For the Canadian-British fashion designer, see Patrick Cox. For the American HIV/AIDS activist, see Spencer Cox (activist).
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 the Cork South-Central from 1992 to 1994.[1]
Cox was a presenter with RTÉ's Today Tonight.
^"Pat Cox - Personally Speaking Bureau". Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
Movement, an international pro-European lobby association. In June 2009, PatCox temporarily stepped down as president and took over the position of the...
Patricia Nixon Cox (née Nixon; born February 21, 1946) is the elder daughter of the 37th United States president Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, and...
Benatar, Pat; Cox, Patsi Bale (June 15, 2010). Between a Heart and a Rock Place: A Memoir. HarperCollins. pp. 120–124. ISBN 978-0-06-195377-4. "Pat Benatar...
First Lady Pat Nixon. Cox is the CEO of Lightswitch Capital, a private equity fund investing in biotech companies. Christopher Nixon Cox was born on...
during which time it elected its sole President of the European Parliament, PatCox during the second half of the term. Following the 2004 European elections...
104–105. Retrieved 4 September 2022. Hanagan, Mike; Cox, Pat (2012), Legends of Kent, PatCox / Mike Hanagan, ISBN 9781470174248 Walker, J. W. (1966)...
2002 he was elected to lead the EU-wide ELDR Group, succeeding Irishman PatCox MEP. Watson was re-elected once more at the 2004 European Parliamentary...
of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2001, and was then replaced by PatCox, from the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party, in accordance with...
Courteney Bass Cox (born June 15, 1964) is an American actress, director, and filmmaker. She rose to international prominence for playing Monica Geller...
European Parliament In office 20 July 2004 – 16 January 2007 Preceded by PatCox Succeeded by Hans-Gert Pöttering Minister of Public Works and Environment...
2001–present 2001 György Konrád 2002 Euro 2003 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 2004 PatCox / Pope John Paul II1 2005 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi 2006 Jean-Claude Juncker...
Eonline.com. "Relatively Famous: Ranch Rules Cast". Msn.com. Benatar, Pat; Cox, Patsi Bale (June 15, 2010). Between a Heart and a Rock Place: A Memoir...
Action Congressional Fellowship in the United States Congress, and the PatCox-Humanity in Action Fellowship in the European Parliament. Headquartered...
Persson Sweden Guy Verhofstadt Belgium 2002 José María Aznar López 10: PatCox Spain Anders Fogh Rasmussen Denmark 2003 Costas Simitis Greece 9: Vassilios...
2001–present 2001 György Konrád 2002 Euro 2003 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 2004 PatCox / Pope John Paul II1 2005 Carlo Azeglio Ciampi 2006 Jean-Claude Juncker...
was about 7 million yen ($69,000). Former European Parliament President PatCox estimated that Toyota would initially lose about $100,000 on each Mirai...
2002. In June 2009 a new organisation of the same name was launched with PatCox as Director. For this he stepped down from his position as President of...
of Italy 1999–2006 Succeeded by Giorgio Napolitano Awards Preceded by PatCox Laureate of the Charlemagne Prize 2005 Succeeded by Jean-Claude Juncker...
its first President of the European Parliament since Simone Veil, when PatCox was elected to the post to serve the latter half of the Parliament's five-year...
Second party Third party Leader Hans-Gert Pöttering Enrique Barón Crespo PatCox Party EPP–ED PES ELDR Leader's seat Germany Spain Munster Last election...
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