Song Cheol-ho (; born 26 May 1949) is a South Korean lawyer and politician and currently serves as the mayor of

Ulsan Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...

Life

Song Cheol-ho was born in

Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, w ...

in 1949 and he grew up in

Iksan Iksan ( ko, 익산; ) is a city and major railway junction in North Jeolla Province, (commonly transliterated as Jeollabuk-do or Chollabuk-do) South Korea. The city center and railway junction was formerly called "Iri" (), but merged with Iksan C ...

North Jeolla Province North Jeolla Province (; ''Jeollabuk-do''), also known as Jeonbuk, is a province of South Korea. North Jeolla has a population of 1,869,711 (2015) and has a geographic area of 8,067 km2 (3,115 sq mi) located in the Honam region in the southwest ...

, where his father was born. Song passed the bar exam in 1982 and became a lawyer. His brother is Song Jung-ho, who served as

justice minister A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a v ...

in 2002. Like his brother, he joined the government in 2005. Song was although he lost eight elections, he was elected mayor of

in 2018.

References

External links

Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Song, Cheol-ho 1949 births Living people Minjoo Party of Korea politicians People from Busan Provincial governors of South Korea