Willy Meyer Pleite

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Willy Meyer Pleite (born 19 August 1952 in Madrid) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Izquierda Unida (United Left). He is a member of the bureau of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries, Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Petitions. He is a substitute for the Committee on Development.

Meyer Pleite was born in Madrid.

Contents 1 Career 2 Education 3 Decorations 4 External links

[edit] Career

• since 1970: Member of the PCE

[edit] Education

• Secretary for International Relations, Izquierda Unida
• Member of the Executive party committee of the Izquierda Unida
• Member of the Izquierda Unida and PCE leadership
• 1987: Town councillor for Sanlúcar de Barrameda
• Member of the Provincial Deputation of Cadiz
• 1996-2000: Member of the Congress of Deputies for Cadiz
• Spokesman for the Committee on Defence
• Spokesman for the Committee on Internal Affairs
• Spokesman for the Joint Congress-Senate Committee on professionalisation of the armed forces
• 1996-2000: Member of the OSCE Assembly and the NATO Assembly

[edit] Decorations

• Grand Cross of the Aeronautical Order of Merit

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Spain)

[edit] External links

• European Parliament biography of Willy Meyer Pleite (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• DeclarationPDF of financial interests (Spanish)