José Manuel Ferreira Fernandes (born 26 July 1967) is a Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party. He has been Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in the government of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro since 2024.[1]
José Manuel Fernandes | |
|---|---|
 Fernandes in 2024 | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | |
| Assumed office 2 April 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Luís Montenegro |
| Preceded by | Maria do Céu Antunes |
| Member of the European Parliament for Portugal | |
| In office 14 July 2009 – 1 April 2024 | |
| Succeeded by | Teófilo Santos |
| Mayor of Vila Verde | |
| In office 14 December 1997 – 27 April 2009 | |
| Preceded by | António Cerqueira |
| Succeeded by | António Vilela |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Manuel Ferreira Fernandes 26 July 1967 Vila Verde, Portugal |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Minho |
| Occupation | Information engineer • Politician |
Previously, Fernandes was a Member of the European Parliament between 2009 and 2024.[2] Earlier in his career, he was Mayor of Vila Verde in northern Portugal (1997–2009).[3]
Political career
editEarly beginnings
editFernandes served as president of JSD - Social Democratic Youth of Vila Verde (1992-1993) and as leader of the Braga district political committee of JSD (1994-1996).[4]
Member of the European Parliament, 2009–2024
editIn parliament, Fernandes was a member of the Committee on Budgets. He was also his parliamentary group's coordinator on the committee.[5][6] In this capacity, he was the parliament's rapporteur on the 2012 and 2016 annual budgets as well as the European Fund for Strategic Investments.[citation needed] In 2020, he served as the Parliament's co-rapporteur (alongside Valérie Hayer) on a successful motion to assign new tax revenues to the budget of the European Union to repay its joint borrowing of 750 billion euros ($888 billion) for economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
In addition to his committee assignments, Fernandes was part of the parliament's delegations to Brazil, for relations with Mercosur and to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.[8] He had previously been a member of the delegations to China (2009–2014), to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2014–2019) and for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2014–2019).[9] He was also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas,[10] the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability[11] and the MEPs Against Cancer group.[12]
Following the 2019 elections, Fernandes was part of a cross-party working group in charge of drafting the European Parliament's five-year work program on economic and fiscal policies as well as trade.[13]
Recognition
editIn 2020, Fernandes was voted the most influential Portuguese MEP of 2020.[14]
References
edit- ^ Agroportal (28 March 2024). "Quem é José Manuel Fernandes, o novo Ministro da Agricultura e Pesca". Agroportal (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ His MEP profile
- ^ Sofia Diogo Mateus (11 January 2021), Portuguese people to know in the Brussels Bubble Politico Europe.
- ^ "QUEM É O VILAVERDENSE JOSÉ MANUEL FERNANDES – O NOVO MINISTRO DA AGRICULTURA E PESCA?". bloguedominho.blogs.sapo.pt. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ Ryan Heath, Maïa de La Baume, Harry Cooper and David M. Herszenhorn (1 November 2016), MEPs dig their heels in over Oettinger Politico Europe.
- ^ Koert Debeuf (22 November 2019), The EU debate on its own resources EUobserver.
- ^ Jan Strupczewski (September 16, 2020), European Parliament votes for new taxes in EU to repay recovery borrowing Reuters.
- ^ José Manuel Fernandes European Parliament.
- ^ José Manuel Fernandes European Parliament.
- ^ Members 2019-2024 European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.
- ^ Members of the Disability Intergroup - EPP European Disability Forum.
- ^ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature Archived 31 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine MEPs Against Cancer.
- ^ Florian Eder (June 13, 2019), POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by Google: Madrid’s moment — Parliament working groups sneak peak[sic — Happy birthday, GDPR] Politico Europe.
- ^ Sofia Diogo Mateus (11 January 2021), Portuguese people to know in the Brussels Bubble Politico Europe.