Kambhampati Hari Babu is an Indian politician and the current Governor of Mizoram and he is the first being person from divided Andhra Pradesh and first Telugu person serving as Governor of Mizoram in North East India. He was a

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to the

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from Visakhapatnam (Lok Sabha constituency),

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. He won the 2014 Indian general election being a

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candidate. 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

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to pursue his B.Tech. in electronics and communication engineering in

Andhra University Andhra University ( IAST: ''Āndhra Vișvakalāpariṣhat'') is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926. History King Vikram Deo Verma, the Maharaja of Jeypore was one of the biggest d ...

. 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.

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. During 1991-1993, Hari Babu served as member of Andhra Pradesh State Executive Committee of the

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.

Election results

Development works

Hari Babu uses his MPLADS funds with thrust on health, education, drinking water, and skill development. He has advocated transparency in utilization of MPLADS funds and focus on big, long-term projects that will help solve chronic problems. Some of these projects include providing toilets and furniture in all Government schools, drinking water in all areas not covered under GVMC. To encourage people's participation, he conducted One MP - One Idea contest under the scheme.

References

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