Governor of Gangwon State
강원특별자치도지사
Seal of Gangwon
Incumbent Kim Jin-tae since 1 July 2022
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Park Kun-won
Formation	19 January 1946; 79 years ago (1946-01-19)

The Governor of Gangwon State (Korean: 강원특별자치도지사; Hanja: 江原特別自治道知事) is the head of the local government of Gangwon State who is elected to a four-year term.

From 1945 to 1995, the Governor of North Gyeongsang Province was appointed by the President of the Republic of Korea.

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Governor of North Gyeongsang Province is elected by direct election.^[1]

Term	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Elected
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1st		Choi Gak-gyu [ko] 최각규 崔珏圭 (born 1933)	1 July 1995	30 June 1998	3 years, 0 days		United Liberal Democrats → New Korea → Grand National	1995
2nd		Kim Jin-sun 김진선 金振兟 (born 1946)	1 July 1998	30 June 2010	12 years, 0 days		Grand National	1998
3rd								2002
4th								2006
5th		Kang Ki-chang [ko] 강기창 姜起敞 (born 1955) Acting	1 July 2010	2 September 2010	64 days		Independent	—
		Lee Kwang-jae 이광재 李光宰 (born 1965)	3 September 2010	27 January 2011	211 days		Democratic	2010
		Kang Ki-chang [ko] 강기창 姜起敞 (born 1955) Acting	28 January 2011	27 April 2011	90 days		Independent	—
		Choi Moon-soon 최문순 崔文洵 (born 1956)	28 April 2011	30 June 2022	11 years, 64 days		Democratic ('08) → Democratic United → Democratic ('11) → NPAD → Democratic ('14)	2011 (by-el.)
6th								2014
7th								2018
8th		Kim Jin-tae 김진태 金鎭台 (born 1964)	1 July 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 222 days		People Power	2022

Source:^[2]

• Government of South Korea
• Politics of South Korea