
Country: Spain
Party: Partido Popular
Curriculum Vitae
Born in Montellano (Seville) on 21 January 1957, Juan Ignacio Zoido Alvarez holds a Law Degree from the University of Seville, where he has also been a professor of civil law. He has belonged to the Spanish judiciary since 1982 and was promoted to magistrate in 1987. He was appointed Judge Dean of the Courts of Seville in 1992 and became part of the Government Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice.
His political experience is extensive, having carried out different political positions since 1996. He was the General Director of the Ministry of Justice and Government Delegate in Castilla-La Mancha and in Andalucia. He became Mayor of Seville and President of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces in 2011. He was elected as Member of the Regional Parliament in Andalucia and Member of the Spanish Congress. He became President of the Partido Popular in Andalucia and Member of the National Executive Committee of the Partido Popular. He was the Spanish Minister of Interior and Home Affairs in 2016.
MEP since 2019.
My Positions in Parliament:
- Co-Chair - Intergroup on Wine, Spirits and Foodstuffs
- Vice-Chair - Intergroup on Biodiversity, Hunting and Countryside
- Coordinator - Use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware
- Vice-Coordinator - Agriculture and Rural Development
- 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 Children’s Rights
- Member - Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital
- Member - Future of Science and Technology
- Member - Partido Popular
- Member - Eurolat
- Member - Union for the Mediterranean
- Member - Central America
- Member - Maghreb
- Member - Palestine
- Member - Use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware
- Member - Agriculture and Rural Development
- Member - International Trade
- Member - European Parliament
- Substitute - Arab Peninsula
- Substitute - Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Substitute - Budgetary Control
My Positions in the group:
- Member - Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
MY WORK IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
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Addresses
BRU:
SPINELLI 10E116 (ALTIERO SPINELLI)
Parlement européen
60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Bruxelles / Brussel
BRU:
SPINELLI 10E116 (ALTIERO SPINELLI)
Parlement européen
60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Bruxelles / Brussel
STR:
WEISS T10010 (LOUISE WEISS)
Parlement européen
Allée du Printemps
BP 1024/F
F-67070 Strasbourg cedex