Mayor Yom Tae-young Unanimously Elected Chair of Good Local Government Council

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon Mayor Yom Tae-young was elected chair of the Good Local Government Council on the 14th. His term of office is two years.

The Good Local Government Council held an extraordinary general meeting at the Kensington Hotel Yeouido in Seoul on that day and unanimously elected Mayor Yom Tae-young as chair.

In his inaugural address, Mayor Yom said, "The Good Local Government Council will play a role in strengthening the power of local governments," and "will actively support discussions related to local autonomy and decentralization and local government matters."

Meanwhile, the Good Local Government Council, founded in October 2018, operates with the goals of ▲sharing domestic and international examples of exemplary local administration such as resident-centered and community-focused policies ▲comprehensive consultation for substantiating the local autonomy system including decentralization ▲reciprocal cooperation between cities, counties, and districts for inclusive cooperative development. Currently, 108 basic local governments nationwide are members.