Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Biswabhusan Harichandan has been appointed as Governor of Andhra Pradesh by President Ram Nath Kovind today.

The 84-year-old politician was elected to Odisha Assembly for five times from Chilika and Bhubaneswar constituencies.

The octogenarian was a cabinet minister in the BJD-BJP coalition government in 2004.

He began his political career as a member of Bharatiya Jana Sangha in 1971.