Luis Yañez-Barnuevo
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Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García (b. 12 April 1943 in Coria del Río
) is a Spanish
politician and Member of the European Parliament
for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
, part of the Party of European Socialists
. In 1977 he entered national politics when he was elected to the Spanish national parliament as a deputy for Badajoz Province
and was re-elected at the 1979 election as a deputy for Seville Province, representing that district until 2004.
Coria del Río
Coria del Río is a small town near Seville, on the shores of Guadalquivir river.It is popularly known because there are some descendants of the first-ever Japanese official envoy to Spain. In early 17th century, Daimyo Date Masamune of Sendai sent a delegation led by Hasekura Tsunenaga to Europe....
) is a Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
politician and Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
, part of the Party of European Socialists
Party of European Socialists
The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The...
. In 1977 he entered national politics when he was elected to the Spanish national parliament as a deputy for Badajoz Province
Badajoz (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
Badajoz is one of the 52 electoral districts used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It was first contested in modern times in the 1977 General Election. Located in Extremadura in south west Spain, it is the largest electoral...
and was re-elected at the 1979 election as a deputy for Seville Province, representing that district until 2004.