FernandoFernandezMartin

General Data

 * Born on 29 May 1943, Santa Cruz de la Palma (Tenerife)
 * Country: Spain
 * Political Group: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (PPE-DE) Party: Partido Popular

Functions in European Parliament

 * 19/07/1994 - 19/07/1999 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) (Member)
 * 21/07/1994 - 12/03/1996 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection (Substitute)
 * 21/07/1994 - 19/07/1999 : Committee on Development and Cooperation (Member)
 * 21/07/1994 - 19/07/1999 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (Member)
 * 21/07/1994 - 19/07/1999 : Committee on Regional Policy (Substitute)
 * 17/11/1994 - 15/01/1997 : Delegation for relations with South Africa (Member)
 * 12/03/1996 - 15/01/1997 : Committee on External Economic Relations (Substitute)
 * 16/01/1997 - 19/07/1999 : Delegation for relations with South Africa (Substitute)
 * 20/07/1999 - 13/07/2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (Member)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Development and Cooperation (Vice-Chairman)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (Substitute)
 * 14/09/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Development and Cooperation (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs (Substitute)
 * 07/02/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR (Vice-Chairman)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Development (Member)
 * 22/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Regional Development (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 20/09/2004 : Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (Member)
 * 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)
 * 21/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (Vice-Chairman)
 * 23/05/2007 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Member)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Graduate in medicine and surgery (Navarre, 1965)
 * Diploma in Neurology (Barcelona, 1966
 * Paris, 1967)
 * Specialist in clinical neurophysiology and neurology (Navarre, 1968)
 * Doctor of medicine (1975)
 * Assistant lecturer in neurology (Navarre, 1965-1968)
 * Senior lecturer in medical pathology (La Laguna, 1969-1979)
 * Deputy professor in neurology (La Laguna, 1984)
 * Head of the Neurology Department at the University Hospital of the Canary Islands (1971-1999)
 * Member of the PP Regional Executive Committee (Canary Islands, 1991-2004) and of the PP National Executive Committee (1994-1999)
 * Member of the Canary Islands Regional Parliament (1983-1994)
 * Regional President of the Social Democratic Centre party (CDS) in the Canary Islands (1983-1989)
 * Chairman of the PP parliamentary group (1991-1994)
 * President of the Autonomous Government of the Canary Islands (1987-1990)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 1994)
 * Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Development (1999-2001)
 * Member of the ACP-EU Assembly (1994-2004)
 * Vice-Chairman of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and Mercosur (2001-2004)
 * Chairman of the ad hoc delegations for Venezuela (2003) and for Bolivia (2004)
 * Member of election observation missions for various electoral processes in Africa and Latin America
 * Chain of the Order of the Canary Islands
 * Medal of the Spanish Senate and other national and foreign decorations

Votes

 * 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 11.8/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 40.0/100
 * 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 18.1/100
 * 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 18.9/100

Positions
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