Jonás Fernández

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

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.

Jonás Fernández
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2014[1][2]
Constituency	Spain
Personal details
Born	(1979-01-08) 8 January 1979 (age 46) Oviedo, Spain
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. 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

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