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Minister of State : H.E. Mr Christophe MIRMARD
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The serving Minister of State: H.E. Mr. Christophe MIRMAND

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By Sovereign Ordinance no. 11.290 of 2 July 2025, Mr Christophe Mirmand was appointed Minister of State of the Principality of Monaco.

Mr. Mirmand is a senior French civil servant who has held a number of high-level positions in France’s regional and local government system. A graduate of the prestigious Institute of Political Studies (also known as Sciences Po) in Paris, he holds a postgraduate diploma in financial management, a master’s degree in international and European law, and a bachelor’s degree in history. He is also a former student of the École Nationale d’Administration (class of 1988).

Appointing the new Minister of State, S.A.S. Prince Albert II highlighted Mr Mirmand’s comprehensive understanding of the local administrative ecosystem around Monaco, shaped in particular by his prior service as Prefect of both the Alpes-Maritimes "département" and the Region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.

Born on 22 July 1961, Mr. Mirmand takes over from Ms Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, who had served as interim leader of the Prince's Government since 10 January 2025.

Christophe Mirmand began his civil service career in 1988 with a first appointment as Sub-Prefect and Chief of Staff to the Prefect of the Lower Normandy region, before gradually rising through the ranks of the local and regional government system. In 1990, he was named Chief of Staff to the then Prefect of Guadeloupe, Jean-Paul Proust, himself a former Minister of State of the Principality (2005–2010).

He later served as Secretary-General of the Var prefecture from 1999 to 2001, before taking a similar role in Haute-Garonne from 2001 to 2004, where he was also made a special advisor on urban policy.

He went on to be appointed Director-General of Services for the Hauts-de-Seine Departmental Council, before being named Prefect of Haute-Loire in 2006. He then served as Prefect of several "départements" and regions, including Savoie, Alpes-Maritimes (2012–2013), Corsica, the Brittany region, and finally the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur in 2020, taking over from Pierre Dartout who had been appointed Minister of State in Monaco.

In the course of his prefectural duties, Mr Mirmand sat on the supervisory boards of several major institutions, including the Côte d’Azur and Marseille-Provence airports, as well as Grand Port Maritime de Marseille-Fos.

At the national level, he held a number of senior central government posts, serving as Deputy Director for General Administration and Finance at the National Police Directorate (DGPN), Director of Territorial Administration, and ultimately as Secretary-General of the Ministry of the Interior.

Before being appointed Monaco’s Minister of State, Christophe Mirmand was Chief of Staff to the French Minister for Overseas Territories, Manuel Valls. He is also an Officer of the Legion of Honour and of the National Order of Merit.

Duties

The Minister of State is assisted by five Ministers appointed by the Prince.

The Minister of State is appointed by the Prince. He represents the Prince and is the highest authority after the Prince.
He is charged with the administration of the Country and, for this purpose, draws upon the State’s executive services, in particular the Military Force.

The five Ministers head the specialized ministries of the Administration. They submit administrative matters prepared by their ministries to the Minister of State at meetings of the Council of Government.

The Ministries are subdivided into Departments and Offices.

Civil claims submitted to the Minister of State

As Head of the State’s executive services, the Minister of State is the competent authority to decide on civil claims, internal appeals and appeals to higher bodies, pursuant to the provisions Sovereign Ordinance no. 3.413 of 29 August 2011 concerning various measures pertaining to the relationship between the Government and its subjects.

Applicants can thus have their claims or circumstances re-examined, or be informed of the reasons or grounds upon which an administrative decision has been based.