Park served as the mayor of
Hapcheon from 1994 to 1995. When
direct elections were applied for all mayorships in 1995, he then became the last indirect Mayor. but lost to
Bae Han-sung. After Bae's election was nullified in 2004, he joined the
Grand National Party and was elected. He was then re-elected
in 2006 and again
in 2010. He also became the first Mayor of the united Changwon, after the city was merged with
Masan and
Jinhae. Following the resignation of
Kim Doo-kwan prior to the
2012 presidential election, Park contested
Saenuri preselection for the
South Gyeongsang governorship but lost to
Hong Jun-pyo. In 2014, he quitted from the Mayor of Changwon and again contested Saenuri preselection, but was also defeated to Hong. On 2 December 2019, Park was appointed as the Secretary-General of the
Liberty Korea Party. After the party was merged into the
United Future Party, he was re-appointed Secretary-General. On 22 April 2022, Park won
PPP preselection for
South Gyeongsang Governorship. == Election results ==