List of deputy chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir explained

Post:Deputy Chief Minister
Body:Jammu and Kashmir
Insignia:Government of Jammu and Kashmir.svg
Insigniasize:150px
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Jammu and Kashmir
Incumbent:Surinder Kumar Choudhary
Incumbentsince:16 October 2024[1]
Department:Government of Jammu and Kashmir
Type:Deputy Head of Government
Status:Deputy Leader of the Executive
Seat:Civil Secretariat Jammu, Old Heritage City, Jammu and Kashmir
Appointer:Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir on the advice of the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Reportsto:
Inaugural:Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad
Abbreviation:Dy CM
Termlength:At the confidence of the assembly
Termlength Qualified:Deputy 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
Website:Official website

The Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir is the title given to the deputy head of government of Jammu and Kashmir. The state was reconstituted by the government of India as the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir on 31 October 2019.

Deputy prime and chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir

Keys:

Sr. no.PhotoNameTook officeLeft officeDurationPolitical party
Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir
1Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad5 March 19489 August 1953Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Deputy Chief Ministers of the State of Jammu and Kashmir
2Mirza Afzal Beg19741977Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
3Devi Das Thakur2 July 19846 March 1986Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
4Mangat Ram Sharma2 November 20022 November 2005Indian National Congress
5Muzaffar Hussain Baig2 November 200511 July 2008Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
6Tara Chand5 January 200924 December 2014Indian National Congress
7Nirmal Kumar Singh1 March 20156 January 2016Bharatiya Janata Party
4 April 201629 April 2018Bharatiya Janata Party
8Kavinder Gupta30 April 201819 June 2018Bharatiya Janata Party
Deputy Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir
9Surinder Kumar Choudhary16 October 2024Incumbentbgcolor=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/omar-abdullah-jammu-and-kashmir-cm-cabinet-ministers-9622879/