Editing Charissa Clarke (section)

==Political Career==

===Director of Campaigns===

After graduation, Clarke was employed by the Communist Party as their Director of Campaigns in the run up to the 2006 election. The party was behind in the polls for the first time since before the [[Lauchenoirian Communist Revolution]], and some have credited Clarke with managing to turn it around and secure the party victory in that election.

She was also the architect behind the pro-immigration campaign encouraging foreign citizens to work in Lauchenoiria and reverse the population drain that occurred over the 2000-2010 decade. This campaign achieved moderate success, stabilising the population after years of decline.

===Member of Parliament===

Clarke was elected to the [[Federal Parliament of Lauchenoiria]] on the 5th September 2010, taking office on the 10th. Her name was well-known among Communist supporters, which led to her victory in a constituency that had been held by the Green Party since the 1996. 

She was considered for a ministerial role by the Communist government of [[Alexander Oswald]], however turned down the offer in order to focus on her constituency work. 

She retained her seat in the 2014 election, despite the Communists losing their majority, and became a vocal opponent of [[Laura Moore]] and the [[Lauchenoirian Capitalism Referendum, 2017|capitalism referendum]]. She campaigned for 'No' in the referendum, and was one of the main public supporters of a No vote. She appeared in one televised debate against Moore.

===Secretary of Defence===

On the 9th May 2018, Home Secretary [[Suleman Chaher]] deposed Prime Minister [[Laura Moore]] in what some called a coup d'état. Three days later, Chaher named Clarke his Secretary of Defence.

In her role, she has been primarily responsible for liaising with [[Kerlile]] and [[Gonhog]] regarding their alliance in the [[Second Lauchenoirian Civil War]]. Some commentators suggested her relationship with Kerlile may be strained due to her participation in their conflict in the 1990s, however this has not appeared to be the case.

Clarke is credited with being one of the major architects of Lauchenoirian strategy in the war, and has been fulfilling many of the roles traditionally carried out by the Prime Minister while Suleman Chaher has been in hospital following a gunshot wound sustained during an assassination attempt carried out by [[Leanna Walker]].

===Prime Minister===

Following Suleman Chaher's death, Charissa Clarke was appointed Prime Minister by President [[Kieran MacKenzie]]. She continued the strategies in the war which Chaher had begun, however she allowed Kerlile to increase their involvement in the war. 

In August 2018, she initially turned down an offer by Sanctaria to host peace talks, but then later accepted the offer. She travelled to Sanctaria to participate in such talks, when it was revealed that she had in fact been born in Kerlile.