List of deputy chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir
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| Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir | |
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since 16 October 2024[1] | |
| Government of Jammu and Kashmir | |
| Style |
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| Type | Deputy Head of Government |
| Status | Deputy Leader of the Executive |
| Abbreviation | Dy CM |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | |
| Seat | Civil Secretariat Jammu, Old Heritage City, Jammu and Kashmir |
| Nominator | Members of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly |
| Appointer | Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir on the advice of the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir |
| Term length | At the confidence of the assembly Deputy Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. |
| Inaugural holder | Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad |
| Formation | 5 March 1948 |
| 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
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Bharatiya Janata Party
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
Indian National Congress
| Sr. no. | Photo | Name | Took office | Left office | Political party | Duration | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||
| 1 | Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad | 5 March 1948 | 9 August 1953 | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 5 years, 157 days | ||
| Deputy Chief Ministers of the State of Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||
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Mirza Afzal Beg | 1974 | 1977 | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 3 years, 0 days | |
| 3 | Devi Das Thakur | 2 July 1984 | 6 March 1986 | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 1 year, 247 days | ||
| 4 | Mangat Ram Sharma | 2 November 2002 | 2 November 2005 | Indian National Congress | 3 years, 0 days | ||
| 5 | Muzaffar Hussain Baig | 2 November 2005 | 11 July 2008 | Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party | 2 years, 252 days | ||
| 6 | 
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Tara Chand | 5 January 2009 | 24 December 2014 | Indian National Congress | 5 years, 353 days | |
| 7 | 
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Nirmal Kumar Singh | 1 March 2015 | 6 January 2016 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 311 days | |
| 4 April 2016 | 29 April 2018 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 years, 25 days | ||||
| 8 | 
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Kavinder Gupta | 30 April 2018 | 19 June 2018 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 50 days | |
| Deputy Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||
| 9 | Surinder Kumar Choudhary | 16 October 2024 | Incumbent | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 17 days | ||