The former Minister of Agriculture in the government of Edouard Philippe died this Friday at the age of 65, in Nice.
Didier Guillaume is no more. The former Minister of Agriculture in the government of Edouard Philippe died this Friday, January 17, at the Nice hospital center, the Principality of Monaco indicated in a press release. He had held the post of Minister of State of Monaco since September 2 and was battling illness.“The Sovereign Prince has the immense sadness to announce the death of HE Mr Didier Guillaume, Minister of State of the Principality of Monaco, following a severe illness which occurred during his hospitalization”, we can read.
Hospitalized last week
On January 10, 2025, the Government of Monaco indicated that it must“undergo medical treatment requiring hospitalization”, which “will not allow him to carry out his duties for the next few weeks”. He was then replaced by Isabelle Berro-Amadeï.
Born in 1959 in Bourg-de-Péage in Drôme, Didier Guillaume was 65 years old. “I am mourning a friend, a big brother, who has always accompanied and supported me,” reacted the former Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt.
Senator and president of the socialist group
First municipal councilor ofBourg-de-Péage in 1983, Didier Guillaume became mayor of the commune in 1995. He was then elected president of the general council of Drôme in 2004, senator in 2008, first vice-president of the Senate in 2011, president of the socialist group in 2014 before being appointed Minister of Agriculture in 2018 in the Macronist government of Édouard Philippe.
After two years of good and loyal service, he decided to end his political career in 2020, an announcement made in the columns of Dauphiné Libéré. “He had for a time run for a position in the National Rugby League”, specifies the daily, before being appointed by Prince Albert as Minister of State of Monaco.