Kambhampati Hari Babu

Kambhampati Hari Babu
Official portrait, 2021
27th Governor of Odisha
Incumbent
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	Zoramthanga Lalduhoma
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	(1953-06-15) 15 June 1953 (age 72) Thimmasamudram, Prakasam district, Madras State (now Andhra Pradesh), India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Kambhampati Jayasree
Parents	Venkateswarulu (father) Seethamma (mother)
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.^[1] He is the first individual from the bifurcated state of Andhra Pradesh and the first Telugu person to serve as the Governor of Mizoram.^[2] 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.^[3] He previously served as the President of Bharatiya Janata Party for Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2018 and first president for bifurcated Andhra Pradesh.