Kim Byungnae Appointed as New Chairman of the Association of City, County and District Heads

Term Runs for Two Years Until September 2028

On September 29, the Korea Association of City, County and District Heads held the first joint chairpersons’ meeting of the first year of the 9th popularly elected term at the Press Center in Seoul, where Byungnae Kim, mayor of Nam-gu, Gwangju, Jeonnam, was elected as the new chairman.

Byungnae Kim, mayor of Namgu District, Gwangju, Jeonnam, was elected as the new president of the Korea Association of Mayors, County Heads and District Heads. Photo provided by the reader

The term is two years, running until September 2028.

Upon his appointment, Chairman Kim stated, "Cities, counties, and districts are the level of government closest to the people’s everyday lives," adding, "I will work so that local issues become national agendas and that solutions found in the field are reflected in national policy."

Chairman Kim, who is serving his third consecutive term as mayor, previously served as deputy spokesperson for the Democratic Party of Korea and as an administrator in the Presidential Secretariat’s Office of Political Affairs.

The association is a legal consultative body under the Local Autonomy Act, composed of mayors, county heads, and district heads, who are the heads of local governments nationwide (administrative mayors serve as associate members).

It functions to represent local voices for regional development and the expansion of decentralized local government.

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