The Monegasque principality is preparing to pay tribute, starting this Monday, to Didier Guillaume, before celebrating his funeral in Monaco Cathedral this Thursday.
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Since the announcement of the sudden death of Didier Guillaume this Friday, December 17, at the age of 65, tributes have multiplied, saluting both his role as former Minister of Agriculture and his recent major function in Monaco , to the post of Minister of State. Among the tributes, this Saturday, the Élysée saluted a man who “embodied a political ideal of sharing and caring“.
The President of the Republic and his wife salute the memory of a great servant of the State and of our agriculture, who never tired of cultivating hope and fraternity.
Presidency of the French Republicin a press release
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If the former senator spent almost all of his political life in France, in Paris and in the Drôme, it is in the principality that his funeral will take place. They are scheduled for this Thursday, January 23 at 11 a.m., at Monaco Cathedral.
-Notre-Dame Immaculate Cathedral in Monaco.
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But the period of mourning has already begun: since the announcement of the disappearance of the French politician, who was said to be Monegasque at heart, the flags have been at half-mast on all the buildings in the principality, and this until the end of the funeral.
From this Monday, January 20, from 10 a.m., an ardent chapel, accompanied by a register of condolences open to all, will be installed on the Town Hall Square in the Chapel of Mercy, indicates the government of Monaco.
A minute of silence will also be observed at 11 a.m. Monday. It will be announced by a siren “welcoming everyone to reflect“.
For the funeral of Didier Guillaume, this Thursday, January 23 was declared a day of national mourning by Prince Albert II. However, it is not a public holiday for the principality: shops will be open and economic activity will be normal, specifies the Monegasque government.
At the end of this week of tributes to Monaco, the body of the former French Minister of Agriculture will be repatriated to his original department, Drôme, this Friday January 24, as reported by our colleagues from Dauphiné Libéré. A new tribute will be paid to him on Saturday January 25 in Bourg-de-Péage, his hometown of which he was mayor for 10 years.
On the Monaco side, it is Isabelle Berro-Amadeï, Minister of External Relations and Cooperation, who has been acting Minister of State since the hospitalization of Didier Guillaume on January 10. “The government fully exercises its authority and does its job“, we tell France 3 Côte d’Azur, even if it is specified that, given the circumstances, the interim of Isabelle Berro-Amadeï in this position “might be a little longer“.
