Kambhampati Hari Babu

Kambhampati Hari Babu
Official portrait, 2025
27th Governor of Odisha
Assumed office
3 January 2025
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Chief MinisterMohan Charan Majhi
Preceded byRaghubar Das
15th Governor of Mizoram
In office
6 November 2021  15 January 2025
Chief Minister
Preceded byB. D. Mishra (additional charge)
Succeeded byV. K. Singh
In office
19 July 2021  10 August 2021
Chief MinisterZoramthanga
Preceded byP. S. Sreedharan Pillai
Succeeded byB. D. Mishra (additional charge)
10th President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh
In office
2 June 2014  13 May 2018
National PresidentAmit Shah
Preceded byKishan Reddy
Succeeded byKanna Lakshminarayana
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2014  23 May 2019
Preceded byDaggubati Purandeswari
Succeeded byM. V. V. Satyanarayana
ConstituencyVisakhapatnam
Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
In office
1999–2004
Preceded byAbdul Rehman Shaik
Succeeded byDronamraju Satyanarayana
ConstituencyVisakhapatnam-I
Personal details
Born (1953-06-15) 15 June 1953
Thimmasamudram, Prakasam district, Madras State (now Andhra Pradesh), India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseKambhampati Jayasree
Parents
  • Venkateswarulu (father)
  • Seethamma (mother)
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar
Alma materAndhra University

Dr. Kambhampati Hari Babu (born 15 June 1953) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Governor of Odisha. He is the first individual from the bifurcated state of Andhra Pradesh and the first Telugu person to serve as the Governor of Mizoram. He served as a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha, representing the Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh. He won the 2014 Indian general election as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He previously served as the President of Bharatiya Janata Party for Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2018 and first president for bifurcated Andhra Pradesh.