List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir
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Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir | |
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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).[1] 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.
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Colour key for parties
N/A (Governor's rule)
Prime Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir
No | Name | Term[2] (tenure length) |
Party[lower-alpha 1] | |
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1 | Mehr Chand Mahajan | 15 October 1947 – 5 March 1948 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
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2 | Sheikh Abdullah | 5 March 1948 – 9 August 1953 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
National Conference | |
3 | Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad | 9 August 1953 – 12 October 1963 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
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4 | Khwaja Shamsuddin | 12 October 1963 – 29 February 1964 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
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5 | Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq | 29 February 1964 – 30 March 1965 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
Indian National Congress |
Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir
No[lower-alpha 2] | Name | Term[2] (tenure length) |
Party[lower-alpha 1] | |
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1 | Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq | 30 March 1965 – 12 December 1971 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
Indian National Congress | |
2 | Syed Mir Qasim | 12 December 1971 – 25 February 1975 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. |
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3 | Sheikh Abdullah | 25 February 1975 – 26 March 1977 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
National Conference | |
– | Vacant (Governor's rule) |
26 March – 9 July 1977 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
N/A | |
(3) | Sheikh Abdullah [2] | 9 July 1977 – 8 September 1982 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
National Conference | |
4 | Farooq Abdullah | 8 September 1982 – 2 July 1984 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
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5 | Ghulam Mohammad Shah | 2 July 1984 – 6 March 1986 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
Awami National Conference | |
– | Vacant (Governor's rule) |
6 March – 7 November 1986 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
N/A | |
(4) | Farooq Abdullah [2] | 7 November 1986 – 19 January 1990 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
National Conference | |
– | Vacant (Governor's rule) |
19 January 1990 – 9 October 1996 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
N/A | |
(4) | Farooq Abdullah [3] | 9 October 1996 – 18 October 2002 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
National Conference | |
– | Vacant (Governor's rule) |
18 October – 2 November 2002 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
N/A | |
6 | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed | 2 November 2002 – 2 November 2005 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
People's Democratic Party | |
7 | Ghulam Nabi Azad | 2 November 2005 – 11 July 2008 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
Indian National Congress | |
– | Vacant (Governor's rule) |
11 July 2008 – 5 January 2009 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
N/A | |
8 | Omar Abdullah | 5 January 2009 – 8 January 2015 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
National Conference | |
– | Vacant[3] (Governor's rule) |
8 January 2015 – 1 March 2015 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
N/A | |
(6) | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed [2] | 1 March 2015 – 7 January 2016 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
People's Democratic Party | |
– | Vacant (Governor's rule |
7 January 2016 – 4 April 2016 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
N/A | |
9 | Mehbooba Mufti | 4 April 2016 – present (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
People's Democratic Party |
Also See
Notes
- Footnotes
References
- ↑ "From 1965 to 2009, Omar Abdullah is the eighth chief minister." Hindustan Times. 5 January 2009. Accessed 23 May 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Prime Ministers and Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir since 1947. General Administration Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Retrieved on 29 April 2014.
- ↑ Bharti Jain. "Governor's rule imposed in Jammu & Kashmir". The Times of India. 9 January 2015.