Juan Fernando López Aguilar

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Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2009
Minister of Justice
In office
2004–2007
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
1996–2007
In office
2008–2009
Member of the Parliament of the Canary Islands
In office
2007–2008
Personal details
Born
Juan Fernando López Aguilar

(1961-06-10) 10 June 1961 (age 62)
caricaturist

Juan Fernando López Aguilar (pronounced

Las Palmas in the Congress of Deputies
between 1996 and 2007 and between 2008 and 2009.

Early life and education

López Aguilar was born in

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He funded his studies largely by working as a newspaper caricaturist and comic-book illustrator.[1]

Political career

Member of the Spanish Parliament, 1996–2007

As a member of the Spanish parliament, López Aguilar served as his parliamentary group’s spokesperson on home affairs.[2]

Candidate for President of the Canary Islands, 2006–2007

In November 2006, López Aguilar was chosen as the socialist candidate for the Presidency of the Canary Islands Government.[3]

He won the

2007 elections, but his majority was insufficient to defeat opposition manoeuvring that prevented him becoming leader of the regional government. Instead, he was later nominated to head the PSOE list in the 2009 European elections.[4]

Member of the European Parliament, 2009–present

López Aguilar has been a

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, which he chaired during first term until 2014[5] and since 2019.[6] In this capacity, he served as the parliament's rapporteur on fundamental rights in Poland (2020)[7] and on COVID-19 certificates (2021).[8]

In addition, López Aguilar served on the Special Committee on Organized Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering (2012-2013) and the Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (2016-2017) that investigated the Panama Papers revelations and tax avoidance schemes more broadly.[citation needed]

Since 2014, López Aguilar also has been serving as vice-chairman of the parliament’s delegation to the

Tajikistani parliamentary elections
2010.

López Aguilar is a member of the Spinelli Group,[10] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime).[11]

Other activities

References

  1. European Voice
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  2. European Voice
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  3. ^ "Candidato de Canarias, Juan Fernando López Aguilar". PSOE (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  4. European Voice
    .
  5. ^ "Your MEPs : Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR". European Parliament. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  6. ^ "Parliament's committees elect chairs and vice-chairs". European Parliament. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  7. ^ Vanessa Gera (14 September 2020), Poland criticized in EU Parliament over courts, LGBT rights Associated Press.
  8. ^ EU members agree on Covid-19 passes for summer travel France 24, 21 May 2021.
  9. European Voice
    , 27 September 2012.
  10. ^ Board & Members Spinelli Group.
  11. ^ Members of the European Parliament on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) European Parliament. Accessed 13 January 2023.
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