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The Minister of Interior

M. Patrice CELLARIO : Conseiller de Gouvernement - Ministre de l'Intérieur
Minister of Interior: Mr Lionel BEFFRE

Education

  • Graduate of the prestigious Institute of Political Studies (also known as Sciences Po) 
  • École nationale d’administration (ENA, National School of Administration)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Law
  • Postgraduate Degree in Public Finance and Taxation

Career

Since 3 August 2024 

  • Minister of Interior of Monaco

2023-2024

  • Chief of Staff to the Minister for Overseas Territories

2021-2023

  • Prefect of Seine-et-Marne

2016-2021

  • Prefect of Isère

2013-2016

  • High Commissioner of the French Republic in French Polynesia

2012-2013

  • Prefect of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

2010-2012

  • Prefect of Eure-et-Loir

2007-2010

  • Prefect of Lot-et-Garonne

2004-2006

  • Chief of Staff to Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister; also served at the Ministry of Interior (Nicolas Sarkozy)

1996-2000

  • Chief of Staff to the Prefect of Police

1990-1992

  • Chief of Staff to the Prefect of Hérault, then General Secretary of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Prefecture

1990

  • Administrator at the Ministry of Interior (France)

Contact informations

Ministry of Interior

Ministère d'État
Place de la Visitation
MC 98000 MONACO