The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Isabelle BERRO AMADEI, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Born on 24 October 1965

Nationality: Monegasque

Married with 1 child

Education and career

1984 - 1987: Law studies at the University of Nice
                      University diploma (DEUG) in Law at the University of Nice
                      Bachelor’s degree in Law at the University of Nice

1987:             Master’s degree in Private Law at the University of Nice

1987 - 1989 : "Auditeur de Justice" (trainee judge) at the École Nationale de la Magistrature de Paris (National School for the Judiciary
                       Court training at the High Court in Carcassonne (Aude)
                       Diploma with honours

1989 - 1990 : Legal assistant in the Department of Justice of the Principality of Monaco

1990 - 2000 : Judge at the Court of First Instance of the Principality of Monaco

2000 - 2006 : Chief Judge at the Court of First Instance of the Principality of Monaco
                      Promoted to the top rank of the judicial hierarchy on 1 October 2010

2006 - 2012 : Judge elected to represent the Principality of Monaco at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg

2012 - 2015 : President of Section, European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg

2015 - 2019 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Germany, Austria and Poland
                      Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna

2019 - 2022 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
                      Head of the Mission of Monaco to the European Union

Since 17 January 2022: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Other activities

2004 - 2005 : Collaborated with the Centre for European Human Rights Studies at the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis

2005 - 2006 : Member of the Council of Europe’s Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) in Strasbourg

2017 - 2020 : President of the Disciplinary Committee of the European Patent Office in Munich

2017 - 2020 : Member of the Ethics Commission of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation

Since 2020 : Chair of the Ethics Commission of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation

Decorations

Officer of the Order of St Charles (Monaco)
Officer of the National Order of Merit (France)