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Mayor of Daejeon
Mayor of Daejeon
대전광역시장
	Seal of Daejeon
	Incumbent; Lee Jang-woo; since 1 July 2022
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Hwang In-shik
Formation	16 August 1945; 79 years ago

The Mayor of Daejeon (Korean: 대전광역시장; Hanja: 大田廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Daejeon who is elected to a four-year term.

List of mayors

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Daejeon was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Daejeon is elected by direct election.^[1]

Political parties
Conservative Liberal Independent
Status
Denotes acting mayor

Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Elected
Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party		Elected
1st		Hong Sun-ki [ko] 홍선기 洪善基 (born 1936)	1 July 1995	30 June 2002	7 years, 0 days		United Liberal Democrats	1995
2nd		Hong Sun-ki [ko] 홍선기 洪善基 (born 1936)	1 July 1995	30 June 2002	7 years, 0 days		United Liberal Democrats	1998
3rd		Yeom Hong-cheol [ko] 염홍철 廉弘喆 (born 1944)	1 July 2002	30 June 2006	4 years, 0 days		Grand National → Uri	2002
3rd		Yeom Hong-cheol [ko] 염홍철 廉弘喆 (born 1944)	1 July 2002	30 June 2006	4 years, 0 days		Grand National → Uri	2002
4th		Park Sung-hyo [ko] 박성효 朴城孝 (born 1955)	1 July 2006	30 June 2010	4 years, 0 days		Grand National	2006
5th		Yeom Hong-cheol [ko] 염홍철 廉弘喆 (born 1944)	1 July 2010	30 June 2014	4 years, 0 days		Liberty Forward → Saenuri	2010
6th		Kwon Sun-taek [ko] 권선택 權善宅 (born 1957)	1 July 2014	14 November 2017	3 years, 137 days		NPAD → Democratic	2014
6th		Lee Jae-gwan [ko] 이재관 李在官 (born 1965) Acting	14 November 2017	30 June 2018	229 days		Independent	—
7th		Heo Tae-jeong 허태정 許泰鋌 (born 1965)	1 July 2018	30 June 2022	4 years, 0 days		Democratic	2018
8th		Lee Jang-woo [ko] 이장우 李莊雨 (born 1965)	1 July 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 172 days		People Power	2022

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