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25th Minister of State of Monaco
In office 2 September 2024 – 17 January 2025
Monarch	Albert II
Preceded by	Pierre Dartout
Succeeded by	Isabelle Berro-Amadeï (acting)
Minister of Agriculture and Food
In office 16 October 2018 – 6 July 2020
Prime Minister	Édouard Philippe
Preceded by	Stéphane Travert
Succeeded by	Julien Denormandie
President of the Socialist group in the Senate
In office 15 April 2014 – 22 January 2018
Preceded by	François Rebsamen
Succeeded by	Patrick Kanner
Senator for Drôme
In office 1 October 2008 – 16 November 2018
President of the General Council of Drôme
In office 1 April 2004 – 2 April 2015
Preceded by	Jean Mouton
Succeeded by	Patrick Labaune
Mayor of Bourg-de-Péage
In office 19 June 1995 – 1 April 2004
Preceded by	Henri Durand
Succeeded by	Jean-Félix Pupel
Personal details
Born	(1959-05-11)11 May 1959 Bourg-de-Péage, France
Died	17 January 2025(2025-01-17) (aged 65)
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Socialist Party (until 2018)

Didier Guillaume ( 11 May 1959 – 17 January 2025) was a French politician who served as minister of state of Monaco from 2024 to 2025. He previously served as the minister of agriculture and food in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from 2018 to 2020. A member of the Socialist Party until 2018, he was President of the General Council of Drôme from 2004 to 2015, Senator for Drôme from 2008 to 2018 and president of the Socialist group in the Senate from 2014 to 2018.

Political career

Early beginnings

In 2004, after his election as President of the General Council of Drôme, Guillaume resigned his post as Mayor of Bourg-de-Péage, which he had held since the 1995 municipal election. The town is the chef-lieu of the canton of Bourg-de-Péage, represented by Guillaume in the Drôme General Council from 1998 until 2015.

Senator for Drôme, 2008–2018

In 2008, Guillaume was elected to the Senate. He served as First Vice President of the Senate under the leadership of President Jean-Pierre Bel from 2011 to 2014, when he became president of the Socialist group and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, as the right had won a majority at the 2014 election.

After leaving the presidency of the Drôme General Council following the victory of The Republicans at the 2015 departmental election, he was succeeded by Patrick Kanner as group president in the Senate in 2018. Guillaume also worked as Manuel Valls's campaign director in the Socialist Party's primaries for the 2017 presidential election.

Minister of Agriculture, 2018–2020

Guillaume served as Minister of Agriculture and Food under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from 2018 to 2020, succeeding Stéphane Travert. After taking office, he vowed to take his decisions "in independence" from the industry lobbies.

Guillaume stated he would run for Mayor of Biarritz in 2020 against fellow government member Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, but they both withdrew their candidacies before the election.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Gulliaume called on unemployed citizens to help the country's farmers in their production process as seasonal foreign workers were absent. 50,000 people responded favourably. He was succeeded by Julien Denormandie and retired from politics.

Minister of State of Monaco, 2024–2025

Didier Guillaume was announced as the forthcoming Minister of State of Monaco on 10 June 2024, to succeed the incumbent Pierre Dartout for a four-year term beginning on 2 September.

Personal life and death

Guillaume was married to Béatrice Frecenon-Guillaume, whom he wed at Monaco Town Hall on 21 December 2024.

He died on 17 January 2025, at the age of 65 after having been hospitalised for an illness on 10 January.

See also

In Spanish: Didier Guillaume para niños