Pierre Dartout (born 9 April 1954) is a French civil servant who has served as

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Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...

since 2020 under

Prince Albert II Albert II – Website of the Palace of Monaco (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born 14 March 1958) is Prince of Monaco, since 2005. Albert was born at the Prince's Palace of Monaco, and he is the second child and only son of Prince Rai ...

. He previously served as a

prefect Prefect (from the Latin ''praefectus'', substantive adjectival form of ''praeficere'': "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area. A prefect's ...

in France from 1997 to 2020. His first posting was in

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...

. Upon the announcement of his appointment in Monaco, he was in office in

Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and large ...

. Dartout held key positions in the prefecture corps from 1980.

Career

Education

Dartout pursued his degree in law at

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(Paris Institute of Political Studies). He completed his military service in 1977. He enrolled at the

École nationale d'administration The École nationale d'administration (generally referred to as ENA, en, National School of Administration) was a French ''grande école'', created in 1945 by President of France, President Charles de Gaulle and principal author of the Constitu ...

from 1978 to 1980. After graduating from the ENA (École nationale d'administration) he pursued his career in

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in 1980.

Career in France

Dartout served as a prefect of

from 1995 to 1997. He then served as the prefect of

Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ...

from 1998 to 2000. After resigning from Pyrénées-Orientales, he served as the prefect of

Drôme Drôme (; Occitan: ''Droma''; Arpitan: ''Drôma'') is the southernmost department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Named after the river Drôme, it had a population of 516,762 as of 2019.

from 2000 to 2002. He also had a brief stint as the prefect of

Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; eu, Pirinio Atlantiarrak or ) is a department in the southwest corner of France and of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Pyrenees mountain range and the Atlanti ...

from 2002 to 2004. He served as the prefect of

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its pref ...

and Bouches du Rhone from 2017 to 2020. On 24 August 2020, he resigned from the position of prefect of Bouches du Rhone after being officially announced as the next Prime Minister.

Career in Monaco

On 15 May 2020, Dartout was chosen by Albert II, as the

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. He took the oath and assumed his duties as the 25th Prime Minister of Monaco on 1 September 2020, succeeding Serge Telle. The swearing in ceremony was held before the presence of Prince Albert II at the Prince's Palace. Prior to his appointment, he served as the prefect of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Bouches-du-Rhône.

References

1954 births Living people French civil servants People from Limoges Sciences Po alumni Ministers of State of Monaco École nationale d'administration alumni {{Monaco-bio-stub

Career

Education

Career in France

Career in Monaco

See also

References