Career
Previously he served as municipal councillor in his hometown of Boxmeer between 1998 and 2010, and subsequently as alderman until 2015. Ronnes was born on 6 November 1967 in Boxmeer, but grew up in Vortum-Mullem. Ronnes worked in different capacities for Xerox between 1995 and 2010.
After the 2010 municipal elections he became alderman.
After the next municipal elections in 2014 he stayed on as alderman but received a different portfolio and was also named deputy mayor. In the Parliamentary elections of 2012 Ronnes occupied number fourteen on the Christian Democratic Appeal party list and the party managed to obtain thirteen seats.
Ronnes was thus not elected. On 20 May 2015 he joined the House of Representatives of the Netherlands when he replaced Sander de Rouwe.