Jerry Buttimer

Senator Jerry Buttimer
Buttimer in 2022
Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 December 2022
Deputy	Mark Daly
Preceded by	Mark Daly
Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
In office 7 July 2020 – 21 August 2020
Cathaoirleach	Mark Daly
Preceded by	Paul Coghlan
Succeeded by	Joe O'Reilly
Leader of the Seanad
In office 8 June 2016 – 27 June 2020
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny Leo Varadkar
Deputy	Catherine Noone
Preceded by	Maurice Cummins
Succeeded by	Regina Doherty
Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad
In office 8 June 2016 – 27 June 2020
Leader	Enda Kenny Leo Varadkar
Preceded by	Maurice Cummins
Succeeded by	Regina Doherty
Senator
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 June 2016
In office 7 July 2007 – 26 February 2011
Constituency	Labour Panel
Teachta Dála
In office February 2011 – February 2016
Constituency	Cork South-Central
Personal details
Born	Gerard Martin Buttimer (1967-03-18) 18 March 1967 (age 57) Cork, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse	Conchobar Ó Laoghaire ​ ​ (m. 2017)​
Alma mater	St Patrick's College, Maynooth University College Cork
Website	jerrybuttimer.ie

Jerry Buttimer (born 18 March 1967) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann since December 2022. He has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since 2016, and previously from 2007 to 2011. He served as Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from July 2020 to August 2020, Leader of the Seanad from 2016 to 2020 and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2016 to 2020. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency from 2011 to 2016.^[1]