Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner
| Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner MEP | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 27 April 2015[1] | |
| Constituency | Finland |
| Member of the Finnish Parliament | |
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In office 21 March 2007 – 6 May 2015 | |
| Constituency | Uusimaa |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Pirkko Anneli Ruohonen-Lerner 6 February 1957 Hyvinkää, Finland |
| Political party |
 FinnishFinns Party  EUEuropean Conservatives and Reformists |
| Alma mater | Tallinn University |
| Website |
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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 the 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
- ↑ "MEPs: Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner". European Parliament. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ "Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerneristä tulee europarlamentaarikko". 4 May 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
External links
- Parliament of Finland: Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner (in Finnish)
- Home page (in Finnish)
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