Fernando Fernández Martín (born 29 May 1943 in

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) is a

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who was the president of the Canary Islands between 1987 and 1988. He is now a

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with the People's Party, part of the

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, and sits on the

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. He is a substitute member of the

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, 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

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and surgery (Navarre) * 1966:

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(Barcelona) * 1967: Paris * 1968: specialist in clinical neurophysiology and neurology (Navarre) * 1975: doctor of medicine

Career

* 1965-1968: Assistant

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(Navarre) * 1969-1979: Senior

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pathology (La Laguna) * 1984:

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(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:

* 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

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* 2004: Chairman of the ad hoc delegations for Venezuela (2003) and for Bolivia * Member of election observation missions for various electoral processes in

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and Latin America

Decorations

* Chain of the Order of the Canary Islands * Medal of the Spanish Senate and other national and foreign decorations

External links

* * Fernandez Martin, Fernando Fernandez Martin, Fernando Fernandez Martin, Fernando People from Tenerife Fernandez Martin, Fernando Fernandez Martin, Fernando MEPs for Spain 1999–2004 MEPs for Spain 2004–2009 Democratic and Social Centre (Spain) politicians {{Spain-MEP-stub

Education

Career

Decorations

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