Markus Ferber (born 15 January 1965) is a German engineer and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1994. He is a member of the Christian Social Union, part of the European People's Party. In addition to his parliamentary work, Ferber has been serving as president of the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSS) since 2020. Education 1990: Degree in electrical engineering Career 1990–1992: Development engineer at Siemens in Munich 1992–1994: Engineer in the marketing department of Pfister in Augsburg since 1999: CSU district chairman of the Augsburg region 2003–2005: Deputy District Chairman of the CSU in Swabia since 2005: District Chairman of the CSU in Swabia 1990–1999: Town councillor in Bobingen since 1996: Member of Augsburg district council since 1999: Chairman of the CSU European Affairs Group since 2000: Regional Chairman of the Bavaria Europa-Union Member of the European Parliament, 1994–present A member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria and of the Bureau of the European People's Party, Ferber is currently a vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs on which he has been serving since 2009. He is also a full member of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect and a substitute member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism. From 2016 until 2017, Ferber was part of the Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) that investigated the Panama Papers revelations and tax avoidance schemes more broadly. In 2020, he also joined the Subcommittee on Tax Matters. Previously, Ferber was a member of the Committee on Budgets between 1999 and 2009 as well as of the Committee on Budgetary Control between 2004 and 2009. Prior to that, he served on the Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy between 1994 and 1997. In his capacity as member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Ferber led the negotiations on an update of securities trading rules, known as Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), for the European Parliament from 2012 to 2013. In addition to his committee assignments, Ferber serves as a member of the European Parliament's Sky and Space Intergroup (SSI) and the European Parliament Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). In early 2014, the CSU chose Ferber to lead the party list for the 2014 European elections. He was replaced