Colm Burke

Senator Colm Burke
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Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2011
Constituency	Industrial and Commercial Panel
Member of the European Parliament
In office 19 June 2007 – June 2009
Constituency	South
Personal details
Born	(1957-01-17) 17 January 1957 Cork, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse(s)	Mary McCaffrey
Alma mater	University College Cork
Profession	Solicitor
Website	www.colmburke.eu

Colm Burke (born 17 January 1957) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and member of Seanad Éireann.

He was a member of the European Parliament for the South constituency in Ireland between 2007 and 2009. He was appointed in June 2007 following the re-election of the outgoing MEP Simon Coveney to Dáil Éireann. Following the abolition of the dual mandate, Coveney opted to remain in national politics and resigned from the European Parliament. Burke subsequently sat as a Fine Gael and European People's Party MEP. He served on various European Parliament committees including Committee on Foreign Affairs, Internal Market & Consumer Protection (Substitute), Committee on Fisheries (Substitute Member) and Subcommittee on Human Rights (Substitute Member). Burke lost his seat at the 2009 European Parliament election, with Fine Gael party colleague Seán Kelly taking a seat instead.

Burke was a member of Cork City Council from 1999 to 2007 and served as Lord Mayor of Cork in the 2003–04 term. He was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2011 and is the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Health.

External links

• Official website
• Colm Burke's page on the Fine Gael website
• European Parliament profile

Civic offices
Preceded by John Kelleher	Lord Mayor of Cork 2003	Succeeded by Seán Martin
European Parliament
Preceded by Simon Coveney	Member of the European Parliament for South 2007–2009	Succeeded by Seán Kelly