List of Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir
The following table lists the Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir with terms of office and party affiliation. Until 1965, the office was called Prime Minister (Prime Minister), as in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir .
| # | Surname | Taking office | Term expires | Political party |
| 1 | Ghulam Muhammad Sadiq | March 30, 1965 | December 11, 1971 | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Be Me Qasim | December 12, 1971 | February 24, 1975 | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | Mohammed Abdullah | February 25, 1975 | March 25, 1977 | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| ( Governor's rule ) | March 26, 1977 | July 8, 1977 | ||
| 4th | Mohammed Abdullah | July 9, 1977 | September 8, 1982 | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 5 | Farooq Abdullah | September 9, 1982 | July 1, 1984 | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 6th | Ghulam Mohammad Shah | 2nd July 1984 | March 5, 1986 | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| (Governor's rule) | March 6, 1986 | November 6, 1986 | ||
| 7th | Farooq Abdullah | November 7, 1986 | January 18, 1990 | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| (Governor's rule) | January 19, 1990 | October 8, 1996 | ||
| 8th | Farooq Abdullah | October 9, 1996 | October 17, 2002 | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| (Governor's rule) | October 18, 2002 | November 1, 2002 | ||
| 9 | Mohammad Sayeed | November 2, 2002 | November 1, 2005 | Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |
| 10 | Ghulam Nabi Azad | November 2, 2005 | July 9, 2008 | Indian National Congress |
| (Governor's rule) | July 10, 2008 | January 4, 2009 | ||
| 11 | Omar Abdullah | January 5, 2009 | January 8, 2015 | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 12 | (Governor's rule) | January 8, 2015 | March 1, 2015 | |
| 13 | Mohammad Sayeed | March 1, 2015 | January 7, 2016 | Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |
| (Governor's rule) | January 9, 2015 | April 4, 2016 | ||
| 14th | Mehbooba Mufti | April 4, 2016 | 19th June 2018 | Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party |
| (Governor's rule) | 19th June 2018 | 19th December 2018 | ||
| ( President's rule ) | 20th December 2018 | October 30, 2019 |
As of October 31, 2019, the state of Jammu and Kashmir was divided into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh .