Fernando Fernández Martín

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Fernando Fernández Martín

Fernando Fernández Martín (born 29 May 1943, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Tenerife) is a former MEP from the Spanish People's Party (PP) (19.07.1994-13.07.2009).

Affiliations

• Vice-Chairman, Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community
• Member, Committee on Development
• Member, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on Regional Development
• Substitute, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Voted in favour of the directive on "establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy" (A5-0027/2000). The directive covers all water management aspects in order to achieve a 'good status' of all waters by 2015.
• Voted against the directive on "waste electrical and electronic equipment" (A5-0100/2002). The amendment sets higher reuse and recycling rates for IT and telecommunication equipment. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
• Voted against the regulation concerning "traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms" (A5-0229/2002). The amendment allows customers the right to choose GM free food.
• Voted against the report towards a "thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides" (A5-0061/2003). The amendment proposes to ban or severely restrict use of pesticides in areas around sources of drinking water and nature protected zones.
• Voted in favour of the directive on "environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage" (A5-0145/2003). According to the amendment, polluters have to pay for environmental clean-up, and it supports an EU-wide regime which makes polluters liable for the damage they cause to wildlife, water and land.
• Voted against the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
• Voted against the amendment on Bulgaria’s progress towards accession (A5-0105/2004). The report objects to extending the life of the nuclear power stations in Bulgaria.

Personal Information

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.

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

11E142

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45605

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49605

Email:

fernando.fernandezmartin@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaración relativa a los intereses económicos de los diputados: Fernando Fernández Martín, 08 December 2008, accessed 29 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Fernando Fernández Martín, accessed 29 April 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 29 April 2009.