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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 (1957-02-06) 6 February 1957 (age 67) Hyvinkää, Finland |
Political party | ![]() Finns Party ![]() 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.
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.
References※
- ^ "Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerneristä tulee europarlamentaarikko". 4 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ Karvala, Samu (2023-04-13). "Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner palasi EU-parlamenttiin – "Olen sydämeltäni aina porvoolainen ja hamarilainen"". Uusimaa (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-04-17.
External links※
- Parliament of Finland: Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner (in Finnish)
- Home page (in Finnish)
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