Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna

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Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (born on 1 April 1951 in Lugo) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the People's Party, part of the European People's Party and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade and its Committee on Fisheries.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development and a member of the Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand.

[edit] Education

• 1974: Graduate in law
• diploma in international studies
• 1980: Diplomatic School
• 1985: diploma in European Community studies
• 1985: Traineeship in the Legal Service of the European Commission

[edit] Career

• 1985-1993: Legal adviser to the Galician regional government
• 1990-1992: Commissioner for Galicia at Expo-92
• since 1994: Member of the European Parliament
• 1999-2002: Chairman of the Committee on Fisheries
• 2002-2004: Coordinator on fisheries for the EPP Group
• 2002-2004: Coordinator on safety at sea for the EPP Group
• First Vice-Chairman of the Committee on International Trade

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Spain)

[edit] External links

• European Parliament biography of Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• Declaration of financial interests (in Spanish; PDF)