The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Isabelle BERRO AMADEI, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

Born on 24 October 1965 in Monaco

Since 17 January 2022: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation

2019 - 2022 : 

• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
• Head of the Mission of Monaco to the European Union

2015 - 2019 : 

• Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Germany, Austria and Poland
• Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna

2012 - 2015 : 

• President of Section, European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg

2006 - 2012 : 

• Judge elected to represent the Principality of Monaco at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg

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

1990 - 2000 : 

• Judge at the Court of First Instance of the Principality of Monaco

1989 - 1990 : 

• Legal assistant in the Department of Justice of the Principality of Monaco

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)
• Master’s degree in Private Law at the University of Nice, Diploma with honours

1984 - 1987 :

• Bachelor’s degree in Law at the University of Nice
• University diploma (DEUG) in Law at the University of Nice
• Law studies at the University of Nice

2020 - 2022 :

• Chair of the Ethics Commission of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation

2017 - 2020 : 

• Member of the Ethics Commission of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation

2017 - 2020 : 

• President of the Disciplinary Committee of the European Patent Office in Munich

2005 - 2006 : 

• Member of the Council of Europe’s Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) in Strasbourg

2004 - 2005 :

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

• Commander of the Order of St Charles (Monaco)
• Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (France)
• Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy
• Cross of Pro Merito Melitensi with Plaque of the Sovereign Order of Malta