Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner Explained

Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner
Honorific-Suffix:MEP
Office:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start:11 April 2023
Constituency:Finland
Term Start1:27 April 2015
Term End1:1 July 2019
Constituency1:Finland
Birth Name:Pirkko Anneli Ruohonen-Lerner
Birth Date:6 February 1957
Birth Place:Hyvinkää, Finland
Party: Finland
Finns Party

European Conservatives and Reformists
Alma Mater:University of Helsinki
Office2:Member of the Finnish Parliament
Termend2:6 May 2015
Termstart2:21 March 2007
Constituency2:Uusimaa
Predecessor:Laura Huhtasaari
Predecessor1:Sampo Terho

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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Notes and References

  1. News: Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerneristä tulee europarlamentaarikko. 4 May 2015. 6 May 2015.
  2. Web site: Karvala . Samu . 2023-04-13 . Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner palasi EU-parlamenttiin – "Olen sydämeltäni aina porvoolainen ja hamarilainen" . 2023-04-17 . Uusimaa . fi.