Song Cheol-ho (; born 26 May 1949) is a South Korean lawyer and politician and served as the mayor of

Ulsan Ulsan (; ), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighbo ...

from 2018 to 2022.

Life

Song Cheol-ho was born in Bosu-dong,

Jung District, Busan Jung District () is a ''Subdivisions of South Korea, gu'' in southern central Busan, South Korea. It has an area of 2.8 km², and a population of about 48,000. Administrative divisions Jung-gu is divided into 8 legal ''dong'', which all to ...

in 1949 and he grew up in

Iksan Iksan (; ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city and major railway junction in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. The city center and railway junction was formerly called "Iri" (), but merged with Iksan County (''Iksan-gun'') in 19 ...

North Jeolla Province North Jeolla Province, officially Jeonbuk State (), is a Special Self-governing Province of South Korea in the Honam region in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula. Jeonbuk borders the provinces of South Chungcheong to the north, North Gyeo ...

, 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 A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

in 2002. Like his brother, he joined the government in 2005. Song was although he lost eight elections, he was elected mayor of

in 2018. In 2023, Song was convicted along with then-Ulsan police chief

Hwang Un-ha Huang or Hwang may refer to: Location * Huang County, former county in Shandong, China, current Longkou City * Yellow River, or Huang River, in China * Huangshan, mountain range in Anhui, China * Huang (state), state in ancient China. * Hwang Ri ...

for election interference over a conspiracy to engineer an investigation against a rival during the 2018 election, but was acquitted on appeal in 2025.

References

External links

Official Website
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