(José Manuel) Fernandes

José Manuel Fernandes is a member of the European Parliament since 14 July 2009 for the "Partido Social Democrata", which is aligned with the European People's Party. Fernandes is elected on behalf of Portugal.

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Personal data

Country
Portugal

Place and date of birth
Vila Verde, 26 July 1967

2.

Party/Movement

National political party
Partido Social Democrata

European Parliamentary Group
European People's Party

3.

Main functions and occupations

Main functions and occupations
  • Founder of Moure Youth Association and Chair of its executive committee, from 1990 until 1992
  • Chair General Assembly Youth Association, from 1992 until 1994
  • Vila Verde PSD councillor, from December 1993 until December 1997
  • Founder and Vice-Chair of the Moure Social and Parish Centre, from 1994 until 1997
  • Chair of the bureau of the plenary assembly, 1997
  • Member of the National Assembly, from 1999 until 2002
  • Mayor of Vila Verde, from December 1997 until July 2009
  • President of the Cávado Regional Development Agency and Chair of the Association of Cávado Valley Municipalities
  • President of the executive council of the Cávado Valley Intermunicipal Community (Cávado CIM), from 17 November 2008 until July 2009
  • member of the general council of the Northern Region Coordination Commission and the general council of the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities until July, 2009
  • member European Parliament, from 14 July 2009

4.

Party political functions

Previous
  • Chair of the Young Social Democrats (JSD) in Vila Verde, from 1992 until 1993
  • Chair of the Braga District Political Committee of the JSD, from 1994 until 1996
  • Member of the District Political Committee of the Braga PSD, from 1994 until 1996
  • Chair of the Policy Committee of the Vila Verde Section of the PSD, from 1997 until 2002
  • PSD leader of the bureau of the Braga District Assembly, from 2000 until 2002
  • Chair of the PSD Braga District Policy Committee, from 2002 until 2004
  • PSD Chair of the bureau of the Braga District Assembly, from 2005

5.

Education

Academic education
  • Graduate in systems engineering and computer science, University of the Minho
  • currently in the third year of a law degree at the University of the Minho

6.

Activities

Activities on European affairs
  • elected as a member of the PSD National Policy Committee at the 26th Congress in Barcelos in 2004, 2004

7.

Publications

Website
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/nl/96899/JOSE+MANUEL_FERNANDES_home.html

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