NAME: Yañez-Barnuevo Garciá, Luis.

SPAIN

POLITICAL GROUP: Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D).

PARTY: Partido Socialista Obrero Español.

CONSTITUENCY: Spain.

DATE OF LATEST ELECTION: 2009.

Committees: Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs; Member of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence; Member of the Delegation for Relations with Mercosur; Member of the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly; Substitute, Committee on Constitutional Affairs; Substitute, Delegation for Relations with the Countries of the Andean Community; Substitute Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly; Substitute, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Political Career: Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 1999-2004; Member of the WEU Parliamentary Assembly 1999-2004; Deputy for Seville 1977-2004; Secretary of State for International Co-operation and for Latin America 1977-2004; Member of Seville City Council 1991; Spokesman for the City Socialist Group 1991; President of the PSOE in Andalusia 1980-1985; Member of the Federal Committee of the PSOE 1980; Secretary for International Relations, PSOE Executive Committee 1975-1979.

Education: Graduate in Medicine and Surgery 1967; Doctor of Gynaecology 1970; Assistant Gynaecologist, Seville 1971; Head of Gynaecology Department, Malaga 1974.

Born: 12 April 1943, Coria del Río.