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Mayor of Ulsan
Mayor of Ulsan
울산광역시장
	Seal of Ulsan
	Incumbent; Kim Doo-gyum; since 1 July 2022
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Choi Dong-yong
Formation	24 October 1945; 79 years ago

The Mayor of Ulsan (Korean: 울산광역시장; Hanja: 蔚山廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Ulsan who is elected to a four-year term.

List of mayors

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

Since 1995, under provisions of the revised Local Government Act, the Mayor of Ulsan is elected by direct election.

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
Ulsan City, South Gyeongsang Province (1995–1997)
1st		Shim Wan-koo 심완구 沈完求 (1938-2020)	1 July 1995	14 July 1997	2 years, 14 days		Democratic Liberal → New Korea	1995
Ulsan Metropolitan City (1997–present)
(1st)		Shim Wan-koo 심완구 沈完求 (1938-2020)	15 July 1997	26 June 2002	4 years, 347 days		New Korea → Grand National → National Congress → Millennium Democratic	(1995)
2nd		Shim Wan-koo 심완구 沈完求 (1938-2020)	15 July 1997	26 June 2002	4 years, 347 days			1998
3rd		Park Maeng-woo 박맹우 朴孟雨 (born 1951)	1 July 2002	31 March 2014	11 years, 274 days		Grand National → Saenuri	2002
4th								2006
5th								2010
5th		Park Sung-hwan 박성환 朴成換 (born 1956) Acting	1 April 2014	30 June 2014	91 days		Independent	—
6th		Kim Gi-hyeon 김기현 金起炫 (born 1959)	1 July 2014	30 June 2018	4 years, 0 days		Saenuri → Liberty Korea	2014
7th		Song Cheol-ho 송철호 宋哲鎬 (born 1949)	1 July 2018	30 June 2022	4 years, 0 days		Democratic	2018
8th		Kim Doo-gyum [ko] 김두겸 金斗謙 (born 1958)	1 July 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 190 days		People Power	2022

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