| Party: | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Office: | Member of the European Parliament |
| Constituency: | Spain |
| Term Start: | 1 July 2014[1] [2] |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Oviedo, Spain |
| Nationality: | Spanish |
| Occupation: | Politician, economist |
Jonás Fernández Álvarez (pronounced as /es/; born 1979) is a Spanish economist and politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2014.
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).
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]
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]
Acuerdo de 28 de abril de 2014, de la Junta Electoral Central, de proclamación de candidaturas a las elecciones de Diputados al Parlamento Europeo, convocadas por Real Decreto 213/2014, de 31 de marzo, a celebrar el 25 de mayo de 2014. 33410. 29 April 2014. 0212-033X. 104. Boletín Oficial del Estado.
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. 46873. 30 April 2019. 0212-033X. 103. Boletín Oficial del Estado.