José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA

• Personal and academic data

 Born the 31st May 1955 in Madrid.

 Bachelor degree in law and PHD law courses at the Complutense University of Madrid.

 Diplomate in European integration by the Diplomatic School of Madrid and the National Institute of Public Administration.

 Honorary Doctorate by Las Américas University of Chile.

•  Member of the European Parliament (1994-2014 ; 2017- today)

 Commission of Foreign Affairs (Vice-coordinator of the EPP group).

 Commission of International Trade (Standing rapporteur EU-MERCOSUR agreement).

 Commission of Budgetary Control.

 Representative of the European Parliament in the Board of the EU Trust Fund for Colombia.

 President of the Parliamentarian Assembly Euro-Latin-American (EUROLAT) (until July 2014).

 President of the Monitoring Group on the situation of the countries of the Arab spring (until July 2014).

 Speaker of the Majority Group of the Chamber in the Foreign Affairs Commission (until July 2014).

 Member of Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (until July 2014).

 Vice-President of the EPP Group (2001-2004).

 Member of the Board of Governors of the European Endowment for Democracy (until July 2014).

 Member of the Delegation EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee and the Delegation for relations with the United States. (until July 2014).

 President of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America, Mexico and Cuba (1996-1999) and the Delegation for relations of South America and Mercosur (1995).

 President of the European Parliament Delegation for the Observation of the Presidential Election in Peru (2001, 2006 y 2011), Colombia (2002), Afghanistan (2005), El Salvador (2009) and Paraguay (2013).

 Head of the Electoral Observation of the European Union in Mexico (2006) Lebanon (2005, 2009) and Algeria (2012).

 President of the Delegation ad hoc of the European Parliament in Tunisia (2011) and Libya (2012).

 Representative of the European Parliament in the 2ª, 3ª, 4ª, 5ª, 6ª y 7ª Summits of Head of Government EU-AL.

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• European External Action Service (2015-2017)

 Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador, Head of the European Union Delegation in the Republic of Argentina.

 European Commission (1986 – 1994)

 Member of the Cabinet of the Commissioner Abel Matutes in the three Delors Commissions since the adhesion of Spain to the European Communities (Credits and Investments, SME and Financial Engineering).

 Deputy Chief of Cabinet of the Commissioner Abel Matutes (Foreign Affairs, Transport and Energy).

 Deputy Chief of Cabinet of the Commissioner Marcelino Oreja (Transport and Energy).

• Other activities

 Vice president of the Federal Spanish Council of the European Movement (Consejo Federal Español del Movimiento Europeo) (current).

 Member of the board of the Euro-America Foundation (current).

 Member of the Advisory Council of UNDP (Report Human Development in Latin America 2015).

 President of the Spanish Committee for a Pan European Union (2002-2004).

 Advisor and Consultant in International and European Affairs (2014-2015).

 European Communities Professor in the universities of: Paris, Lille, Trieste, Menéndez Pelayo, Complutense, Autónoma and Politécnica of Madrid, of the following Chambers of commerce: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and the Association of Public Prosecutors of the Kingdom of Spain, etc.

 Member of the inspection corps of the transport of the Ministry of Transport, Tourism and Communications of which he was Head of the international cooperation service (in special services).

 Legal adviser to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (in special services).

 Official of the European Commission (in special leave).

 Member of the board of the EU-LAC Foundation (until 2014).

 Professor at the Diplomat School of Madrid (1985-2009) and Civil Law professor at San Pablo CEU University.

 Author of different books, articles and conferences.

•  Decorations

Gran Collar de la Orden del Mérito (del Parlamento Latinoamericano); Medalla del Congreso del Perú; Gran Cruz de la Orden "Al Mérito del Servicio Diplomático del Perú José Gregorio Paz Soldán"; Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito de Chile; Gran Cruz de la Orden Antonio José de Irisarri de Guatemala; Gran Cruz de la Orden Francisco de Miranda de Venezuela; Gran Cruz de la Orden de Morazán del Parlamento Centroamericano; Gran Cruz de la Orden del Quetzal de Guatemala; Gran Oficial de la Orden del Mérito Andino del Parlamento Andino; Gran Oficial de la Orden de Bernardo O’Higgins de Chile; Gran Oficial de la Orden al Mérito Centroamericano del Parlamento Centroamericano; Gran Oficial de la Orden de S. Carlos de Colombia; Gran Oficial de la Orden de los Cinco Volcanes de Guatemala; Gran Oficial de la Orden del Mérito de Ecuador; Gran Oficial de la Orden de la Batalla de San Jacinto de Nicaragua, , Comendador de la Orden del Mérito de Colombia; Comendador de la Orden del Sol de Perú; Comendador de la Orden del Mérito de Ecuador; Oficial de la Orden de Mayo de Argentina; de la Orden del Águila Azteca de México; Gran Oficial de la Orden del Mérito de Colombia; Orden del Cedro del Líbano; Orden Presidencial de la Excelencia de Georgia.