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Mayor of Daegu
대구광역시장
Seal of Daegu
Incumbent Hong Joon-pyo since 1 July 2022
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Lee Kyung-hee
Formation	16 August 1945; 78 years ago (1945-08-16)

The Mayor of Daegu (Korean: 대구광역시장; Hanja: 大邱廣域市長) is the head of the local government of Daegu who is elected to a four-year term.

List of mayors

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

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

Political parties
Conservative Independent

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		Moon Hee-gap [ko] 문희갑 文熹甲 (born 1937)	1 July 1995	30 June 2002	7 years, 0 days		Independent → Grand National	1995
2nd		Moon Hee-gap [ko] 문희갑 文熹甲 (born 1937)	1 July 1995	30 June 2002	7 years, 0 days		Independent → Grand National	1998
3rd		Cho Hae-nyung [ko] 조해녕 曺海寧 (born 1943)	1 July 2002	30 June 2006	4 years, 0 days		Grand National	2002
4th		Kim Bum-il [ko] 김범일 金範鎰 (born 1950)	1 July 2006	30 June 2014	8 years, 0 days		Grand National → Saenuri	2006
5th		Kim Bum-il [ko] 김범일 金範鎰 (born 1950)	1 July 2006	30 June 2014	8 years, 0 days		Grand National → Saenuri	2010
6th		Kwon Young-jin 권영진 權泳臻 (born 1962)	1 July 2014	30 June 2022	8 years, 0 days		Saenuri → Liberty Korea → United Future → People Power	2014
7th		Kwon Young-jin 권영진 權泳臻 (born 1962)	1 July 2014	30 June 2022	8 years, 0 days		Saenuri → Liberty Korea → United Future → People Power	2018
8th		Hong Joon-pyo 홍준표 洪準杓 (born 1953)	1 July 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 311 days		People Power	2022

Elections

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