Patrick Howell is a French Polynesian civil servant, politician, and former Cabinet Minister.
[1][3] In a cabinet reshuffle in June 1995 he became Minister of Employment, while retaining his Environment portfolio.
[4] As he was a senior civil servant at the time, he had to wait at least six months before taking up his ministerial duties.
[5] In the intervening period his portfolios were managed by Vice-president Nuihau Laurey, and he was employed as a technical advisor in his office.
[9] In October 2015 he established a health study of the inhabitants of Hao and Makemo, which were used as support bases for the tests.