Sibeth Ndiaye

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Sibeth Ndiaye, 2019

Sibeth Ndiaye (born December 13, 1979 in Dakar , Senegal ) is a Senegalese- French politician ; Since 2019 she has been government spokeswoman with the rank of State Secretary to the Prime Minister in France. Born in Senegal, she also received French citizenship in June 2016.

Career and political offices

Ndiaye was born in Senegal. Her father, Fara Ndiaye from Senegal , co-founded the Parti Africain de l'Indépendance in 1957 . Later he was a member of the National Assembly for the Parti Démocratique Sénégalais . Her mother, Mireille Ndiaye , née Brenner, who died in 2015 , was of German and Togolese origin. As President, she headed the Senegalese Constitutional Council (Conseil Constitutionnel Sénégalais) .

Ndiaye started school at the Jeanne d'Arc institution in Dakar and then attended the Lycée Montaigne in Paris . She failed twice in a row at the Concours Général de Médecine to study medicine. She then studied biology, but broke off this course. From 2004 to 2006 she studied political philosophy at the Université Paris Diderot . In 2007 she obtained a master's degree in “ Economics with a specialization in health economics ” at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne . She was also a member of the Union nationale des étudiants de France from 1999 to 2006 and a member of the board of directors of the student insurance company La Mutuelle des étudiants from 2003 to 2008 .

She worked for Emmanuel Macron as a press advisor when he was French Minister for Economic Affairs. She belonged to the political left. With the election macrons 2017. French President Ndiaye followed him in the same capacity in the Elysee Palace . On March 31, 2019, on the proposal of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe von Macron, she was appointed Government Spokeswoman and State Secretary to the Prime Minister. Ndiaye had only been granted French citizenship three years before her appointment as Secretary of State .

Criticism and controversy

Ndiaye's casual style of clothing and her casual style of speech, especially the use of Anglicisms , met with criticism in France. Critics also accuse her of an earlier newspaper report; accordingly, she said she was ready to lie for the President, which Ndiaye said was out of context.

family

Ndiaye is married and has three children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait: Sibeth Ndiaye, la Sénégalaise incontournable de la campagne d'En Marche! jeuneafrique.com on May 9, 2017, accessed July 2, 2019
  2. ↑ a b c d Profile Of Senegal-Born Sibeth Ndiaye, The New Voice Of France. alternativeafrica.com, April 1, 2019, accessed July 4, 2019
  3. ↑ RFI: La famille de Sibeth Ndiaye connue sur la scène politique sénégalaise. rfi.fr of April 2, 2019 (French), accessed on July 4, 2019
  4. ↑ https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/de/aussenpolitik-frankreichs/neuheiten/article/ernnung-von-amelie-de-montchalin-zur-staatssekretarin-fur-europaische
  5. ↑ https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Macron-verjuengt-seine-Regierung-article20941091.html
personal data
SURNAME Ndiaye, Sibeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician and State Secretary
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Dakar , Senegal