Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 11 April 2023 | |
Preceded by | Laura Huhtasaari |
Constituency | Finland |
In office 27 April 2015 –1 July 2019 | |
Preceded by | Sampo Terho |
Constituency | Finland |
Member of the Finnish Parliament | |
In office 21 March 2007 –6 May 2015 | |
Constituency | Uusimaa |
Personal details | |
Born | Pirkko Anneli Ruohonen-Lerner 6 February 1957 Hyvinkää,Finland |
Political party | Finnish Finns Party EU European Conservatives and Reformists |
Alma mater | University of Helsinki |
Website | www |
Pirkko Anneli Ruohonen-Lerner (born 6 February 1957) is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland. She is a member of the Finns Party,part of the European Conservatives and Reformists.
She was elected to Finnish Parliament in 2007 and served as a member of parliament until 2015. She was the chair of the party's parliamentary group from 2011 to 2014. In April 2015,Ruohonen-Lerner succeeded Sampo Terho in the European Parliament when Terho was elected to the Parliament of Finland. [1]
In her political career,she has served as a member of the council of the municipality of Myrskylä from 1985 to 1988 (then with the National Coalition Party),and as a member of the council of the city of Porvoo since 1996.
She returned to the European Parliament on 11 April 2023 following the resignation of Laura Huhtasaari. [2]
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