Jerry Buttimer

Jerry Buttimer
Buttimer in 2022
Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
Assumed office
16 December 2022
DeputyMark Daly
Preceded byMark Daly
Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
In office
7 July 2020 – 21 August 2020
CathaoirleachMark Daly
Preceded byPaul Coghlan
Succeeded byJoe O'Reilly
Leader of the Seanad
In office
8 June 2016 – 27 June 2020
Taoiseach
DeputyCatherine Noone
Preceded byMaurice Cummins
Succeeded byRegina Doherty
Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad
In office
8 June 2016 – 27 June 2020
Leader
  • Enda Kenny
  • Leo Varadkar
Preceded byMaurice Cummins
Succeeded byRegina Doherty
Senator
Assumed office
8 June 2016
In office
13 September 2007 – 25 February 2011
ConstituencyLabour Panel
Teachta Dála
In office
February 2011 – February 2016
ConstituencyCork South-Central
Personal details
Born
Gerard Martin Buttimer

(1967-03-18) 18 March 1967 (age 57)
Cork, Ireland
Political partyFine Gael
Spouse
Conchobar Ó Laoghaire
(m. 2017)
Alma mater
Websitejerrybuttimer.ie

Jerry Buttimer (born 18 March 1967) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann since December 2022. He has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since 2016, and previously from 2007 to 2011. He served as Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from July 2020 to August 2020, Leader of the Seanad from 2016 to 2020 and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2016 to 2020. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency from 2011 to 2016.[1]

  1. ^ "Jerry Buttimer". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2010.