Bronis Ropė

Bronis Ropė
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2014 – 9 July 2024
ConstituencyLithuania
Personal details
Born (1955-04-14) 14 April 1955 (age 69)
Degutėliai, Ignalina District Municipality, Lithuania
Political partyLithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
SpouseDanutė Šileikytė-Ropienė
Children2
EducationKaunas University of Technology

Bronis Ropė (born 14 April 1955) is a Lithuanian member of the European Parliament representing the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (Greens–European Free Alliance). He was first elected in 2014 and was re-elected in 2019.[1]

Biography

He studied at the Kaunas University of Technology between 1974-1979 where he was elected chairman of the faculty trade union from 1976 to 1978. He was the mayor of Ignalina from 1995 to 2014. He is also the first vice chairman of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union. He married his wife Danutė Šileikytė-Ropienė in 1985 and they have two sons.

References

  1. ^ "EP NARIAI IŠ LIETUVOS". Europarl.europa.eu.