Kumar P. Barve
Politician
1958 –
Who is Kumar P. Barve?
Kumar P. Barve born September 8, 1958 in Schenectady, New York is an American politician. He is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 17 in Montgomery County, which includes the cities of Rockville and Gaithersburg. He was the first Indian-American to be elected to a state legislature in the United States, and has served since 2002 as the Majority Leader of the House of Delegates. His legislative work has focused largely on health care and the promotion of the high-tech industry in Maryland; he sponsored both the 1995 Health Access Act that place limits on HMOs for the first time and legislation that created the Technology Development Corporation of Maryland.
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- Born
- Sep 8, 1958
Schenectady - Also known as
- Kumar Barve
- Spouses
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Ethnicity
- Indian American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Georgetown University
- Lived in
- Maryland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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