Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir[edit] Farooq Abdullah was the second member of his family, after father Sheikh Abdullah, to serve three stints as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Following his tenure as chief minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad served in the Union cabinet as health minister. No Name Term[2] (tenure length) Party[a] 1 Mehr Chand Mahajan 15 October 1947 – 5 March 1948 (0 years, 142 days) Indian National Congress 2 Sheikh Abdullah 5 March 1948 – 9 August 1953 (5 years, 157 days) National Conference 3 Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad 9 August 1953 – 12 October 1963 (10 years, 64 days) 4 Khwaja Shamsuddin 12 October 1963 – 29 February 1964 (0 years, 140 days 5 Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq 29 February 1964 – 30 March 1965 (1 year, 29 days) Indian National Congress Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir[edit] No[b] Name Term[2] (tenure length) Party[a] 1 Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq 30 March 1965 – 12 December 1971 (6 years, 257 days) Indian National Congress 2 Syed Mir Qasim 12 December 1971 – 25 February 1975 (3 years, 75 days 3 Sheikh Abdullah 25 February 1975 – 26 March 1977 (2 years, 29 days) National Conference – Vacant (Governors rule) 26 March – 9 July 1977 (0 years, 105 days) N/A (3) Sheikh Abdullah [2] 9 July 1977 – 8 September 1982 (5 years, 61 days) National Conference 4 Farooq Abdullah 8 September 1982 – 2 July 1984 (1 year, 298 days 5 Ghulam Mohammad Shah 2 July 1984 – 6 March 1986 (1 year, 247 days) Awami National Conference – Vacant (Governors rule) 6 March – 7 November 1986 (0 years, 246 days) N/A (4) Farooq Abdullah [2] 7 November 1986 – 19 January 1990 (3 years, 73 days) National Conference – Vacant (Governors rule) 19 January 1990 – 9 October 1996 (6 years, 264 days) N/A (4) Farooq Abdullah [3] 9 October 1996 – 18 October 2002 (6 years, 9 days) National Conference – Vacant (Governors rule) 18 October – 2 November 2002 (0 years, 15 days) N/A 6 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed 2 November 2002 – 2 November 2005 (3 years, 0 days) Peoples Democratic Party 7 Ghulam Nabi Azad 2 November 2005 – 11 July 2008 (2 years, 252 days) Indian National Congress – Vacant (Governors rule) 11 July 2008 – 5 January 2009 (0 years, 178 days) N/A 8 Omar Abdullah 5 January 2009 – 23 December 2014[3] (5 years, 352 days) National Conference - Vacant (Governors rule) 24 December 2014 – 4 January 2015 (0 years, 2 days) N/A
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