align=right| 1.16%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|1.16

c=#9a9a9a}}
bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="font-weight:bold"

|colspan="4" align=right |Total

|align=right| 1,722,390

|align=right colspan=2| 100.00%

bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="4" align="right" | Voter turnout

| colspan="3" align="right" |66.23%

= 1998 =

class="wikitable"
colspan="7" |1998 Busan mayoral election
style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Party

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | #

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Candidate

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Votes

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Percentage

style="font-weight:bold"

|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}"|

|align=left| Grand National

|align=center| 1

|align=left| Ahn Sang-yeong

|align=right| 558,909

|align=right| 45.14%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|45.14

c={{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|

|align=left| Independent

|align=center| 4

|align=left| Kim Ki-jae

|align=right| 537,983

|align=right| 43.45%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|43.45

c=#9a9a9a}}
bgcolor="{{party color|National Congress for New Politics}}"|

|align=left| National Congress

|align=center| 2

|align=left| Ha Il-min

|align=right| 141,172

|align=right| 11.40%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|11.40

c={{party color|National Congress for New Politics}}}}
bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="font-weight:bold"

|colspan="4" align=right |Total

|align=right| 1,238,064

|align=right colspan=2| 100.00%

bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="4" align="right" | Voter turnout

| colspan="3" align="right" |46.66%

= 2002 =

class="wikitable"
colspan="7" |2002 Busan mayoral election
style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Party

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | #

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Candidate

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Votes

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Percentage

style="font-weight:bold"

|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}"|

|align=left| Grand National

|align=center| 1

|align=left| Ahn Sang-yeong

|align=right| 729,589

|align=right| 63.76%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|63.76

c={{party color|Grand National Party (1997)}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}"|

|align=left| Millennium Democratic

|align=center| 2

|align=left| Han Ih-heon

|align=right| 221,938

|align=right| 19.39%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|19.39

c={{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000)}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)}}"|

|align=left| Democratic Labor

|align=center| 3

|align=left| Kim Seok-joon

|align=right| 192,594

|align=right| 16.83%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|16.83

c={{party color|Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)}}}}
bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="font-weight:bold"

|colspan="4" align=right |Total

|align=right| 1,144,121

|align=right colspan=2| 100.00%

bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="4" align="right" | Voter turnout

| colspan="3" align="right" |41.77%

= 2004 (by-election) =

class="wikitable"
colspan="7" |2004 Busan mayoral by-election
style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Party

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | #

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Candidate

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Votes

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Percentage

style="font-weight:bold"

|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party}}"|

|align=left| Grand National

|align=center| 2

|align=left| Hur Nam-sik

|align=right| 566,700

|align=right| 62.29%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|62.29

c={{party color|Grand National Party}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Uri Party}}"|

|align=left| Uri

|align=center| 1

|align=left| Oh Keo-don

|align=right| 343,110

|align=right| 37.71%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|37.71

c={{party color|Uri Party}}}}
bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="font-weight:bold"

|colspan="4" align=right |Total

|align=right| 909,810

|align=right colspan=2| 100.00%

bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="4" align="right" | Voter turnout

| colspan="3" align="right" |32.98%

= 2006 =

class="wikitable"
colspan="7" |2006 Busan mayoral election
style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Party

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | #

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Candidate

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Votes

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Percentage

style="font-weight:bold"

|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party}}"|

|align=left| Grand National

|align=center| 2

|align=left| Hur Nam-sik

|align=right| 895,214

|align=right| 65.54%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|65.54

c={{party color|Grand National Party}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Uri Party}}"|

|align=left| Uri

|align=center| 1

|align=left| Oh Keo-don

|align=right| 329,470

|align=right| 24.12%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|24.12

c={{party color|Uri Party}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)}}"|

|align=left| Democratic Labor

|align=center| 4

|align=left| Kim Seok-joon

|align=right| 141,061

|align=right| 10.32%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|10.32

c={{party color|Democratic Labor Party (South Korea)}}}}
bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="font-weight:bold"

|colspan="4" align=right |Total

|align=right| 1,365,745

|align=right colspan=2| 100.00%

bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="4" align="right" | Voter turnout

| colspan="3" align="right" |48.46%

= 2010 =

class="wikitable"
colspan="7" |2010 Busan mayoral election
style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Party

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | #

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Candidate

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Votes

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Percentage

style="font-weight:bold"

|bgcolor="{{party color|Grand National Party}}"|

|align=left| Grand National

|align=center| 1

|align=left| Hur Nam-sik

|align=right| 770,507

|align=right| 55.42%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|55.42

c={{party color|Grand National Party}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008)}}"|

|align=left| Democratic

|align=center| 2

|align=left| Kim Jeong-gil

|align=right| 619,565

|align=right| 44.57%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|44.57

c={{party color|Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008)}}}}
bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="font-weight:bold"

|colspan="4" align=right |Total

|align=right| 1,390,072

|align=right colspan=2| 100.00%

bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="4" align="right" | Voter turnout

| colspan="3" align="right" |49.48%

= 2014 =

class="wikitable"
colspan="7" |2014 Busan mayoral election
style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Party

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | #

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Candidate

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Votes

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Percentage

style="font-weight:bold"

|bgcolor="{{party color|Saenuri Party}}"|

|align=left| Saenuri

|align=center| 1

|align=left| Suh Byung-soo

|align=right| 797,926

|align=right| 50.65%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|50.65

c={{party color|Saenuri Party}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|

|align=left| Independent

|align=center| 4

|align=left| Oh Keo-don

|align=right| 777,225

|align=right| 49.34%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|49.34

c=#9a9a9a}}
bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="font-weight:bold"

|colspan="4" align=right |Total

|align=right| 1,575,151

|align=right colspan=2| 100.00%

bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="4" align="right" | Voter turnout

| colspan="3" align="right" |55.56%

= 2018 =

class="wikitable"
colspan="7" |2018 Busan mayoral election
style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Party

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | #

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Candidate

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Votes

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Percentage

style="font-weight:bold"

|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party of Korea}}"|

|align=left| Democratic

|align=center| 1

|align=left| Oh Keo-don

|align=right| 940,469

|align=right| 55.23%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|55.23

c={{party color|Democratic Party of Korea}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}"|

|align=left| Liberty Korea

|align=center| 2

|align=left| Suh Byung-soo

|align=right| 632,806

|align=right| 37.16%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|37.16

c={{party color|Liberty Korea Party}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Bareunmirae Party}}"|

|align=left| Bareunmirae

|align=center| 3

|align=left| Lee Sung-guen

|align=right| 67,502

|align=right| 3.96%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|3.96

c={{party color|Bareunmirae Party}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}}"|

|align=left| Justice

|align=center| 5

|align=left| Park Joo-mi

|align=right| 35,299

|align=right| 2.07%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|2.07

c={{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|

|align=left| Independent

|align=center| 6

|align=left| Lee Jong-hyuk

|align=right| 26,720

|align=right| 1.56%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|1.56

c=#9a9a9a}}
bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="font-weight:bold"

|colspan="4" align=right |Total

|align=right| 1,702,796

|align=right colspan=2| 100.00%

bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="4" align="right" | Voter turnout

| colspan="3" align="right" |58.78%

= 2021 (by-election) =

class="wikitable"
colspan="7" |2021 Busan mayoral by-election
style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Party

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | #

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Candidate

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Votes

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Percentage

style="font-weight:bold"

|bgcolor="{{party color|People Power Party (South Korea)}}"|

|align=left| People Power

|align=center| 2

|align=left| Park Heong-joon

|align=right| 961,576

|align=right| 62.67%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|62.67

c={{party color|People Power Party (South Korea)}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party of Korea}}"|

|align=left| Democratic

|align=center| 1

|align=left| Kim Young-choon

|align=right| 528,135

|align=right| 34.42%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|34.42

c={{party color|Democratic Party of Korea}}}}
bgcolor="#033692"|

|align=left| Freedom and Democracy

|align=center| 8

|align=left| Jeong Kyu-jae

|align=right| 16,380

|align=right| 1.06%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|1.06

c=#033692}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Progressive Party (South Korea, 2017)}}"|

|align=left| Progressive

|align=center| 9

|align=left| Roh Jeong-hyeon

|align=right| 13,054

|align=right| 0.85%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|0.85

c={{party color|Progressive Party (South Korea, 2017)}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Mirae Party}}"|

|align=left| Mirae

|align=center| 6

|align=left| Son Sang-woo

|align=right| 7,933

|align=right| 0.51%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|0.51

c={{party color|Mirae Party}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Minsaeng Party}}"|

|align=left| Minsaeng

|align=center| 7

|align=left| Bae Jun-hyeon

|align=right| 7,251

|align=right| 0.47%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|0.47

c={{party color|Minsaeng Party}}}}
bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="font-weight:bold"

|colspan="4" align=right |Total

|align=right| 1,534,329

|align=right colspan=2| 100.00%

bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="4" align="right" | Voter turnout

| colspan="3" align="right" |52.65%

= 2022 =

class="wikitable"
colspan="7" |2022 Busan mayoral election
style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Party

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | #

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Candidate

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | Votes

! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" colspan=2| Percentage

style="font-weight:bold"

|bgcolor="{{party color|People Power Party (South Korea)}}"|

|align=left| People Power

|align=center| 2

|align=left| Park Heong-joon

|align=right| 938,601

|align=right| 66.36%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|59.05

c={{party color|People Power Party (South Korea)}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party of Korea}}"|

|align=left| Democratic

|align=center| 1

|align=left| Byeon Sung-wan

|align=right| 455,901

|align=right| 32.23%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|32.23

c={{party color|Democratic Party of Korea}}}}
bgcolor="{{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}}"|

|align=left| Justice

|align=center| 3

|align=left| Kim Young-jin

|align=right| 19,733

|align=right| 1.39%

|align=right| {{Percentage bar|1.39

c={{party color|Justice Party (South Korea)}}}}
bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="font-weight:bold"

|colspan="4" align=right |Total

|align=right| 1,414,235

|align=right colspan=2| 100.00%

bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="4" align="right" | Voter turnout

| colspan="3" align="right" |49.10%

See also

References

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{{Mayors of Busan}}

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