Ron Swanson

Ronald Ulysses Swanson is the Director of the Parks and Recreation Department in Pawnee, Indiana. He is a libertarian who enjoys woodworking, meat, and whiskey, often seen in plaid shirts and brown jackets with a thick mustache. He loves woodworking, hunting, fishing, and eating meat, and once won a hamburger cook-off at the Pawnee Harvest Festival. Ron has a brooding, protective, and self-deprecating personality. He is single and estranged from his parents. His hobbies include woodworking, hunting, fishing, and eating meat. Notable events in his life include winning a hamburger cook-off and serving in the military, and he dislikes bureaucracy and inefficiency.