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Kambhampati Hari Babu

Kambhampati Hari Babu
15th Governor of Mizoram
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 November 2021
Chief Minister	Zoramthanga Lalduhoma
Preceded by	B. D. Mishra (additional charge)
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 the 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 71) Thimmasamudram, Prakasam district, Madras State (now Andhra Pradesh), India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Smt. Kambhampati Jayasree
Parent(s)	Shri Venkateswarulu Smt. Seethamma
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Aizawl
Alma mater	Andhra University

Kambhampati Hari Babu is an Indian politician and the current Governor of Mizoram, being the first person from divided Andhra Pradesh and first Telugu person serving as Governor of Mizoram in North East India.^[1] He was a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Visakhapatnam (Lok Sabha constituency), Andhra Pradesh. He won the 2014 Indian general election being a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.^[2] He is former state unit President of Bharatiya Janata Party for Andhra Pradesh.

Hari Babu was born in Prakasam district, Thimmasamudram. He moved to Visakhapatnam to pursue his B.Tech. in electronics and communication engineering in Andhra University. He completed his masters as well as Ph D from the same university. He later worked in Andhra University and voluntarily retired while working as Associate Professor in 1993 and later became active in politics.^[3][4]

Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati has been appointed Governor of Mizoram on July 6, 2021. Hari Babu participated in Jai Andhra movement in support of the creation of Andhra state as Student leader with Shri Tenneti Viswanadham, Shri Sardar Gouthu Latchanna and Shri Venkaiah Naidu. He served as the Secretary, Students Union Andhra University Engineering College during 1972-73. During 1974-1975, he actively participated in Lok Sangharsh Samithi Agitation under Loknayak Jaya Prakash Narayan and was arrested under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during emergency and was imprisoned for 6 months in Visakhapatnam Central Jail and Mushirabad Jail. He served as AP State Executive Member of Janata Party during 1977 and AP State Vice President of Janata Yuva Morcha in 1978.^[5]

During 1991-1993, Hari Babu served as member of Andhra Pradesh State Executive Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party and as the General Secretary for AP during 1993-2003. In 1999, he was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from Visakhapatnam - I Constituency and was made the Floor Leader for the Bharatiya Janata Legislature Party, Andhra Pradesh in 2003. In March 2014, he was elected as the State President of BJP.^[6]

Hari Babu uses his MPLADS funds with thrust on health, education, drinking water, and skill development.^[7] He has advocated transparency in utilization of MPLADS funds and focus on big, long-term projects that will help solve chronic problems.^[8] Some of these projects include providing toilets and furniture in all Government schools, drinking water in all areas not covered under GVMC.^[9]

To encourage people's participation, he conducted One MP - One Idea contest under the scheme.^[10]