Richard Burke (Irish politician)

Richard Burke
Burke in 1983
European Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Administration
In office 1 April 1982 – 5 January 1985
President	Gaston Thorn
Preceded by	Michael O'Kennedy
Succeeded by	Henning Christophersen
European Commissioner for Taxation, Consumer Affairs, Transport and Parliamentary Relations
In office 6 January 1977 – 6 January 1981
President	Roy Jenkins
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Minister for Education
In office 14 March 1973 – 2 December 1976
Taoiseach	Liam Cosgrave
Preceded by	Pádraig Faulkner
Succeeded by	Peter Barry
Teachta Dála
In office June 1981 – 30 March 1982
Constituency	Dublin West
In office June 1969 – June 1977
Constituency	Dublin County South
Personal details
Born	(1932-03-29)29 March 1932 New York City, US
Died	15 March 2016(2016-03-15) (aged 83) Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse	Mary ​ (m. 1968)​
Children	6
Alma mater	University College Dublin King's Inns

Richard Burke (29 March 1932 – 15 March 2016) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as European Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Administration from 1982 to 1985, European Commissioner for Taxation, Consumer Affairs, Transport and Parliamentary Relations from 1977 to 1981 and Minister for Education from 1973 to 1976. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1969 to 1976 and from 1981 to 1982.^[1]