Jonás Fernández

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

Jonás Fernández
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2014[1][2]
Constituency	Spain
Personal details
Born	8 January 1979 Oviedo, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Occupation	Politician, economist

Early life and education

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

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. Integrated within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) political group, he became a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON). In 2020, he also joined the Subcommittee on Tax Matters.[8]

Fernández ran again for the 2019 European Parliament election in Spain, 16th in the PSOE list,[9] renovating his seat.[10]

In July 2019, the S&D group in the European Parliament elected Fernández as the group's spokesperson (coordinator) in the ECON Committee.[11] 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.[12]

Works

• — (2013). Una alternativa progresista. Barcelona: Ediciones Deusto.[13]

References

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. "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. Members of the Subcommittee on Tax Matters European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
9. 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.
10. "Lista de los 54 eurodiputados elegidos este domingo en España". www.lavanguardia.com. La Vanguardia. 27 May 2019.
11. "Jonás Fernández será el portavoz socialista en el Comité de Asuntos Económicos del Europarlamento". lavozdeasturias.es. La Voz de Asturias. 18 July 2019.
12. Huw Jones (May 18, 2020), EU lawmakers voice support for equal capital treatment of euro bonds Reuters.
13. 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.