Willy Meyer Pleite

Willy Enrique Meyer Pleite (born 19 August 1952, in Madrid) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Izquierda Unida (United Left). He is a member of the bureau of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries, Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Petitions. He is a substitute for the Committee on Development.
Meyer Pleite was born in Madrid. He is a member of the PCE since 1970.
His name caught the attention of the media after the resignation of his sit as Member of the European Parliament due to the discovery of a controversial SICAV under the ownership of the comunist parliamentary in 2014.

Decorations

• Knight Grand Cross of the Aeronautical Order of Merit [with white distinctive] (Kingdom of Spain, 23/12/1999).

• Boletín Oficial del Estado