Oh Se-hoon, the Seoul mayor, was confirmed as the People Power Party's candidate for Seoul mayor. If elected in the June 3 local elections, it would be a third consecutive term and five terms in total.
On the 18th, Park Deok-heum, chair of the central party nomination management committee, said at the Yeouido central party headquarters that Mayor Oh won the primary against Rep. Park Su-min (first term, Gangnam-eul, Seoul) and former Rep. Yoon Hee-sook.
Accordingly, Mayor Oh will face Chong Won-o, the Democratic Party of Korea's candidate for Seoul mayor and former Seongdong District chief.
Born in 1961, Mayor Oh entered politics by winning election in Seoul's Gangnam-eul as a Hannara Party candidate in the 16th general election in 2000.
Ahead of the 17th general election in 2004, he declined to seek a second term and abruptly announced his retirement from politics.
After retiring, he announced his bid for Seoul mayor in April 2006, two years and four months later, and defeated his opponent, former Justice Minister Kang Kum-sil of the Uri Party, becoming the first Seoul mayor in his 40s.
After winning a second term as Seoul mayor, he staked his mayoralty on a 2011 referendum on free school meals and then resigned.
He made a political comeback by winning the April 2021 by-election and returning to Seoul City Hall, and in 2022 he won another term as mayor, becoming the first four-term Seoul mayor.