Thomas Brezzo

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His Excellency
Thomas Brezzo
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Brezzo in 2018
President of the National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 April 2024

Thomas Brezzo (born 27 September 1979) is a Monegasque lawyer and politician who has served as President of the National Council since 3 April 2024. He is a member of the National Council of Monaco and President of the Legislation Commission since February 2018. [1]

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Life

Thomas Brezzo was born on 27 September 1979. [2] He obtained Master of Private Law and Criminal Sciences at University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in 2004, and Master II Research – Criminal Law at UFR Aix-en-Provence in 2005. [3] In 2010, Brezzo created and headed a legal consultancy firm “Monaco Legal Consulting”, and in 2016, he was admitted to the Monaco Bar. [1]

Brezzo is married and has two children. [2] Involved in sports activities such as kick-boxing, automobiles and underwater exploration, he is a promoter of combat sports and has been dedicated to combat sports related NGOs for over 15 years. [3] Brezzo is a vice-president of the International Academy of Kick-Boxing, Muaythai and Krav-Maga, secretary general of the Monegasque Kick-Boxing and Krav Maga Federation, Member of the Commissaries Corps of the Automobile Club de Monaco, and Member of the club of Monaco Underwater Exploration (CESMM). [2]

Career

In February 2018, he was elected as a member of the National Council of Monaco from the political group Priority Monaco (Primo!). [1] Brezzo was appointed the President of the Legislation Commission. [4] In January 2019, he created a partnership with Thomas Giaccardi and joined his firm. [1] In July 2020, Brezzo drafted a law on judiciary aimed to strengthen its independence guaranteed by the Constitution of 1962. [5] During his presidency in the Legislation Commission, he also was Rapporteur of Law No. 1.462 strengthening the Anti-Money Laundering, Financing on Terrorism and Corruption Mechanism (transcribing the (EU) 4th AML Directive) and of Law No. 1.464 strengthening the protection of persons against defamation and insult. [1]

Brezzo is an Alternate Member of the Monaco Delegation in Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCEPA). [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Thomas BREZZO". Giaccardi Avocats. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  2. 1 2 3 "Thomas BREZZO". Conseil National (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  3. 1 2 "Thomas BREZZO". Primo! (in French). Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  4. ↑ "Justice: comply with GRECO recommendations". La Gazette de Monaco. 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  5. ↑ "Thomas Brezzo : " L'indépendance de la justice est garantie par notre Constitution de 1962 "". Monaco Hebdo (in French). 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  6. ↑ "Mr. Thomas Brezzo". www.oscepa.org. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
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