Sibeth Ndiaye

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Sibeth Ndiaye
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Government Spokeswoman
In office
1 April 2019 – 6 July 2020
Prime Minister Édouard Philippe
Preceded by Benjamin Griveaux
Succeeded by Gabriel Attal
Personal details
Born (1979-12-13) 13 December 1979 (age 44)
Dakar, Senegal
Nationality French
Senegalese
Political party La République En Marche!
Spouse(s) Patrice Roques
Children 3
Education Lycée Montaigne
Alma mater Paris Diderot University
Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Profession Communications advisor

Sibeth Ndiaye (born 13 December 1979)[1] is a French-Senegalese communications advisor who served as Government Spokeswoman under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from 1 April 2019 to 6 July 2020.[2][3]

Early life and education

Born in Senegal, her father was involved with the Senegalese Democratic Party and her German-Togolese mother[4] was a high-ranking judge on the country's constitutional council.[5] In 1995, she moved to France to study at the renowned Lycée Montaigne where she obtained a Baccalauréat in Science. She then studied at Paris Diderot University and Pantheon-Sorbonne University.[6]

Political career

From 2002, Ndiaye was a member of the Socialist Party (PS). Alongside Ismaël Emelien, Stanislas Guerini and Benjamin Griveaux, she later formed part of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's campaign team for the party’s primaries ahead of the 2007 presidential election.[7]

In March 2008, Ndiaye was appointed head of the press department of Claude Bartolone, who had been newly elected as president of the Seine-Saint-Denis General Council.[8] She later endorsed Martine Aubry in the Socialist Party’s primaries for the 2012 presidential election.[9]

After the election of François Hollande as President of France, Ndiaye joined the cabinet of Minister of the Economy and Finance Arnaud Montebourg as press and communication officer and kept this position when Macron succeeded Montebourg in 2014.[citation needed]

Ndiaye subsequently was in charge of Macron's press relations during the 2017 presidential election and joined his cabinet in the Élysée Palace after he was elected. From 1 April 2019 until 2020, she served as a Secretary of State to the office of the Prime Minister and Government Spokeswoman.[10]

In late 2020, Ndiaye joined the staff of the LREM party.[11]

In October 2020, Ndiaye was one of several current and former government officials whose home was searched by French authorities following complaints about the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[12]

Personal life

Ndiaye is married to Patrice Roques and has 3 children.[13] She became a naturalized French citizen in June 2016.[14]

Further reading

Macron's right-hand woman: ‘He doesn't need another flatterer’, The Guardian, April 2019

References

  1. ↑ « Sibeth Ndiaye, la tête qui dépasse dans Macron, les coulisses d’une victoire », Ouest-France, 9 May 2017.
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  4. ↑ Elaine Sciolino (2 October 2019), She Speaks for France’s President. And ‘Explosions of Color.’ New York Times.
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  7. ↑ Mariana Grépinet (28 November 2018), Stanislas Guerini, un inconnu à la tête des marcheurs Paris Match.
  8. ↑ Raphaëlle Bacqué (7 June 2019), Sibeth Ndiaye, langue de bois et paroles cash au service du macronisme Le Monde.
  9. ↑ Raphaëlle Bacqué (7 June 2019), Sibeth Ndiaye, langue de bois et paroles cash au service du macronisme Le Monde.
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  11. ↑ Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (25 July 2020), Sibeth Ndiaye reprend du service à LREM pour identifier les «talents» de demain Le Figaro.
  12. ↑ Merlin Sugue (15 October 2020), French police search health minister’s home as part of coronavirus inquiry Politico Europe.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Elaine Sciolino (2 October 2019), She Speaks for France’s President. And ‘Explosions of Color.’ New York Times.
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