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Mayor Of Incheon
The Mayor of Incheon () is the head of the local government of Incheon who is elected to a four-year term. List of mayors Appointed mayors (before 1995) From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Incheon was appointed by the President of South Korea, President of the Republic of Korea. Directly elected mayors (1995–present) Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Incheon is elected by direct election. Elections Source: 1995 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 See also * Government of South Korea * Politics of South Korea References {{reflist Mayors of Incheon, Lists of mayors of places in South Korea, Incheon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yoo Jeong-bok
Yoo Jeong-bok (; born 17 June 1957) is a South Korean politician who has served as the mayor of Incheon since 2022. A member of the People Power Party (South Korea), People Power Party, Yoo previously held the office from 2014 to 2018. Life Yoo Jeong-bok was born on 17 June 1957, in Songrim-dong of Dong District, Incheon. His parents were Internally displaced person from Chongdan County, Cheongdan area, Hwanghae Province He passed the civil service exam in his last year of college. After serving in the military, he became a public servant. 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. 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. In 1998, Gimpo County was promoted to Gimpo. He served two terms for Mayor of Gimpo. After the loss in 2002 South Korea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ahn Sang-soo (born May 1946)
Ahn Sang-soo (; born 28 May 1946) is a South Korean politician of the People Power Party (South Korea), People Power Party who served as two-time mayor of Incheon from 2002 to 2010. In the 2010 South Korean local elections, 2010 local elections he lost his position to Song Young-gil of the Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008), Democratic Party. He was a candidate for the Saenuri nomination in the 2012 South Korean presidential election, 2012 presidential elections. As mayor, Ahn was responsible for initiating a range of expensive construction projects which have been implicated in causing financial difficulties. On November 22, 2019, while serving in the National Assembly (South Korea), National Assembly representing the opposition Liberty Korea party, he introduced an amendment to remove homophobia and transphobia from a list of violations of an anti-discrimination law. He used a poster that compared homosexual marriage to a picture of a woman marrying a dog. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Park Nam-choon 01
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities. National parks and country parks are green spaces used for recreation in the countryside. State parks and provincial parks are administered by sub-national government states and agencies. Parks may consist of grassy areas, rocks, soil and trees, but may also contain buildings and other artifacts such as monuments, fountains or playground structures. Many parks have fields for playing sports such as baseball and football, and paved areas for games such as basketball. Many parks have trails for walking, biking and other activities. Some parks are built adjacent to bodies of water or watercourses and may comprise a beach or boat dock area. Urban parks often have benches for sitting and may contain picnic tables and barbecue gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2018 South Korean Local Elections
The 7th local elections were held in South Korea on 13 June 2018. The election coincided with the 2018 South Korean by-elections, by-elections for the vacant seats in the National Assembly (South Korea), National Assembly. The election was a landslide victory for the Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015), Democratic Party of Korea, the ruling party, after two successful summits with April 2018 inter-Korean summit, the third inter-Korean summit on 27 April and 2018 North Korea–United States summit, the first North Korea-United States summit in Singapore on 12 June. Metropolitan mayors and governors A total of 17 List of provincial-level governors in South Korea, metropolitan mayors and governors were elected. Candidates Bold indicates that a candidate won as metropolitan mayor or governor. Results summary Bold indicates an incumbent who was re-elected. Seoul Incheon Gyeonggi Province, Gyeonggi Gangwon Province, South Korea, Gangwon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resulting in 28,646 confirmed infections and 11,323 confirmed deaths according to the World Health Organization, who declared it a Public health emergency of international concern, Public Health Emergency in August. The virus caused major Western African Ebola epidemic#Economic effects, socioeconomic disruption in the region, primarily in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Other notable health concerns in 2014 included a significant increase in polio cases in Pakistan. The rise of Islamic State, ISIS became a major Geopolitics, geopolitical crisis in 2014 after the group declared a global caliphate and launched devastating List of wars and battles involving the Islamic State, offensives in Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014), Iraq and 2014 Easte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2014 South Korean Local Elections
The 6th local elections were held in South Korea on 4 June 2014. Provincial level elections Metropolitan mayoral and gubernatorial elections Metropolitan mayoral election winners Gubernatorial election winners Provincial legislative elections Municipal level elections Mayoral elections Municipal legislative elections References External links National Election Commission {{South Korean elections 2014 elections in South Korea Local elections in South Korea, 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year dissipated in this year. In addition, the OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) gained four new members; Chile, Slovenia, Israel, and Estonia. 2010 also saw advancements in technology such as the release of the iPad, the public launch of Instagram, and the first successful trapping of antimatter. 2010 was designated as: *International Year of Biodiversity *International Year of Youth *2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion *International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures Pronunciation There is a debate among experts and the general public on how to pronounce specific years of the 21st century in English. The year 2010 is pronounced either "twenty-ten" or "two thousand (and) ten" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Democratic Party (South Korea, 2015)
The Democratic Party of Korea (DPK or DP; , ) is a Liberalism, liberal list of political parties in South Korea, political party in South Korea. The DPK and its rival, the People Power Party (South Korea), People Power Party (PPP), form the two major political parties of South Korea. It is the ruling party following the victory of Lee Jae-myung at the 2025 South Korean presidential election, 2025 presidential election, and has been the largest party in the National Assembly (South Korea), National Assembly since 2016, controlling a majority since 2020 South Korean legislative election, 2020. It was previously the ruling party under Moon Jae-in from 2017 to 2022. The Democratic Party was founded as the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD; ) on 26 March 2014 as a merger between the previous Democratic Party (South Korea, 2013), Democratic Party and the preparatory committee of the New Political Vision Party (NPVP) led by Ahn Cheol-soo. The party changed its name to the curre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Democratic Party (South Korea, 2011)
The Democratic Party (DP; ), formerly the Democratic United Party (DUP; ) until 2013, was a liberal political party in South Korea, and for the duration of its existence the country's main opposition force. On 15 December 2011, the Democratic Party, which had been the main opposition in the 18th Assembly, merged with the minor Citizens Unity Party to form the DUP. The Democratic United Party had strong connections with the Federation of Korean Trade Unions. The forming of the party took place against the background of the forthcoming April 2012 legislative election, in which the centre-left opposition sought to defeat the ruling Saenuri Party. At the party's first congress on 15 January 2012, the DUP voted Han Myeong-sook chairwoman of the supreme council. Han was from 2006 to 2007 South Korea's first and so far only female Prime Minister. Han Myeong-sook vowed to retaliate against the Supreme Prosecutors' Office of South Korea for hiding corruption and malpractice by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Democratic Party (South Korea, 2008)
The Democratic Party (DP; ) was a Liberalism in South Korea, liberal political party in South Korea. Formerly named the United Democratic Party (UDP; ), it was the main opposition party in the 18th National Assembly of South Korea, Assembly. In late 2011, it merged into the Democratic Party (South Korea, 2011), Democratic United Party. History The party was originally formed as the Uri Party (''Yeollin Uri-dang'') when loyalists to president Roh Moo-hyun in the Democratic Party (South Korea, 2000), Millennium Democratic Party chose to break ranks from other party members who showed lukewarm support for the administration. Some 42 out of 103 lawmakers of the Millennium Democratic Party joined the new party, and 5 lawmakers from the Grand National Party also joined, seeking to complete political reforms. As a result of the 2004 South Korean parliamentary election, 2004 Parliamentary election, the party won an outright majority in the National Assembly by winning 152 of 299 seats. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Song Young-gil
Song Young-gil (; born 21 March 1963) is a South Korean politician who served as the Leader of the centre- liberal Democratic Party from 2 May 2021 until 10 March 2022. He was Member of the National Assembly, as well as the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee of the 21st National Assembly. He also held various positions such as the Chair of the Democratic Party's Special Committee on Peace and Cooperation in Northeast Asia and as the Chair of the Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation. He previously served as Mayor of Incheon from 2010 to 2014. Prior to serving as mayor, he was a democratic movement student activist and a member of the Korean National Assembly for three terms. He is a practicing Catholic. Life Early life Song, Young-gil was born in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, the fourth son of a poor civil servant. He grew up in a rural area and was inspired by nature. In May 1980 when he was a senior high school student, he witnessed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2010 South Korean Local Elections
The 5th Local Elections were held in South Korea on 2 June 2010. It was the first local elections in South Korea to have political parties nominating candidates for Municipal Councillors. The ruling Uri Party proved its declining popularity since the 2008 general elections while the main opposition party, Grand National Party managed to clinch back lost grounds, using the opportunity for the presidential election the following year. __TOC__ Voter turnout by region Provincial-level elections The ruling GNP was able to win 4 out of 7 mayoral seats but suffer by massive landslide on the gubernatorial election winning only 2 out of 9 seats. On the other hand, DP was able to capture 2 mayoral seats and swept 5 out of 9 gubernatorial seats. The LFP won Daejeon while two independent candidates won gubernatorial seats in South Gyeongsang Province and the other in Jeju Province. Metropolitan city mayors Provincial governors File:South Korea Nationwide Local Elections 2010 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
