Party: | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
Constituency: | Spain |
Term Start: | 2 July 2019 |
Office: | Member of the European Parliament |
Birth Place: | León, Spain |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Alma Mater: | University of León |
Iban García del Blanco (pronounced as /es/; born 1977) is a Spanish politician, who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.[1]
Born on 8 February 1977 in León,[2] García del Blanco earned a licentiate degree in Law from the University of León.[3]
García del Blanco served as León municipal councillor, provincial deputy in León and Senator.[4] He was appointed to the post of chairman of in 2018.
García del Blanco stood as candidate for the 2019 European election in Spain, included sixth in the PSOE list.[5] Elected as member of the European Parliament, he joined the Committee on Legal Affairs.
In addition to his committee assignments, García del Blanco is part of the Spinelli Group[6] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital.[7]
Resolución de 29 de abril de 2019, de la Presidencia de la Junta Electoral Central, de proclamación de candidaturas a las elecciones de diputados al Parlamento Europeo convocadas por Real Decreto 206/2019, de 1 de abril, a celebrar el 26 de mayo de 2019. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 103. 30 April 2019. 0212-033X. 46867–46920.