Patrick Karam (born 8 February 1961) is a French personality defending human rights.

[2] 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 (UMP) since 2010, and Inspector General of Youth and Sports since 2011.

Since December 2015 Karam has been vice-president of the regional council of Île-de-France, responsible for youth, sports and community life.

[4] 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.

Ahead of the Republicans’ 2016 primaries, Karam endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party’s candidate for 2017 presidential elections.