Lee Jang-woo (Korean: 이장우; born 10 February 1965) is a South Korean politician who served as the mayor of Daejeon from 2022 to 2026.
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Career
Lee Jang-woo is from Cheongyang County, South Chungcheong Province, and graduated from the Department of Public Administration at Daejeon University. After graduating from the university, he founded and operated a computer company, then he entered politics and served as a member of the 19th and 20th National Assembly and the mayor of Dong District, Daejeon.
In the 2022 local elections, Lee was elected Mayor of Daejeon for the first time in eight years as a conservative party candidate. In April 2025, Lee declared at a press conference that he would not run in the 2025 presidential election.