Jean-Claude Martinez (born 30 July 1945, in Sète, Hérault) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the south-west of France. He was a member and a vice-president of the Front National, and was among the Non-Inscrits until the 2007 formation of the Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty Group in the European Parliament. He sits on its Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Martinez is also a substitute for the Committee on Budgets, a member of the delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the countries of Central America. Martinez was part of the "TSM" current inside the FN (Tout sauf Mégret, Anybody But Mégret) during the 1990s crisis, along with Samuel Maréchal, Marine Le Pen, Roger Holeindre, the Catholic current represented by Bernard Antony and Bruno Gollnisch, and Martine Lehideux. Career Postgraduate teaching qualification in law (1975) Course director, ÉNA (National School of Administration), Morocco (1976–1980) Professor at the faculty of law of Panthéon-Assas University since 1983 Deputy Chairman of the National Front Member of a regional council (1992–2004) Former member of Montpellier Municipal Council Member of the National Assembly (1986–1988) Member of the European Parliament (1989-2009) Bibliography Mohammed VI, le Roi stabilisateur, Ed. J-C Godefroy, 2015 Demain 2021, with Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Ed. Godefroy de Bouillon, 2004 La faucille ou le McDo, Lettres du Monde, 2003 La piste américaine, Lettres du Monde, 2002 L'Europe folle, Presses bretonnes, 1996 La fraude fiscale, "Que sais-je", Presses universitaires de France, 1990 L'impôt sur le revenu en question, Litec, 1989 Les cent premiers jours de Jean-Marie Le Pen à l'Élysée, Lettre du Monde, 1988 Lettre ouverte aux contribuables, Albin Michel, 1985 References External links European Parliament biography Declaration of financial interests (in French; PDF file) 1945 births Living people People from Sète French people of Spanish descent Politicians from Occitania (administrative region) National Rally (France) politicians Rally for the Republic politicians Deputies of the 8th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic National Rally (France) MEPs MEPs for South-West France 2004–2009 MEPs for France 1999–2004 Academic staff of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University