Jonás Fernández

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.

Jonás Fernández
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2014[1][2]
ConstituencySpain
Personal details
Born (1979-01-08) 8 January 1979 (age 45)
Oviedo, Spain
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party
OccupationPolitician, economist

Jonás Fernández Álvarez (pronounced [xoˈnas feɾˈnandeθ]; born 1979) is a Spanish economist and politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2014.

Early life and education

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Born on 8 January 1979 in Oviedo,[3] Fernández earned a licentiate degree in Economics at the University of Oviedo (1997–2001).[4] He later obtained an M.A. in Economics and Finance from CEMFI-Bank of Spain (2002–2004) and an Executive MBA from IESE Business School (2010–2012).[4]

Career

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Fernández was Secretary-General of the Socialist Youth of Oviedo.[5]

Fernández worked for Madrid-based consulting firm Solchaga Recio & asociados (2005–2014) and lectured at the Charles III University of Madrid (2007–2010).[6][4]

Fernández was included in the 14th position of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) list for the 2014 European Parliament election in Spain,[7] becoming a member of the European Parliament. He ran again for the 2019 European Parliament election in Spain, 16th in the PSOE list,[8] retaining his seat.[9]

As a member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) political group, Fernández has since been serving on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON). In 2020, he also joined the Subcommittee on Tax Matters.[10] In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the Spinelli Group[11] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Trade Unions.[12]

In July 2019, the S&D group in the European Parliament elected Fernández as the group's spokesperson (coordinator) in the ECON Committee.[13] In this capacity, he is also the parliament's rapporteur on measures to ease capital and accounting burdens on banks to ensure a continued flow of loans to businesses struggling in the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.[14]

Works

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  • — (2013). Una alternativa progresista. Barcelona: Ediciones Deusto.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Jonás Fernández". www.europarl.europa.eu. European Parliament.
  4. ^ a b c "Estos son los dos eurodiputados asturianos". www.lavozdeasturias.es. La Voz de Asturias. 27 May 2019.
  5. ^ Rubín, G. D. (15 March 2014). "El PSOE sitúa al asturiano Jonás Fernández en el puesto 14 de la candidatura europea". www.elcomercio.es. El Comercio.
  6. ^ Castaño, Federico (7 November 2016). "El PSOE reconstruye su equipo económico con el eurodiputado Jonás Fernández a la cabeza". www.vozpopuli.com. Voz Pópuli.
  7. ^ Junta Electoral Central: "Acuerdo de 28 de abril de 2014, de la Junta Electoral Central, de proclamación de candidaturas a las elecciones de Diputados al Parlamento Europeo, convocadas por Real Decreto 213/2014, de 31 de marzo, a celebrar el 25 de mayo de 2014" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (104): 33410. 29 April 2014. ISSN 0212-033X.
  8. ^ Junta Electoral Central: "Resolución de 29 de abril de 2019, de la Presidencia de la Junta Electoral Central, de proclamación de candidaturas a las elecciones de diputados al Parlamento Europeo convocadas por Real Decreto 206/2019, de 1 de abril, a celebrar el 26 de mayo de 2019" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (103): 46873. 30 April 2019. ISSN 0212-033X.
  9. ^ "Lista de los 54 eurodiputados elegidos este domingo en España". www.lavanguardia.com. La Vanguardia. 27 May 2019.
  10. ^ Members of the Subcommittee on Tax Matters European Parliament, press release of 9 July 2020.
  11. ^ Board & Members Spinelli Group.
  12. ^ Intergroup on Trade Unions European Parliament.
  13. ^ "Jonás Fernández será el portavoz socialista en el Comité de Asuntos Económicos del Europarlamento". lavozdeasturias.es. La Voz de Asturias. 18 July 2019.
  14. ^ Huw Jones (18 May 2020), EU lawmakers voice support for equal capital treatment of euro bonds Reuters.
  15. ^ Carnicero Urabayen, Carlos (30 November 2016). "Entrevista a Jonás Fernández: "Me rebelo contra el pesimismo sobre Europa y el PSOE"". www.huffingtonpost.es. The Huffington Post.


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