Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European ParliamentMemberSpainPartido Socialista Obrero Español
Born on
30 January 1940, Madrid
Vice-President
PEEuropean Parliament
Member
BUROParliament's Bureau
DEVECommittee on Development
PETICommittee on Petitions
DPAPDelegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament
DACPDelegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
Substitute
DCARDelegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee
D-UADelegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
DEPADelegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
Curriculum vitae
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Studied in Madrid, Toulouse and Vienna. Gold Medal of Comenius University, Bratislava (Slovakia). Honorary doctor of the universities of Moscow (Russia), Cluj (Romania) and Aberdeen (United Kingdom).
Deputy Secretary General (1964) and Vice-President (1966) of IUSY. Secretary-General of the IFM-SEI (1966). Responsible for trade union training at ICFTU (1973). Member of the UGT Provincial executive committee for Ciudad Real (1980). PSOE Secretary-General for Castile and La Mancha (1981). Member of the PSOE Federal Executive (1987).
Member of the Congress of Deputies for Ciudad Real (1977-1999).
Vice-President of the WEU Assembly (1986-1996). Vice-President (1983-1992) and President (1992-1996) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Member of the European Parliament (since 1999). President of the Interparliamentary Union (1997-1999). Vice-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (since 2001).
Order of Constitutional Merit (1988). Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (1996). Grand Cross of Isabel the Catholic (1999) and other decorations from over 30 countries (15 from Member States of the European Union).