portraits of NIM candidates
The list led by Daniel Boeri has 14 members.
With the approach of the national elections, carried out for next February 5, two lists will face each other. Firstly, the Monegasque National Unionled by Brigitte Boccone-Pagès, on the other hand the NIM – or New Ideas for Monaco – driven by Daniel Boeri.
This list, which has just recently been joined by a new candidate, now has 14 members.
- Eric Battaglia: 60 years old, married, two children. First employed in the printing trades, he later became a business manager in events and a professional singer-songwriter. Éric Battaglia is also involved in the country’s community life (Association des Parents d’Elève, Chambre de la Communication, Athéna Artistes Associés and ASM Weightlifting).
- Daniel Boeri: 78 years old. He has been a consultant in organizational development and an art gallery owner. In 2009, he founded the Galerie l’Entrepôt in Monaco. He has also written around fifteen books and has been Chairman of the National Council’s Commission for Culture and Heritage since 2013.
- Ana Crovetto: 47 years old, married, four children. After 20 years in education in the United States, then 10 years in France, she is currently Director of an international school for the American course in Sophia Antipolis.
- Gaylord Crovetto: 51 years old, married, four children. After 25 years of career in the United States in the fields of real estate, law and IT, he returned to Monaco in 2013 and founded his legal consulting firm. He runs a business center in Monaco and a clothing store in France.
- Peter Dick: 63 years old. After having been a salesman in various private companies in Marseilles and Paris, he became an employee of the Société des Bains de Mer. Monaco. Today, he has refocused his training activity in the Principality of Monaco, specializing in the field of oral expression and human relations.
- Marc Giacone: 68 years old, composer. He considered the organ at the Prince Rainier III Academy, then at the Nice Conservatory. He has held the historic Cavaillé-Coll organ in the Chapelle des Carmes in Monaco since 2005 and is a founding member of the Monegasque association In Tempore Organi and the Cameroonian humanitarian association Afrika Wakamba.
- Jean-Charles Grassi: 79 years old, visual artist and retired from National Education. After studying in Paris, Jean Charles Grassi joined teaching in Monaco and trained students preparing for the Baccalaureate in Plastic Arts. At the same time, he continues his artistic activities by carrying out multiple national and international exhibitions. He also missed Plastic Arts courses at the University in the City in Beausoleil and is an Officier des Palmes Académiques.
- Sebastien Lambla: 41 years. His career, spanning more than 25 years, will lead him to work for companies around the world, such as Credit Suisse, McKinsey, Just-Eat or Nike. He moved back to Monaco in 2017, to be closer to his family, and advises companies on their digital transition. It is based on the Monegasque e-commerce marketplace DouxVillage.
- Valerie Laugier : 58 years old, employed at the Senior Citizens and Social Action Department of Monaco Town Hall. Suffering from Asperger’s syndrome, she campaigns for better recognition of neurodiversity, the socio-professional inclusion of people with disabilities and the destigmatization of disability.
- Hany Leuenberger: 88 years old. She is retired from the Environment Service in Monaco, and a former chemist in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Jean L’Herbon de Lussats: 70 years old, four children. He worked at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, on the creation of IMAGINA, and the Public Prize. At the Ministry of State, he was Head of the Intellectual Property Department, represented Monaco at the European Patent Organization and at WIPO, then as Chargé de mission to the Minister of State. He founded the Commission for the Processing of Personal Information, and retained the protection of the names “Monaco” and “Monte-Carlo”. In 2010, he participated in the founding of L’Arche in Grasse and since 2014 has led the Monegasque Association of Friends of L’Arche, organizer of the L’Arche du Coeur show.
- Jean-Michel Rapaire: 57 years old. He is an international organizer of chess tournaments, President of the Cercle d’Echecs de Monte-Carlo and President of the Monegasque Chess Federation. In 2022, he was elected Vice-President of the European Chess Union. He is one of the founding members of the “Renaissance” political party in 2012.
- Juliette Rapaire: 27 years old. She is an audiovisual content producer for Monaco Info, within the Communication Department of the Prince’s Government. Graduated from the European Institute of Journalism and an MBA in Audiovisual Production from ESG Paris, she trained at France Television and Black Dynamite production. She is also a graduate of Cours Florent Paris.
- Jean-Charles Tonelli: 69 years old, olive grower and citrus grower. In 1989, he co-founded the AQM (Association Qualité Monaco), of which he was President from 1997 to 2006. Jean-Charles was elected National Councilor for the 1998-2003 mandate and appointed member of the International Olive Oil Committee between 2001 and 2004. He is appointed member of the Council of the Crown between 2011 and 2014. He co-founded Radio Ethic.