Isabelle Berro-Amadeï (born 24 October 1965) is a Monégasque judge who is currently serving as

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and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Monaco. On 10 January 2025, she was appointed acting Minister of State after

Didier Guillaume Didier Guillaume (; 11 May 1959 – 17 January 2025) was a French politician who briefly served as minister of state of Monaco from 2024 until his death in 2025. He previously served as the minister of agriculture and food in the government of ...

was hospitalised. She retained this position following the latter's death a week later.

Biography

She was born on 24 October 1965 in Monaco. From 1984 to 1987, she attended the

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studying law. She obtained her

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from the university in

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. Afterward, from 1987 to 1989, she was an Auditor of Justice at the French National School for the Judiciary and did a judicial internship at the Tribunal de Grande Instance in

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. After returning to Monaco, Berro became a judge at the Court of First Instance of Monaco from 1990 to 2000 and was then first judge at the same court from 2000 to 2006. She then became a judge at the

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in respect of Monaco from 2006 to 2015. She was appointed Ambassador of Monaco to Germany,

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and Poland in 2016. From 2019 to 2022, she was then Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, and was also Head of Monaco's Mission to the

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. In 2022, she became Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, while at the same time keeping her responsibilities with the mission to the European Union. During her time as Minister of Foreign Affairs, she has strongly condemned the

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, although she rejected any use of force to maintain Monaco's politically and militarily neutral state. She has also emphasized maintaining stability in the Mediterranean region. The

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, Albert II, appointed Berro-Amadeï to be the acting Minister of State after the hospitalization of

, the Minister of State since 2 September 2024, on 10 January 2025. Guillaume died on 17 January 2025. Since then, Berro-Amadeï has served as both the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and the Minister of State. She is the first woman and second of Monégasque nationality to be Minister of State.

Personal life

She is married and has one child.

References

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