Harry Bhandari
Harry Bhandari | |
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| ह्यारी भण्डारी | |
Bhandari in 2025 | |
| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 8th district | |
| Assumed office January 9, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Cluster |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1, 1977 Thapathana, Nepal |
| Citizenship | Nepal United States (since 2011) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Prithvi Narayan Campus Tribhuvan University (MA) University of Maryland, Baltimore County (PhD) |
| Website | Campaign website |
Harry Bhandari (Nepali: ह्यारी भण्डारी; born October 1, 1977) is a Nepalese-born American politician and educator. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the eighth district since 2019. Bhandari is the first Nepali American elected to a state legislature in the United States.
Bhandari unsuccessfully ran in the 2024 U.S. House of Representatives election in Maryland's 2nd congressional district, placing a distant second to Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski in the Democratic primary.