List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir

Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Incumbent Mehbooba Mufti since 4 April 2016
Appointer	Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Inaugural holder	Mehr Chand Mahajan (as Prime Minister)
Formation	15 October 1947

The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir is the chief executive of the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Before 30 March 1965, when an amendment to the state's constitution came into effect, the office was known as Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (Wazir-e-Azam). Subsequently the ruling prime minister, Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq, was sworn in as the first Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

Mehbooba Mufti of the Peoples Democratic Party is the current Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, serving since April 2016. She is the state's first woman chief minister.

Colour key for parties

  Awami National Conference

  Indian National Congress

  National Conference

  People's Democratic Party

  N/A (Governor's rule)

Prime Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir

Farooq Abdullah was the second member of his family, after father Sheikh Abdullah, to serve three stints as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

Following his tenure as chief minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad served in the Union cabinet as health minister.

Omar Abdullah, son of Farooq, is the third generation of chief ministers from the Abdullah family.

A few months after Mufti Mohammad Sayeed died a year into his second term, his daughter Mehbooba Mufti succeeded him as chief minister.

No	Name	Term (tenure length)	Party
1	Mehr Chand Mahajan	15 October 1947 – 5 March 1948 ()
2	Sheikh Abdullah	5 March 1948 – 9 August 1953 ()	National Conference
3	Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	9 August 1953 – 12 October 1963 ()
4	Khwaja Shamsuddin	12 October 1963 – 29 February 1964 ()
5	Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq	29 February 1964 – 30 March 1965 ()	Indian National Congress

Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir

No	Name	Term (tenure length)	Party
1	Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq	30 March 1965 – 12 December 1971 ()	Indian National Congress
2	Syed Mir Qasim	12 December 1971 – 25 February 1975 (
3	Sheikh Abdullah	25 February 1975 – 26 March 1977 ()	National Conference
–	Vacant (Governor's rule)	26 March – 9 July 1977 ()	N/A
(3)	Sheikh Abdullah [2]	9 July 1977 – 8 September 1982 ()	National Conference
4	Farooq Abdullah	8 September 1982 – 2 July 1984 ()
5	Ghulam Mohammad Shah	2 July 1984 – 6 March 1986 ()	Awami National Conference
–	Vacant (Governor's rule)	6 March – 7 November 1986 ()	N/A
(4)	Farooq Abdullah [2]	7 November 1986 – 19 January 1990 ()	National Conference
–	Vacant (Governor's rule)	19 January 1990 – 9 October 1996 ()	N/A
(4)	Farooq Abdullah [3]	9 October 1996 – 18 October 2002 ()	National Conference
–	Vacant (Governor's rule)	18 October – 2 November 2002 ()	N/A
6	Mufti Mohammad Sayeed	2 November 2002 – 2 November 2005 ()	People's Democratic Party
7	Ghulam Nabi Azad	2 November 2005 – 11 July 2008 ()	Indian National Congress
–	Vacant (Governor's rule)	11 July 2008 – 5 January 2009 ()	N/A
8	Omar Abdullah	5 January 2009 – 8 January 2015 ()	National Conference
–	Vacant (Governor's rule)	8 January 2015 – 1 March 2015 ()	N/A
(6)	Mufti Mohammad Sayeed [2]	1 March 2015 – 7 January 2016 ()	People's Democratic Party
–	Vacant (Governor's rule	7 January 2016 – 4 April 2016 ()	N/A
9	Mehbooba Mufti	4 April 2016 – present ()	People's Democratic Party

Also See

• Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir

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