The chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir was the title given to the head of government of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is the state'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.^[1][2][3] Subsequently, the ruling prime minister, Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq, was sworn in as the first chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. The State of Jammu and Kashmir was reorganised into a union territory on 31 October 2019.

The office of Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir has been vacant since 20 June 2018. Until 19 December 2018 the state was under the governor's rule, and then under the 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. Currently, the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir serves as the head of government of union territory of Jammu and Kashmir until a new chief minister is in place following the next Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election.

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Prime Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir
No.[lower-alpha 1]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure[4]			Assembly	Appointer (Sadr-e-Riyasat)	Party[lower-alpha 2]
				From	To	Days in office
1		Mehr Chand Mahajan	–	15 October 1947	5 March 1948	142 days	Interim Government	Maharaja Hari Singh (Monarch)	Independent
2		Sheikh Abdullah	–	5 March 1948	31 October 1951	5 years, 157 days			National Conference
				31 October 1951	9 August 1953		1st Assembly (1951 election)
3		Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	Safa Kadal	9 August 1953	25 March 1957	10 years, 125 days		Maharaja Karan Singh
				25 March 1957	18 February 1962		2nd Assembly (1957 election)
				18 February 1962	12 October 1963		3rd Assembly (1962 election)
4		Khwaja Shamsuddin	Anantnag	12 October 1963	29 February 1964	140 days
5		Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq	Tankipura	29 February 1964	30 March 1965	1 year, 30 days			Indian National Congress

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No[lower-alpha 3]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure[4]			Assembly	Party[lower-alpha 4]
1		Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq	Tankipura	30 March 1965	21 February 1967	6 years, 257 days	3rd (1962 election)	Indian National Congress
			Amira Kadal	21 February 1967	12 December 1971		4th (1967 election)
2		Syed Mir Qasim	Verinag	12 December 1971	17 June 1972	3 years, 75 days
				17 June 1972	25 February 1975		5th (1972 election)
3		Sheikh Abdullah	MLC	25 February 1975	26 March 1977	2 years, 29 days		National Conference
–		Vacant (Governor's rule)	N/A	26 March 1977	9 July 1977	105 days	Dissolved	N/A
(3)		Sheikh Abdullah	Ganderbal	9 July 1977	8 September 1982	5 years, 61 days	6th (1977 election)	National Conference
4		Farooq Abdullah	Ganderbal	8 September 1982	24 November 1983	1 year, 298 days
				24 November 1983	2 July 1984		7th (1983 election)
5		Ghulam Mohammad Shah	MLC	2 July 1984	6 March 1986	1 year, 247 days		Awami National Conference
–		Vacant (Governor's rule)	N/A	6 March 1986	5 September 1986	183 days		N/A
–		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	6 September 1986	7 November 1986	62 days
(4)		Farooq Abdullah	Ganderbal	7 November 1986	23 March 1987	3 years, 73 days		National Conference
				23 March 1987	19 January 1990		8th (1987 election)
–		Vacant (Governor's rule)	N/A	19 January 1990	18 July 1990	180 days	Dissolved	N/A
–		Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	19 July 1990	9 October 1996	6 years, 82 days
(4)		Farooq Abdullah	Ganderbal	9 October 1996	18 October 2002	6 years, 9 days	9th (1996 election)	National Conference
-		Vacant (Governor's rule)	N/A	18 October 2002	2 November 2002	15 days	10th (2002 election)	N/A
6		Mufti Mohammad Sayeed	Pahalgam	2 November 2002	2 November 2005	3 years, 0 days		People's Democratic Party
7		Ghulam Nabi Azad	Bhaderwah	2 November 2005	11 July 2008	2 years, 252 days		Indian National Congress
–		Vacant (Governor's rule)	N/A	11 July 2008	5 January 2009	178 days	Dissolved	N/A
8		Omar Abdullah	Ganderbal	5 January 2009	8 January 2015	6 years, 3 days	11th (2008 election)	National Conference
–		Vacant[5] (Governor's rule)	N/A	8 January 2015	1 March 2015	52 days	12th (2014 election)	N/A
(6)		Mufti Mohammad Sayeed	Anantnag	1 March 2015	7 January 2016	312 days		People's Democratic Party
–		Vacant (Governor's rule)	N/A	7 January 2016	4 April 2016	88 days		N/A
9		Mehbooba Mufti	Anantnag	4 April 2016	20 June 2018	2 years, 77 days		People's Democratic Party
–		Vacant[6] (Governor's rule)	N/A	20 June 2018	19 December 2018	182 days	Dissolved	N/A
–		Vacant[7] (President's rule)	N/A	20 December 2018	30 October 2019	314 days

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