Patrick Howell | |
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Minister of Solidarity | |
In office 25 March 2015 –13 January 2017 | |
President | Édouard Fritch |
Preceded by | Nuihau Laurey |
Succeeded by | Jacques Raynal |
Minister of Health | |
In office 25 March 2015 –13 January 2017 | |
President | Édouard Fritch |
Preceded by | Nuihau Laurey |
Succeeded by | Jacques Raynal |
In office 30 May 1996 –11 September 2001 | |
President | Gaston Flosse |
Preceded by | Michel Buillard |
Succeeded by | Armelle Merceron |
Minister for Scientific Research | |
In office 30 May 1996 –11 September 2001 | |
Preceded by | Simone Grand |
Succeeded by | Louise Peltzer |
In office 18 May 1994 –28 June 1995 | |
Preceded by | Michel Buillard |
Succeeded by | Simone Grand |
Minister for the Environment | |
In office 18 May 1994 –30 May 1996 | |
Preceded by | Pierre Dehors |
Succeeded by | Karl Meuel |
Minister for Employment | |
In office 28 June 1995 –30 May 1996 | |
Preceded by | Raymond Van Bastolaer |
Succeeded by | Lucette Taero |
Personal details | |
Political party | Tahoera'a Huiraatira Tapura Huiraatira |
Patrick Howell is a French Polynesian civil servant,politician,and former Cabinet Minister. He is a member of Tapura Huiraatira.
Howell trained as a dental surgeon and worked at the Teva I Uta medical center in the early 1980s before becoming head of dental hygiene services in French Polynesia. [1] In 1993 he became director of public health. [1] In the 1980s he campaigned against French nuclear testing and for the creation of a health register for test workers as part of the Tomite No Te Rai Hau ("Blue Skies Committee"). [2]
In May 1994 he was appointed Minister for the Environment and Scientific Research in the government of Gaston Flosse. [1] [3] In a cabinet reshuffle in June 1995 he became Minister of Employment,while retaining his Environment portfolio. [3] In May 1996 he was appointed Minister of Health and Scientific Research,positions he held until September 2001. [3]
In 2008 he was elected a municipal councillor in Punaauia. [1]
In September 2014 he was appointed as Minister of Health and Solidarity in the government of Édouard Fritch. [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. [6] He formally took office on 25 March 2015. [7] In May 2015 he and five other Ministers were deemed to have resigned from the Tahoera'a after ceasing to attend their political council. [8] In May 2015 he was appointed as one of the French Polynesian government's delegates to the newly-formed Nuclear Tests Information Commission,tasked with investigating the health and environmental impact of French nuclear testing. [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. [10]
In October 2016 he was selected as Tapura's candidate for French Polynesia's 3rd constituency in the 2017 French legislative election. [11] He surrendered his ministerial portfolios in January 2017 so he could focus on the campaign. [12] [13] He led in the first round, [14] but lost to Moetai Brotherson in the second. [15]
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