Song Cheol-ho (; born 26 May 1949) is a South Korean lawyer and politician and served as the mayor of Ulsan from 2018 to 2022.
Life Song Cheol-ho was born in Bosu-dong, Jung District, Busan in 1949 and he grew up in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, 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 in 2002. Like his brother, he joined the government in 2005.
Song was although he lost eight elections, he was elected mayor of Ulsan in 2018.
In 2023, Song was convicted along with then-Ulsan police chief Hwang Un-ha for election interference over a conspiracy to engineer an investigation against a rival during the 2018 election, but was acquitted on appeal in 2025.
Election results General elections Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Results 1992 14th National Assembly General Election Ulsan Jung (South Gyeongsang) Democratic 19,685 (15.42%) Defeated 1996 15th National Assembly General Election Ulsan Jung (South Gyeongsang) United Democratic 39,743 (35.73%) Defeated 2000 16th National Assembly General Election Jung (Ulsan) Independent 33,548 (38.16%) Defeated 2012 19th National Assembly General Election Jung (Ulsan) DUP 37,412 (37.51%) Defeated 2014 2014 By-election Nam B (Ulsan) Independent 16,379 (44.18%) Defeated 2016 20th National Assembly General Election Nam B (Ulsan) Independent 28,216 (40.64%) Defeated
Local elections Mayor of Ulsan Year Elections Constituency Political party Votes (%) Remarks 1998 2nd Iocal Election Ulsan(Mayoral Elections) Independent 148,126 (39.44%) Defeated 2002 3rd Iocal Election Ulsan(Mayoral Elections) DLP 162,546 (43.61%) Defeated 2018 7th Iocal Election Ulsan(Mayoral Elections) Democratic 317,341 (52.88%) Won 2022 8th Iocal Election Ulsan(Mayoral Elections) Democratic 195,430 (40.21%) Defeated
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External links Official Website