Bhubaneswar, Oct 18: Brajmohan Ram was sworn in as the 44th Governor of Odisha at Lok Bhavan in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.

Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court, Justice Harish Tandon, administered the oath of office at a ceremony attended by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy, state ministers, MPs, MLAs and senior government officials.

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Ram succeeds Hari Babu Kambhampati as the constitutional head of Odisha. President Droupadi Murmu appointed him as the new Governor on October 12.

Born on January 1, 1958, in Chandwa, in present-day Jharkhand's Latehar district, Ram graduated from Ranchi University. An agriculturist by profession, he entered electoral politics in 1991 after winning the Bihar Assembly election on a BJP ticket.

He served as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly until 1995. Subsequently, he represented the Palamu Lok Sabha constituency for three consecutive terms, winning elections in 1996, 1998 and 1999.