A former refugee from Bhutan was elected to the Reynoldsburg, OH City Council on Nov 5. Reynoldsburg, a suburb of Columbus, has a diverse population of several cultures and races. Running as a Democrat, He defeated the Incumbent Republican 55-41%. He is the first Bhutanese to be elected to public office outside of Bhutan.
Bhuwan spent 18 years in a refugee camp in Nepal. He was eventually re-settled in the US in 2009 arriving in Colorado before moving to Columbus, OH where he got his US citizenship in 2016. He realized that he wanted to be more proactive and give back to his community that had helped him. “I want to be part of the community and give back. That is why I wanted to run for the office”.
”As a new city council member, Bhuwan plans to remove the language, and cultural barrier in the community that has large diverse population.”
From nepalsite.com... “Bhuwan, 40, along with his family fled Bhutan’s ethnic cleansing when he was just 9 years old. He spent 18 years in a refugee camp in Eastern Nepal before he was resettled to the U.S. where years later, he would make history. “It’s an American dream”, he told Nepalisite.com. “We didn’t even have doors while living at the refugee camp in Nepal. Life was tough for us then”, he said. Despite economic hardship, Bhuwan managed to get an education in the camp and later earned a bachelor degree in India.”
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