Isabelle Berro-Amadeï
{{Short description|Monégasque judge}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Isabelle Berro-Amadeï
| image = Isabelle BERRO-AMADEÏ 6-3-2020 (cropped).jpg
| office = Minister of State of Monaco
| monarch = Albert II
| term_start = 10 January 2025
{{small|Acting for Didier Guillaume: 10 January 2025 – 17 January 2025}}
| term_end =
| predecessor = Didier Guillaume
| successor =
| office1 = Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
| primeminister1 = Pierre Dartout
| term_start1 = 17 January 2022
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Laurent Anselmi
| successor1 =
| office2 = Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
from Monaco
| term_start2 = 27 June 2006
| term_end2 = 1 August 2015
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|11|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Monaco
| education = Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis
French National School for the Judiciary
| caption = Berro-Amadeï in 2020
| honorific_prefix = Her Excellency
}}
Isabelle Berro-Amadeï (born 24 October 1965) is a Monégasque judge who is currently serving as acting Minister of State and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Monaco.{{Cite web |date=17 January 2025 |title=Monaco’s Minister of State Didier Guillaume dies aged 65 |url=https://www.monaco-tribune.com/en/2025/01/monacos-minister-of-state-didier-guillaume-dies-aged-65/ |access-date=17 January 2025 |website=Monaco Tribune |language=en}} On 10 January 2025, she was appointed acting Minister of State after Didier Guillaume was hospitalised.{{Cite web |date=13 January 2025 |title=Minister of State Didier Guillaume hospitalised for several weeks |url=https://www.monaco-tribune.com/en/2025/01/minister-of-state-didier-guillaume-hospitalised-for-several-weeks/ |access-date=17 January 2025 |website=Monaco Tribune |language=en}} She retained this position following the latter's death a week later.
Biography
She was born on 24 October 1965 in Monaco.{{cite web |title=Isabelle Berro |url=https://www.echr.coe.int/w/isabelle-berro |website=ECHR |access-date=10 April 2025}} From 1984 to 1987, she attended the University of Nice studying law. She obtained her master's degree from the university in private law.{{cite news |title=Didier Guillaume hospitalisé, Isabelle Berro-Amadeï assure l’intérim - Monaco Hebdo |url=https://monaco-hebdo.com/politique/didier-guillaume-hospitalise-isabelle-berro-amadei-assure-linterim/ |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=Monaco Hebdo |date=15 January 2025 |language=fr-FR}} 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 Carcassonne.
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 European Court of Human Rights in respect of Monaco from 2006 to 2015.{{cite web |title=List of judges of the Court since 1959 |url=https://www.echr.coe.int/composition-of-the-court |website=www.echr.coe.int |access-date=10 April 2025}} She was appointed Ambassador of Monaco to Germany, Austria and Poland in 2016.{{cite news |title=Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, nouvel ambassadeur de Monaco en Pologne |url=https://www.monacomatin.mc/vie-locale/isabelle-berro-amadei-nouvel-ambassadeur-de-monaco-en-pologne-16010 |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=Monaco-Matin |date=21 January 2016 |language=fr}}{{cite web |title=H.E. Ms. Isabelle Berro-Amadeï Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour / News / Diplomacy and International Presence / Monaco Worldwide / Policy & Practice / Portail du Gouvernement - Monaco |url=https://en.gouv.mc/Policy-Practice/Monaco-Worldwide/Diplomacy-and-International-Presence/News/H.E.-Ms.-Isabelle-Berro-Amadei-Officer-of-the-National-Order-of-the-Legion-of-Honour |website=en.gouv.mc |access-date=10 April 2025}}{{cite web |title=Monaco For Finance - S.E Mme Isabelle Berro-Amadei : « Nous avons du savoir-faire, il faut le faire savoir » |url=https://www.monacoforfinance.mc/fr/articles/interviews/879-s-e-mme-isabelle-berro-amadei-%C2%AB-nous-avons-du-savoir-faire,-il-faut-le-faire-savoir-%C2%BB.html |website=www.monacoforfinance.mc |access-date=10 April 2025}} From 2019 to 2022, she was then Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, and was also Head of Monaco's Mission to the European Union.
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.{{cite news |last1=Toquereau |first1=Josepha |title=Isabelle Berro-Amadeï to succeed Laurent Anselmi at Foreign Affairs and Cooperation |url=https://www.monaco-tribune.com/en/2022/01/isabelle-berro-amadei-to-succeed-laurent-anselmi-at-foreign-affairs-and-cooperation/ |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=Monaco Tribune |date=10 January 2022}} During her time as Minister of Foreign Affairs, she has strongly condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine, although she rejected any use of force to maintain Monaco's politically and militarily neutral state.{{cite news |title=Isabelle Berro-Amadeï : « Monaco est un État neutre sur le plan politique et militaire » - Monaco Hebdo |url=https://monaco-hebdo.com/actualites/international/isabelle-berro-amadei-guerre-en-ukraine/ |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=Monaco Hebdo |date=15 March 2022 |language=fr-FR}} She has also emphasized maintaining stability in the Mediterranean region.{{cite news |last1=Povey |first1=Ross |title=Monaco participates in the 31st OSCE Ministerial Council meeting |url=https://news.mc/2024/12/08/monaco-participates-in-the-31st-osce-ministerial-council-meeting/ |access-date=10 April 2025 |work=Monaco News |date=8 December 2024 |language=en}}
Personal life
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