In an interview with VOA Clarke told that he plans to work on expanding commerce and trade with Bangladesh, an issue he discussed with Bangladeshi officials during a 2007 visit to the country. Clarke, who was raised a Muslim and converted to Catholicism, says he also plans to work with local officials to end religious and racial profiling in Michigan.
Clarke was born in Detroit, Michigan to a Bangladeshi American father , Mozaffar Ali Hashem, hailed from Sylhet and an African American mother, Thelma Clarke won the congressional seat, held by Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick for more than 20 years.
Clarke attended Cass Technical High School, and then was admitted to a prestigious east-coast prep school to complete his high school. Then he studied at Cornell University, graduating with a degree in fine arts. While at the university, he became interested in politics. He was elected to the student seat on the Cornell University Board of Trustees and was a member of the Quill and Dagger society. He then earned a law degree from Georgetown Law School in 1987. Clarke worked as chief of staff to U.S. Representative John Conyers, as well as in Wayne County during the administration of Edward H. McNamara.
In his political career, Clarke was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1990 and served one term before being defeated in the Democratic primary in 1992. Clarke was re-elected to the Michigan House. Hansen Clarke was then elected to the Michigan Senate in 2002, defeating incumbent Senator Ray Murphy. After an unsuccessful mayoral bid in 2005, Senator Clarke was re-elected to his seat in the Senate in 2006.
In an interview with VOA Clarke told that he plans to work on expanding commerce and trade with Bangladesh, an issue he discussed with Bangladeshi officials during a 2007 visit to the country. Clarke, who was raised a Muslim and converted to Catholicism, says he also plans to work with local officials to end religious and racial profiling in Michigan.
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