Monaco welcomes new ambassadors from Turkey, Germany, Malta and the EU

Four diplomats from Turkey, Germany, Malta and the European Union have been formally installed in their new roles as Ambassadors to the Principality of Monaco following a meeting with Prince Albert II. 

On 11th April, Monaco’s sovereign met with the four new representatives, who presented him with their official Letters of Credence.  

Then it was on to the Hôtel Hermitage for a traditional luncheon with Marie-Catherine Caruso-Ravera, Monaco’s Director of Diplomatic and Consular Relations. Caruso-Ravera was standing in for Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, the Principality’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, who typically hosts these kinds of events.  

MEET THE AMBASSADORS 

The EU’s new Ambassador to Monaco is Christina Kokkinakis of Austria. She joined the Austrian diplomatic service in 1995 and has served in various positions, primarily in multilateral diplomacy as well as within the European Service for External Action. Since 2023, she has been a Permanent Representative of the European Union to UNESCO and the OECD.

Turkey’s Yunus Demirer (far right in picture) began his diplomatic career at the nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has held numerous positions within the ministry, both domestically and abroad, including postings to Baghdad with NATO, Bucharest, Washington, Beirut and Strasbourg. In September last year, he was appointed as the Ambassador of Turkey to France. 

Germany’s new Ambassador to the Principality is Stephan Steinlein (second from left), who worked at the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bonn and Warsaw before becoming Director of the Federal Chancellery in 2003. During his long career, he has worked as State Secretary to the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin and Diplomatic Advisor to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva. Last summer, he was formally appointed as Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to France.  

Alberto di Luca, Malta’s new representative, began his career in the private sector before ascending to the Chamber of Deputies in Rome from 1994 to 2006. At a diplomatic level, he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Republic of Serbia between 2010 to 2023 and is currently the Permanent Representative of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Assembly of Parliamentarians of the Mediterranean. 

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Chiappori sworn in as new finance minister

Pierre-André Chiappori has been officially sworn in as the new Minister of Finance and Economy by Prince Albert II.

While Pierre-André Chiappori technically assumed his position on 18th March 2024, the official swearing in ceremony at the Prince’s Palace took place on Friday 12th April.

The Palace announced on Wednesday 13th March that Prince Albert II had appointed Pierre-André Chiappori to the prominent role of Minister of Finance and the Economy. He succeeds Marco Piccinini who filled the role temporarily in September 2023 when Jean Castellini stepped down after more than a decade on the job.

Prince Albert and Finance Minister Pierre-André Chiappori. Photo credit: Michel Alesi, Prince’s Palace

Pierre-André Chiappori has a Ph.D in economics from the Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. He has taught in France at Paris 1, EHESS, École Polytechnique, and ENSAE, before joining the University of Chicago as professor of economics. He is a member of the European Economic Association, was elected to the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in 2017, and received the insignia of Knight of the Order of Merit in 2023.

In the Principality, Pierre-André Chiappori has chaired the Scientific Council of the Monegasque Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (IMSEE) since 2011 as well as the International Advisory Board of the International University of Monaco.

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