| Post: | Chief Minister |
| Body: | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Insignia: | Government of Jammu and Kashmir.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 180px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Jammu and Kashmir |
| Incumbent: | Omar Abdullah |
| Incumbentsince: | 16 October 2024[1] |
| Department: | Government of Jammu and Kashmir |
| Type: | Head of government |
| Status: | Leader of the Executive |
| Residence: | 40, Gupkar Road, Srinagar |
| Seat: | Civil Secretariat Jammu, Old Heritage City, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Reports To: | |
| Appointer: | Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly |
| Inaugural: | Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq |
| Abbreviation: | CM |
| Termlength: | At the confidence of the assembly |
| Termlength Qualified: | Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. |
| Nominator: | Members of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly |
| Deputy: | Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir |
| Website: | Official website |
The chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir is the title given to the head of government of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is the union territory's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, the lieutenant governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The lieutenant governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly.
The post was established after the 6th amendment to the state's constitution (effective 6 June 1965) abolished the title of Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.[2] [3] [4] Subsequently, the then prime minister, Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq, was sworn in as the first chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. The State of Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated and reorganised as a union territory on 31 October 2019.
The office of the chief minister became vacant on 20 June 2018. Until 19 December 2018, the state was under governor's rule, and then under president's rule until 30 October 2019. After the state was reorganised into a union territory in October 2019, the president's rule was discharged via the lieutenant governor. The lieutenant governor served as the head of government of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir until a new chief minister was in place following the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election.
Colour key for parties
| Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure[5] | Assembly | Appointer | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Days in office | ||||||||
| 1 | Mehr Chand Mahajan | 15 October 1947 | 5 March 1948 | InterimGovernment | Hari Singh(Maharaja) | Independent | ||||
| 2 | Sheikh Abdullah | 5 March 1948 | 31 October 1951 | National Conference | ||||||
| 31 October 1951 | 9 August 1953 | 1st | ||||||||
| 3 | Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad | Safa Kadal | 9 August 1953 | 25 March 1957 | Karan Singh(Sadr-e-Riyasat) | |||||
| 25 March 1957 | 18 February 1962 | 2nd | ||||||||
| 18 February 1962 | 12 October 1963 | 3rd | ||||||||
| 4 | Khwaja Shamsuddin | Anantnag | 12 October 1963 | 29 February 1964 | ||||||
| 5 | Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq | Tankipura | 29 February 1964 | 30 March 1965 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Assembly | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Days in office | |||||||
| 1 | Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq | Tankipura | 30 March 1965 | 21 February 1967 | 3rd | Indian National Congress | |||
| Amira Kadal | 21 February 1967 | 12 December 1971 | 4th | ||||||
| 2 | Syed Mir Qasim | Verinag | 12 December 1971 | 17 June 1972 | |||||
| 17 June 1972 | 25 February 1975 | 5th | |||||||
| 3 | Sheikh Abdullah | MLC | 25 February 1975 | 26 March 1977 | National Conference | ||||
| – | Vacant (Governor's rule) | N/A | 26 March 1977 | 9 July 1977 | Dissolved | N/A | |||
| (3) | Sheikh Abdullah | Ganderbal | 9 July 1977 | 8 September 1982 | 6th | National Conference | |||
| 4 | Farooq Abdullah | Ganderbal | 8 September 1982 | 24 November 1983 | |||||
| 24 November 1983 | 2 July 1984 | 7th | |||||||
| 5 | Ghulam Mohammad Shah | MLC | 2 July 1984 | 6 March 1986 | Awami National Conference | ||||
| – | Vacant (Governor's rule) | N/A | 6 March 1986 | 5 September 1986 | N/A | ||||
| 7 | – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 6 September 1986 | 7 November 1986 | ||||
| (4) | Ganderbal | 7 November 1986 | 23 March 1987 | National Conference | |||||
| 23 March 1987 | 19 January 1990 | 8th | |||||||
| – | Vacant (Governor's rule) | N/A | 19 January 1990 | 18 July 1990 | Dissolved | N/A | |||
| 7 | – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 19 July 1990 | 9 October 1996 | ||||
| (4) | Ganderbal | 9 October 1996 | 18 October 2002 | 9th | National Conference | ||||
| - | Vacant (Governor's rule) | N/A | 18 October 2002 | 2 November 2002 | 10th | N/A | |||
| 6 | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed | Pahalgam | 2 November 2002 | 2 November 2005 | People's Democratic Party | ||||
| 7 | Ghulam Nabi Azad | Bhaderwah | 2 November 2005 | 11 July 2008 | Indian National Congress | ||||
| – | Vacant (Governor's rule) | N/A | 11 July 2008 | 5 January 2009 | Dissolved | N/A | |||
| 8 | Omar Abdullah | Ganderbal | 5 January 2009 | 8 January 2015 | 11th | National Conference | |||
| – | Vacant[6] (Governor's rule) | N/A | 8 January 2015 | 1 March 2015 | 12th | N/A | |||
| (6) | Anantnag | 1 March 2015 | 7 January 2016 | People's Democratic Party | |||||
| – | Vacant (Governor's rule) | N/A | 7 January 2016 | 4 April 2016 | N/A | ||||
| 9 | Mehbooba Mufti | Anantnag | 4 April 2016 | 20 June 2018 | People's Democratic Party | ||||
| – | Vacant[7] (Governor's rule) | N/A | 20 June 2018 | 19 December 2018 | Dissolved | N/A | |||
| – | Vacant[8] (President's rule) | N/A | 20 December 2018 | 30 October 2019 | |||||
| data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" | Prime/Chief Minister | Party | No. of terms | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total duration of prime/chief ministership | |||||
| data-sort-value="1" | 1 | Sheikh Abdullah | 4 | 5 years, 157 days | 12 years, 247 days | |
| data-sort-value="2" | 2 | Farooq Abdullah | 5 | 6 years, 9 days | 11 years, 15 days | |
| data-sort-value="3" | 3 | Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad | 3 | 10 years, 125 days | 10 years, 125 days | |
| data-sort-value="4" | 4 | Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq | 3 | 6 years, 257 days | 7 years, 287 days | |
| data-sort-value="5" | 5 | Omar Abdullah | 2* | 6 years, 3 days* | ||
| data-sort-value="6" | 6 | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed | 2 | 3 years, 0 days | 3 years, 312 days | |
| data-sort-value="7" | 7 | Syed Mir Qasim | 2 | 3 years, 75 days | 3 years, 75 days | |
| data-sort-value="8" | 8 | Ghulam Nabi Azad | 1 | 2 years, 252 days | 2 years, 252 days | |
| data-sort-value="9" | 9 | Mehbooba Mufti | 1 | 2 years, 77 days | 2 years, 77 days | |
| data-sort-value="10" | 10 | Ghulam Mohammad Shah | 1 | 1 year, 247 days | 1 year, 247 days | |
| data-sort-value="11" | 11 | Mehr Chand Mahajan | 1 | 142 days | 142 days | |
| data-sort-value="12" | 12 | Khwaja Shamsuddin | 1 | 140 days | 140 days | |
| data-sort-value="13" | President's rule / Governor's rule | 12 | 6 years, 82 days | 14 years, 330 days | ||