Patrick Karam
Patrick Karam is a French personality defending human rights. He is a researcher in international relations. He is the vice-president of the regional council of Île-de-France, responsible for youth, sports and community life.
Early life and education
Of Lebanese origin, Karam lived and followed his schooling in Guadeloupe and obtained his Baccalauréat C at Lycée Baimbridge in Guadeloupe. He holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Burgundy in Dijon.Career
A former Interministerial Delegate for Equal Opportunities for French Overseas under President Nicolas Sarkozy, Karam has been serving as regional advisor of Île-de-France since 2010, and Inspector General of Youth and Sports since 2011.He is the president of the Coordination of the Christians of East in Danger established in September 2013. He is the first president of the Representative Council of the French Overseas.
Since December 2015 Karam has been vice-president of the regional council of Île-de-France, responsible for youth, sports and community life.
In August 2024, after French Olympic sprinter Muhammad Abdallah Kounta was suspended by the President of the French Athletics Federation for publishing comments inciting hatred on social media, including inciting hatred against France, white people, Christians, and Jews, as well as support for the Islamist group Hamas, and including his desire to “kill Little White," Karam called for the "heaviest sanctions" to be levied against Kounta, including criminal prosecution and Kounta's permanent removal by the French Athletics Federation's Disciplinary Committee.