List of deputy chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir

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 Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Emblem of Jammu and Kashmir
Incumbent Surinder Kumar Choudhary since 16 October 2024[1]
Government of Jammu and Kashmir
Style	Mahoday/Mahodaya: (In India) The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Deputy CM (Informal) Shri (In India)
Type	Deputy Head of Government
Status	Deputy Leader of the Executive
Abbreviation	Dy CM
Member of	Cabinet Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
Reports to	Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
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 (77 years ago) (1948-03-05)
Website	Official website

Deputy prime and chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir

Keys:
  Bharatiya Janata Party   Jammu & Kashmir National Conference   Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party   Indian National Congress

Sr. no.	Photo	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration	Political party
Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir
1		Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad	5 March 1948	9 August 1953	5 years, 157 days		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
Deputy chief ministers of the State of Jammu and Kashmir
2		Mirza Afzal Beg	1974	1977	3 years, 0 days		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
3		Devi Das Thakur	2 July 1984	6 March 1986	1 year, 247 days		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
4		Mangat Ram Sharma	2 November 2002	2 November 2005	3 years, 0 days		Indian National Congress
5		Muzaffar Hussain Baig	2 November 2005	11 July 2008	2 years, 252 days		Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
6		Tara Chand	5 January 2009	24 December 2014	5 years, 353 days		Indian National Congress
7		Nirmal Kumar Singh	1 March 2015	6 January 2016	311 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
			4 April 2016	29 April 2018	2 years, 25 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
8		Kavinder Gupta	30 April 2018	19 June 2018	50 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
Deputy Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir
9		Surinder Kumar Choudhary	16 October 2024	Incumbent	305 days		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

See also

• List of chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir
• Government of Jammu and Kashmir