Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner


Pirkko Anneli Ruohonen-Lerner is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament 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, and as a member of the council of the city of Porvoo since 1996.