Javier Zarzalejos

Francisco Javier Zarzalejos Nieto (born 1960) is a Spanish civil servant and politician who serves as Member of the European Parliament since 2019.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Zarzalejos and the second or maternal family name is Nieto.

Javier Zarzalejos
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2 July 2019
ConstituencySpain
Personal details
Born (1960-06-06) 6 June 1960
Bilbao, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Political partyPeople's Party
OccupationCivil servant, politician

Biography

Born on 6 June 1960 in Bilbao,[1] son to José Antonio Zarzalejos Altares,[2] the Civil Governor of Biscay during the Spanish Transition. He is brother of the journalists Charo Zarzalejos and José Antonio Zarzalejos.[3] After Zarzalejos earned a licentiate degree in Law at the University of Deusto, he joined the High Corps of State's Civil Administrators in 1984.[4] From 1996 to 2004 Zarzalejos served as Secretary General of the Cabinet Office of Prime Minister José María Aznar.[5]

Zarzalejos has been secretary general of the Foundation for Social Analysis and Studies (FAES) think tank since 2012, where he previously held the positions of director of the Constitution and Institutions Unit, and editor of the in-house publication Cuadernos de Pensamiento Político.[6]

Included in the 6th place of the People's Party (PP) list for the 2019 European Parliament election in Spain,[7] Zarzalejos was elected MEP for the 2019–2024 term.[8] Integrated within the European People's Party (EPP) political group, he joined the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and the Delegation for relations with Canada (D-CA).[1]

References
  1. "Javier Zarzalejos". www.europarl.europa.eu. European Parliament.
  2. Casanova, Eugeni (18 November 2014). "L'estratègia zombi". www.vilaweb.cat. Vilaweb.
  3. ""Hay asuntos de Estado que son y seguirán siendo secretos"". www.cope.es. Cadena COPE. 4 June 2018.
  4. "Javier Zarzalejos, elegido nuevo secretario general de FAES". www.europapress.es. Europa Press. 4 January 2012.
  5. Javier Zarzalejos Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
  6. Javier Zarzalejos Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
  7. Junta Electoral Central: "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" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (103): 46867–46920. 30 April 2019. ISSN 0212-033X.
  8. "Lista de los 54 eurodiputados elegidos este domingo en España". La Vanguardia. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
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