Politician who served as Mayor of Incheon (7th Incheon Metropolitan City mayor; 9th and 10th terms)
| Life | 1945 ~ 2018 |
| Era | 근현대 |
| Clan | 해주 최씨 |
Choe Gi-seon (1945-2018) was born on 15 May 1945 in Dosa-ri, Yangchon-myeon, Gimpo, Gyeonggi, and belonged to the Haeju clan. He died in Seoul on 28 February 2018 at 72, and a citizens' funeral was held in Incheon.
He served as the 7th mayor of Incheon (appointed) in 1993-1994, was elected in 1995 for the Democratic Liberal Party as the first elected mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City, and was re-elected in 1998 for the United Liberal Democrats, serving until 2002.
He was also a member of the 13th National Assembly (Bucheon South), chief of staff to the party president of the Democratic Liberal Party, and standing adviser of the Grand National Party and the New Politics Alliance for Democracy. His wife was Kim Sun-bae and they had two sons; he converted from Buddhism to Catholicism (baptismal name Augustine).
Appointed mayor in 1993-1994, he won the first elected Incheon mayoralty in 1995 and was re-elected in 1998.
He sat in the 13th National Assembly, served as chief of staff to the party president of the Democratic Liberal Party, and was standing adviser to the Grand National Party and the New Politics Alliance.
He died in Seoul on 28 February 2018, and a citizens' funeral was held in Incheon.
Wife Kim Sun-bae; two sons.