Kambhampati Hari Babu

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Dr. Kambhampati Hari Babu (born 15 June 1953) is an Indian politician who served as the Governor of Odisha from 3 January 2025 to 18 October 2026. He was succeeded by Braj Mohan Ram, who was appointed to the office by President Droupadi Murmu on 12 October 2026 and assumed office on 18 October 2026. Kambhampati was the first person 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 the Bharatiya Janata Party in Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2018 and was the first president of the party in the bifurcated state of Andhra Pradesh.

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