The Seoul Metropolitan Government said on the 27th that Mayor Oh Se-hoon registered as a preliminary candidate for Seoul mayor in the June 3 local election.
With Oh's registration as a preliminary candidate, Administrative Vice Mayor II Kim Sung-bo will serve as acting Seoul mayor from today through June 3. Under the Local Autonomy Act, when the head of a local government registers as a preliminary candidate or candidate for the election of that office while holding the position, the deputy head serves as acting authority from the time of registration.
The post of Administrative Vice Mayor I is being covered by Acting Administrative Vice Mayor I Jung Sang-hoon. Under the enforcement decree of the Local Autonomy Act, Administrative Vice Mayor II assumes acting authority.
Oh is scheduled to return to duty at midnight on the 4th, the day after the local election. In the eighth popularly elected term, the end of the term is June 30.
Seoul Political Vice Mayor Kim Byung-min tendered a resignation to join Oh's campaign.
Accordingly, the Seoul Metropolitan Government named Park Chan-gu, 56, a senior political affairs adviser to the city, as the new political vice mayor. The city's political vice mayor assists the mayor and coordinates and consults on Seoul Metropolitan Government affairs with the National Assembly, the Seoul Metropolitan Council, the media, and political parties. The position is a political appointee at the Vice Minister level appointed by the mayor. Born in 1969, Park, the nominee for political vice mayor, graduated from Hanyang University with a degree in business administration and completed the doctoral coursework at the same university.
Oh said, "During the acting period, city officials must maintain strict political neutrality and carry out their duties without wavering."