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Governor of South Jeolla Province
전라남도지사
Seal of South Jeolla
Incumbent Kim Yung-rok since 1 July 2018
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Choi Young-wook
Formation	15 February 1946; 78 years ago (1946-02-15)
Website	governor.jeonnam.go.kr

The Governor of South Jeolla Province (Korean: 전라남도지사; Hanja: 全羅南道知事) is the head of the local government of South Jeolla Province who is elected to a four-year term.

From 1946 to 1995, the Governor of South Jeolla Province was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of South Jeolla Province is elected by direct election.

Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Elected
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1st		Heo Kyeong-man [ko] 허경만 許京萬 (born 1938)	1 July 1995	30 June 2002	7 years, 0 days		Democratic → National Congress → Millennium Democratic	1995
2nd								1998
3rd		Park Tae-young [ko] 박태영 朴泰榮 (1941–2004)	1 July 2002	29 April 2004	1 year, 304 days		Millennium Democratic	2002
		Song Kwang-woon [ko] 송광운 宋光運 (born 1953) Acting	30 April 2004	5 June 2004	37 days		Independent	—
		Park Jun-young [ko] 박준영 朴晙瑩 (born 1946)	6 June 2004	30 June 2014	8 years, 25 days		Millennium Democratic → Democratic ('00) → Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD	2004 (by-el.)
4th								2006
5th								2010
6th		Lee Nak-yon 이낙연 李洛淵 (born 1951)	1 July 2014	12 May 2017	2 years, 316 days		NPAD → Democratic	2014
		Kim Gap-seop 김갑섭 金甲燮 (born 1958) Acting	13 May 2017	11 September 2017	122 days		Independent	—
		Lee Jae-young 이재영 李在榮 (born 1966) Acting	12 September 2017	30 June 2018	292 days		Independent	—
7th		Kim Yung-rok 김영록 金瑛錄 (born 1956)	1 July 2018	Incumbent	6 years, 172 days		Democratic	2018
8th								2022

Source:^[1]

• Government of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea