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Robert Louis Ciranko (born March 9, 1947) is the current president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (2014–), the principal corporation of Jehovah's Witnesses.


Biography

Born in March 1947 in
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, Ciranko grew up in a Hungarian immigrant family. All four of his grandparents were members of the Jehovah's Witnesses denomination. Ciranko married Ketra Bates in 1978.


Watch Tower Society presidency

Ciranko replaced
Don Alden Adams Don Alden Adams (January 16, 1925 – December 30, 2019) was president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (2000–2014), the principal corporation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Biography Born in January 16, 1925 in Oak Park ...
as president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania in 2014. Ciranko is considered a "helper" to the Governing Body, which maintains authority over the Watch Tower Society and related corporations.


References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ciranko, Robert Louis 1947 births Living people American Jehovah's Witnesses Watch Tower Society presidents American people of Hungarian descent People from Brooklyn