Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner

Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner

Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner in 2011
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
27 April 2015[1]
Preceded by Sampo Terho
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Uusimaa
In office
21 March 2007  6 May 2015
Succeeded by Leena Meri
Personal details
Born (1957-02-06) February 6, 1957
Hyvinkää
Nationality Finnish
Political party True Finns
Religion Evangelical Lutheran

Pirkko Anneli Ruohonen-Lerner (born February 6, 1957 in Hyvinkää) is a Finnish politician, representing the The Finns Party. She was elected to Finnish Parliament in 2007 and served as a member of parliament till 2015. She was the chairwoman of the party's parliamentary group 2011–2014. In April 2015, Ruohonen-Lerner succeeded Sampo Terho in the European Parliament when Terho was elected to Parliament of Finland.[2]

In her political career she has served as a member of the council of the municipality of Myrskylä 1985-1988 (then with the National Coalition Party), and as a member of the council of the city of Porvoo since 1996.

References

  1. "MEPs: Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner". European Parliament. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. "Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerneristä tulee europarlamentaarikko". 4 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.

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