Kim Jin-tae (Korean: 김진태; Hanja: 金鎭台; born 13 October 1964) is a politician who is the Governor of Gangwon State.

[1] Kim Jin-tae was born on 13 October 1964 in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province.

He was after completing the 18th Judicial Research and Training Institute and commissioned as a prosecutor in 1992, he served as the director of the planning department of the Judicial Research and Training Institute and the director of the Organized Crime Division of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office.

In February 2016, he announced his candidacy for the 2016 legislative election and won the nomination of the Saenuri Party to win re-election by defeating the Democratic Party candidate Heo Young.

However, he was defeated by Hong Jun-pyo in the Liberty Korea Party presidential primary.