Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir (from 1947 onwards)

Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir (from 1947 onwards)

1. Sheikh Abdullah (5 March 1948 – 9 August 1953) – National Conference

2. Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad (9 August 1953 – 12 October 1963) – National Conference

3. Khwaja Shamsuddin (12 October 1963 – 29 February 1964) – National Conference

4. Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq (29 February 1964 – 12 December 1971) – Indian National Congress

5. Syed Mir Qasim (12 December 1971 – 25 February 1975) – Indian National Congress

6. Sheikh Abdullah (25 February 1975 – 8 September 1982) – Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (after Indira–Sheikh Accord)

7. Farooq Abdullah (8 September 1982 – 6 September 1986) – National Conference

8. GM Shah (Ghulam Mohammad Shah) (6 September 1986 – 19 January 1990) – Awami National Conference (with Congress support)

(Governor’s Rule: 1990–1996 due to insurgency)

9. Farooq Abdullah (9 October 1996 – 18 October 2002) – National Conference

10. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (2 November 2002 – 2 November 2005) – People’s Democratic Party (PDP) (Congress-PDP coalition)

11. Ghulam Nabi Azad (2 November 2005 – 11 July 2008) – Indian National Congress

12. Omar Abdullah (5 January 2009 – 8 March 2015) – National Conference (with Congress support)

13. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (1 March 2015 – 7 January 2016) – PDP-BJP coalition

14. Mehbooba Mufti (4 April 2016 – 19 June 2018) – PDP-BJP coalition

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🔸 After June 2018, Jammu & Kashmir was under Governor’s/President’s Rule.

🔸 On 31 October 2019, Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370 was abrogated, and it was reorganized into two Union Territories (J&K and Ladakh).

🔸 Since then, J&K has no Chief Minister (only a Lieutenant Governor).

currently, Omar Abdullah is serving as the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, having officially taken office on 16 October 2024. He became the first Chief Minister under the new UT status created after the revocation of Article 370 and the dissolution of statehood in 2019 .

Omar Abdullah is the present Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir UT, serving since 16 October 2024 .

He heads the inaugural “Second Omar Abdullah Ministry” following the 2024 assembly elections .