Hansen Clarke

Hansen Clarke is an American politician and former U.S. Congressman and Representativeelect in the 14th Congressional District of Michigan. A Democrat, he was the U.S. Representative for Michigans 13th congressional district from 2011 to 2013. Prior to his election to Congress, he had been a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1991 through 1992 and from 1999 through 2002, and had represented the 1st District in the Michigan Senate from 2003 to 2011. Clarke was also the first U.S. Congressman of Bangladeshi descent.

Clarke was born in Detroit, Michigan to father Mozaffar Ali Hashim, who was an immigrant from Beanibazar, Bangladesh, and to an AfricanAmerican mother. He grew up in the citys Lower East Side. Clarkes father died when he was eight years old and his mother worked as a crossing guard to support her family. Although Clarke lost his father in childhood, he says that he was greatly influced by his father and that he strongly identifies with Bangladeshi culture. Clarke is an alumnus of Cass Technical High School, and later graduated from The Governors Academy, a Massachusetts boarding school.

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