Pat Cox Politician

Pat Cox (born 28 November 1952) is an Irish politician and former television current affairs presenter. He was President of the European Parliament from 2002 to 2004 and served as a member of the European Parliament from 1989–2004. Before this Cox was a journalist and presenter with RTÉ's Today Tonight and then a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South–Central.

Personal facts

Birth date	November 28, 1952
Birth place	Dublin , Republic of Ireland
Education	University of Limerick Trinity College Dublin

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Office holder

office	Member of the European Parliament Teachta Dála President of the European Parliament Leader of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Group
other party	Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party Progressive Democrats
party	Fine Gael
region	Cork South–Central (Dáil Éireann constituency) Munster (European Parliament constituency)
successor	Josep Borrell Graham Watson