Kim Moon-won, Uijeongbu Mayor, Elected as Head of Gyeonggi Mayors and County Governors' Association

Gyeonggi Mayors and County Governors' Association announced on the 18th that it has elected Kim Moon-won, Mayor of Uijeongbu, as its new chairman.

The Gyeonggi Mayors and County Governors' Association held its fourth meeting of the democratically elected fourth term on the afternoon of the 15th at the conference room of Uiwang Municipal Library. Following the announcement of Chairman Shin Jung-dae, Mayor of Anyang, of his resignation from the position of chairman, Mayor Kim was elected as the new chairman.

Additionally, the association decided to establish a new spokesperson position on that day and appointed Lee Ki-ha, Mayor of Osan, as spokesman. The vice chairmen were confirmed to be incumbent Kang Hyeon-seok, Mayor of Goyang, Lee Hyung-gu, Mayor of Uiwang, and Kim Gyu-bae, County Governor of Yeoncheon.

Chairman Kim Moon-won stated, "I will support mayors and county governors within the province to carry out administration with conviction without being intimidated by the resident recall system, while also expanding the function of gathering opinions from residents."

Meanwhile, the association discussed 15 agenda items on that day, including the enactment of special legislation on the refund of school site burden fees, revision of systems related to urban redevelopment (New Town) projects, and improvement of systems related to cultural property survey work.