Pat Cox

President, International European Movement, Ireland

Pat Cox (born 28 November 1952) is a former Irish politician and television current affairs presenter. He was President of the European Parliament from 2002 to 2004 and served as a member of the parliament from 1989-2004. He is now a consultant for European Integration Solutions.

Born in Dublin but raised in Limerick, Cox was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He first came to prominence as a journalist, then a presenter, with RTÉ's Today Tonight, a four nights a week current affairs programme which dominated the Irish television schedules in the 1980s. Cox left the programme to become a political candidate. He was elected an MEP in 1989 for the constituency of Munster, representing the Progressive Democrats (PDs). In the 1992 general election he was also elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South Central.
 
He is a member of the Comite d'Honneur of the Institute of European Affairs. In 2006 he was elected President of European Movement, an international lobby association.