Pablo Zalba Bidegain
| Pablo Zalba Bidegain | |
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| Born |
28 January 1975 Pamplona |
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 Spain
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| Occupation | politician |
Pablo Zalba Bidegain (born 28 January 1975) is a Spanish economist and politician and has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), for the European People's Party, since June 2009.
Zalba Bidegain was born in Pamplona. In 1997 he graduated in Business Administration and Management from the University of Navarre. In 2007 he obtained an Executive MBA from London Business School.
In 1998 he began working at Arcelor Mittal, both at its headquarters in Madrid and Pamplona, where he was active as head of International Business Development in the Construction Unit. From 2005 to 2009 he worked in Sic Lazaro in Pamplona as a Sales and Business Developer.
In 2008 he participated in the reconstitution of the Navarre Popular Party as a member of its Executive Committee. He has been president of the Navarre Popular Party since 29 July 2014.
He was elected a Member of the European Parliament for the party in June 2009. In that term, he was Vice-President of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament and a member of the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China. He was also Vice-President of the Youth and Friends of Free Cuba Intergroups.
He was implicated in the 2011 cash for influence scandal together with fellow MEPs Adrian Severin, Ernst Strasser and Zoran Thaler. He was the only one of the four accused MEPs who denied any wrongdoing.
Pablo Zalba had a very important role in the approval of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and South Korea. He introduced safeguard measures to protect Europe's most sensitive sectors. The agreement came into force on 1 July 2011. Zalba was also the promoter of the Chamber of Commerce Korea-Spain with former Minister Josep Piqué.
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