Domènec Ruiz Devesa

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

Domènec Ruiz Devesa (born 1978)^[3] is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 until 2024.^[4]

Domènec Ruiz Devesa MEP
Member of the European Parliament for Spain
In office 2 July 2019[1][2] – 15 July 2024
Personal details
Born	3 March 1978 (1978-03-03) (age 47) Alicante, Spain
Political party	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Political career

Ruiz Devesa started his political career as a economic policy advisor to Jonás Fernández Álvarez, a member of the European Parliament since 2014. Together they co-edited a book on Charlemagne and the European Union.^[5]

In 2019, Ruiz Devesa was elected as an MEP, and worked in the Committee on Culture and Education and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs. In 2021 he was appointed as a member of the Parliament's delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe.^[6] In 2022, he was the parliament's rapporteur on a proposal for an overhaul of European election rules that would give all EU citizens aged 18 and older a greater role in choosing the Commission president, allow them to vote for pan-European MEPs and choose postal voting.^[7]

In addition to his committee assignments, Ruiz Devesa was a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development,^[8] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights,^[9] the European Parliament Intergroup on Trade Unions^[10] and the Spinelli Group.^[11] Ruiz Devesa suggested that the European Central Bank could consider helicopter money.^[12][13]

In 2024 he was not included in the Electoral Lists and ceased to be an MEP at the start of the New European Parliament