Kambhampati Hari Babu

Kambhampati Hari Babu
27th Governor of Odisha
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 December 2024
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Chief MinisterMohan Charan Majhi
Preceded byRaghubar Das
15th Governor of Mizoram
In office
6 November 2021 – 26 December 2024
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 the
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
Constituency Visakhapatnam-I
Personal details
Born (1953-06-15) 15 June 1953 (age 71)
Thimmasamudram, Prakasam district, Madras State (now Andhra Pradesh), India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseSmt. Kambhampati Jayasree
Parent(s)Shri Venkateswarulu
Smt. Seethamma
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar
Alma materAndhra University

Dr. Kambhampati Hari Babu (born 15 June 1953) is an Indian politician and currently serving as Governor of Odisha[1]. He is the first person from divided Andhra Pradesh and the first Telugu person who served as Governor of Mizoram in North East India[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 being a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.[3] He is former state unit President of Bharatiya Janata Party for Andhra Pradesh.

Early life

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 M.Tech as well as PhD 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.[4][5]

Political career

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.[6]

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.[7]

Election results

General Election, 2014: Visakhapatnam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hari Babu Kambhampati 5,66,832 48.71 +45.71
YSRCP Y. S. Vijayamma 4,76,344 40.94 +40.94
INC Bolisetti Satyanarayana 50,632 4.35 −32.08
BSP Imandi Venkata Kurmarao 14,947 1.28 +0.41
JSP Sabbam Hari 6,644 0.57 +0.57
NOTA None of the Above 7,329 0.63 +0.63
Majority 90,488 7.78 +1.20
Turnout 11,63,558 67.54 −5.41
BJP gain from INC Swing +12.28

Development works

Hari Babu uses his MPLADS funds with thrust on health, education, drinking water, and skill development.[8] He has advocated transparency in utilization of MPLADS funds and focus on big, long-term projects that will help solve chronic problems.[9] Some of these projects include providing toilets and furniture in all Government schools, drinking water in all areas not covered under GVMC.[10]

To encourage people's participation, he conducted One MP - One Idea contest under the scheme.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati appointed new Governor of Odisha". Odisha TV. 24 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Dr Kambhampati Haribabu Takes Oath as the 22nd Governor of Mizoram". Raj Bhavan Mizoram. 19 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Vizag's non-local 'localite' - Times of India". The Times of India. 21 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Election Results: Professor teaches a political lesson to Vijayamma - Times of India". The Times of India. 17 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Kambhampatiharibabu.in".
  7. ^ "Kambhampatiharibabu.in".
  8. ^ "Haribabu spells out thrust areas for LAD funds". The Hindu. 22 August 2015.
  9. ^ Sarma, G. V. Prasada (29 July 2014). "Move to bring transparency in MPLADS spending". The Hindu.
  10. ^ "In South India, a Little Furniture, Toilets Makes All the Difference in Schools". 11 June 2016.
  11. ^ "An idea can win you a cash prize!". The Hindu. 8 December 2014.
Lok Sabha
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Visakhapatnam
2014 – 2019 		Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Mizoram
7 July 2021 - Present 		Incumbent