Jenab Omar Abdullah, the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Jammu is the Chief Minister of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. He had previously served as the Chief Minister of the Jammu and Kashmir between 2009 and 2014, and is the current Vice President of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference. He has also served as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from 1998 to 2009, representing the Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency, and was a Union Minister of State for External Affairs in Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s NDA Government in 2001-2002.

He became the youngest and 11th Chief Minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir after forming a government in coalition with the Indian National Congress, on 5th January 2009. He was elected as an MLA following the 2024 union territory elections, being elected the first Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in alliance with the INDIA bloc. He took office in October 2024.