Sibeth Ndiaye (born 13 December 1979) is a French-Senegalese communications advisor who served as Government Spokeswoman under Prime Minister

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from 1 April 2019 to 6 July 2020.

Early life and education

Born in Senegal, her father was involved with the Senegalese Democratic Party and her German-Togolese mother was a high-ranking judge on the country's constitutional council. In 1995, she moved to France to study at the renowned Lycée Montaigne where she obtained a

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in Science. She then studied at

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and Pantheon-Sorbonne University.

Political career

From 2002, Ndiaye was a member of the

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(PS). Alongside

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, Stanislas Guerini and

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, she later formed part of

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's campaign team for the party’s

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ahead of the 2007 presidential election. In March 2008, Ndiaye was appointed head of the press department of Claude Bartolone, who had been newly elected as president of the

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. She later endorsed

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in the Socialist Party’s primaries for the

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. After the election of

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, Ndiaye joined the cabinet of Minister of the Economy and Finance

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after he was elected. From 1 April 2019 until 2020, she served as a Secretary of State to the office of the

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and Government Spokeswoman. In late 2020, Ndiaye joined the staff of the

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party. 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

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Personal life

Ndiaye is married to Patrice Roques and has 3 children. She became a naturalized French citizen in June 2016.Elaine Sciolino (2 October 2019)
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References

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Early life and education

Political career

Personal life

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