Oh Sehoon Registers as Preliminary Candidate for Local Election... Kim Seongbo to Serve as Acting Administrative Deputy Mayor II

Administrative Deputy Mayor II to Serve as Acting Mayor Until June 3
Park Chan-gu Appointed as Deputy Mayor for Political Affairs
Oh Se-hoon: "Officials Must Maintain Political Neutrality"

On April 27, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon registered as a preliminary candidate for the June 3 local elections for Seoul mayor. As a result, Administrative Deputy Mayor II Kim Seong-bo will serve as acting mayor of Seoul from today until June 3.

Mayor Oh will return to his official duties beginning at midnight on June 4, the day after the local elections. His term as the 8th popularly elected mayor is set to run until June 30.

Yonhap News Agency

According to the Local Autonomy Act, when the head of a local government registers as a preliminary candidate or candidate for an election for the same local government, the deputy head must act as the head from the time of registration. Currently, the position of Administrative Deputy Mayor I of Seoul is being handled by Acting Deputy Mayor Jeong Sang-hoon. Therefore, in accordance with the Enforcement Decree of the Local Autonomy Act, Administrative Deputy Mayor II will serve as acting mayor.

Upon Mayor Oh’s registration as a preliminary candidate, Deputy Mayor for Political Affairs Kim Byung-min also tendered his resignation to join the election campaign. The city has nominated Park Chan-gu, Seoul's Special Advisor for Political Affairs, as the new Deputy Mayor for Political Affairs. The Deputy Mayor for Political Affairs is a vice-ministerial level political appointee, appointed by the mayor, who assists the mayor in coordinating and consulting on Seoul Metropolitan Government affairs with the National Assembly, Seoul City Council, the media, and political parties.

Born in 1969, the nominee for Deputy Mayor for Political Affairs, Park, graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Hanyang University and completed his doctoral coursework at the same institution. He was elected as a member of the Seoul Metropolitan Council in 2006, served as Seoul’s Senior Secretary for Political Affairs in 2021, and has been working as Special Advisor for Political Affairs since 2022. Mayor Oh requested, “During the acting period, city officials must maintain strict political neutrality and diligently carry out their work without wavering.”

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