Joo Nak-young, Mayor of Gyeongju, Selected as 'Local Autonomy CEO of the Year' by Public Autonomy Research Institute

Mayor Jun Nak-yeong "An Achievement Made Through Cooperation with 250,000 Gyeongju Citizens"

Joo Nak-young, Mayor of Gyeongju City.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] On the 18th, Gyeongju City in Gyeongbuk announced that Mayor Ju Nak-young was selected as the '2020 Local Government CEO of the Year' organized by the Korea Institute of Public Administration.

The 'Local Government CEO of the Year' award is given by the Korea Institute of Public Administration, a non-profit organization, since 2012 to local government heads who have achieved outstanding results in local government administration.

Candidates for each award category are recommended by local governments nationwide, and 50 experts in local government studies select candidates through voting. Based on this, a voting group consisting of about 1,400 people, including deputy heads of local governments, planning department heads, public officials, and members of the Regional Policy Research Forum, selects the winners.

This year, one winner was selected in each of the four categories: metropolitan city mayor, small and medium city mayor, county governor, and district mayor. Mayor Ju was chosen as the final winner in the small and medium city mayor category for cities with populations under 300,000 nationwide.

Mayor Ju was highly evaluated for easing the height restrictions in the downtown area, a long-standing wish of the citizens, and for attracting the Innovation Nuclear Research Complex, a national project, to Gyeongju. He also received high marks for his efforts to improve the environment of 'Huimangnongwon,' a Hansen's disease village forcibly relocated during the development of the Bomun Tourist Complex in 1979.

Mayor Ju expressed his joy, saying, "This achievement was made possible through cooperation with 250,000 Gyeongju citizens," and added, "I will continue to do my best so that Gyeongju can prosper without neglecting either the economy or the livelihood of the people."

Meanwhile, the 2020 Local Government CEO of the Year award ceremony is scheduled to be held at the 195th Regional Policy Research Forum at the Seoul Air Force Hall on the 23rd.

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