Education
He studied theology at the University of Helsinki.
He studied theology at the University of Helsinki.
He ran also in the 2014 election but received less than 9,000 votes compared to over 70,000 in the 2009 election, and was not re-elected. Repo is a third generation priest. Repo"s position on the Finnish Church"s involvement in splitting the Estonian Orthodox Church led him into a conflict with metropolitan Johannes in the 1990s.
Repo has been a popular speaker and commentator in radio and television talk shows.
In addition to his church services, he has visited workers in their factories and financial and business leaders. Repo was asked by several parties to run as a candidate in European Parliament elections, and he finally chose the Social Democrats.
His decision to stand in the election led to a conflict between Repo and the church leadership. His candidacy and election to the European Union Parliament in 2009 aroused some interest in the international press, e.g., in Le Monde and in The New York Times.
During his term in the European Parliament, Mitro Repo served in the committee for culture and education and the committee for the internal market and consumer protection.
He was member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2014, elected as an independent candidate on the Social Democratic Party"s ticket.