Pat Cox

Pat Cox
Cox in 2009
President of the European Parliament
In office 15 January 2002 – 20 July 2004
Vice President	Gérard Onesta
Preceded by	Nicole Fontaine
Succeeded by	Josep Borrell
Leader of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group
In office 1 June 1998 – 15 January 2002
Preceded by	Gijs de Vries
Succeeded by	Graham Watson
Member of the European Parliament
In office 25 July 1989 – 20 July 2004
Constituency	Munster
Teachta Dála
In office November 1992 – June 1994
Constituency	Cork South-Central
Personal details
Born	Patrick Cox (1952-11-28) 28 November 1952 (age 71) Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Other political affiliations	Progressive Democrats (1985–1994) ELDR (1994–2004)
Spouse	Cathy Cox ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	6
Education	Ardscoil Rís
Alma mater	University of Limerick Trinity College Dublin

Patrick Cox (born 28 November 1952) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician, journalist and television current affairs presenter who served as President of the European Parliament from 2002 to 2004 and Leader of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group from 1998 to 2002. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Munster constituency from 1989 to 2004 and a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South-Central from 1992 to 1994.^[1]

Cox was a presenter with RTÉ's Today Tonight.