Fernando Fernández Martín

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Fernando Fernández Martín (born on 29 May 1943 in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Tenerife) is a Spanish politician that was the president of the Canary Islands between 1987 and 1989. 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 for the Committee on Regional Development, a vice-chair of the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community and a substitute for the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

1 Education
2 Career
3 Decorations
4 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 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