Fernando Fernández Martín

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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

1965-1968: 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