Kambhampati Hari Babu
Kambhampati Hari Babu | |
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Official portrait, 2025 | |
| 27th Governor of Odisha | |
| Assumed office 3 January 2025 | |
| President | Droupadi Murmu |
| Chief Minister | Mohan Charan Majhi |
| Preceded by | Raghubar Das |
| 15th Governor of Mizoram | |
| In office 6 November 2021 – 15 January 2025 | |
| Chief Minister | |
| Preceded by | B. D. Mishra (additional charge) |
| Succeeded by | V. K. Singh |
| In office 19 July 2021 – 10 August 2021 | |
| Chief Minister | Zoramthanga |
| Preceded by | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai |
| Succeeded by | B. D. Mishra (additional charge) |
| 10th President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 2 June 2014 – 13 May 2018 | |
| National President | Amit Shah |
| Preceded by | Kishan Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Kanna Lakshminarayana |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Daggubati Purandeswari |
| Succeeded by | M. V. V. Satyanarayana |
| Constituency | Visakhapatnam |
| Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Rehman Shaik |
| Succeeded by | Dronamraju Satyanarayana |
| Constituency | Visakhapatnam-I |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 June 1953 Thimmasamudram, Prakasam district, Madras State (now Andhra Pradesh), India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Kambhampati Jayasree |
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| Residence | Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar |
| Alma mater | Andhra 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.