José Manuel FERNANDES - MEP

José Manuel FERNANDES

Country: Portugal

Party: Partido Social Democrata

Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1967 in Vila Verde, Braga. Graduate in Systems and Informatics Engineering at the University of Minho. Currently studying Law. Chairman of the Juventude Social Democrata - JSD of Vila Verde (1992 and 1993). Leader of the Braga District Political Committee of the JSD (1994-1996). 1998, Mayor of Vila Verde. He is currently concluding his third mandate. 1999 legislative elections, head of the PSD candidate list for the Braga, elected Member of the Portuguese Parliament. 2004 elected Member of the National Political Committee of the PSD. Chairman of the Agency for the Regional Development of Cávado and Chairman of the Association of the Municipalities of Vale do Cávado. He integrates the General Council of the Coordination's Committee in the Northern Region and the General Council of the National Association of the Portuguese Municipalities. MEP since 2009.

My Positions in Parliament:

  • Chair - Brazil
  • Vice-Chair - Intergroup on the Green New Deal
  • Coordinator - Budgets
  • Member - Intergroup on Sky and Space
  • Member - Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas (SEARICA)
  • Member - Intergroup on European Cultural Heritage, Ways of Saint James and other European Cultural Routes
  • Member - Intergroup on Disability
  • Member - Intergroup on Demographic Challenges, Family-Work Balance and Youth Transitions
  • Member - Intergroup on Sustainable, Long-Term Investments and Competitive European Industry
  • Member - Intergroup on Biodiversity, Hunting and Countryside
  • Member - Partido Social Democrata
  • Member - Eurolat
  • Member - Mercosur
  • Member - Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Member - Budgets
  • Member - Conference of Delegation Chairs
  • Member - European Parliament
  • Substitute - Union for the Mediterranean
  • Substitute - Maghreb
  • Substitute - Employment and Social Affairs

My Positions in the group:

  • Head of National Delegation - EPP Group Bureau
  • Member - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
  • Member - EPP Group Heads of National Delegation

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Addresses

BRU:

SPINELLI 08E142 (ALTIERO SPINELLI)
Parlement européen
60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Bruxelles / Brussel

+32 (0)2 28 45165

BRU:

SPINELLI 08E142 (ALTIERO SPINELLI)
Parlement européen
60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Bruxelles / Brussel

+32 (0)2 28 38165

STR:

WEISS T09147 (LOUISE WEISS)
Parlement européen
Allée du Printemps
BP 1024/F
F-67070 Strasbourg cedex

+33 (0)3 88 1 75165