Fernando Fernández Martín (born 29 May 1943 in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Tenerife) is a Spanish politician who was the president of the Canary Islands between 1987 and 1988. He is now a Member of the European Parliament with the People's Party, part of the European People's Party, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Development.
He is a substitute member of the Committee on Regional Development, a vice-chair of the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community and a substitute member for the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
Education 1965: Graduate in medicine and surgery (Navarre) 1966: Diploma in Neurology (Barcelona) 1967: Paris 1968: Specialist in clinical neurophysiology and neurology (Navarre) 1975: Doctor of medicine
Career 1965-1968: Assistant lecturer in neurology (Navarre) 1969-1979: Senior lecturer in medical pathology (La Laguna) 1984: Deputy professor in neurology (La Laguna) 1971-1999: Head of the Neurology Department at the University Hospital of the Canary Islands 1994-1999: Member of the PP Regional Executive Committee (Canary Islands, 1991–2004) and of the PP National Executive Committee 1983-1994: Member of the Canary Islands Regional Parliament 1983-1989: Regional President of the Social Democratic Centre party (CDS) in the Canary Islands 1991-1994: Chairman of the PP parliamentary group 1987-1990: President of the Autonomous Government of the Canary Islands since 1994: Member of the European Parliament 1999-2001: Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Development 1994-2004: Member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly 2001-2004: Vice-Chairman of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and Mercosur 2004: Chairman of the ad hoc delegations for Venezuela (2003) and for Bolivia Member of election observation missions for various electoral processes in Africa and Latin America
Decorations Chain of the Order of the Canary Islands Medal of the Spanish Senate and other national and foreign decorations
See also 2004 European Parliament election in Spain
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