{{Short description|French politician (born 1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sibeth Ndiaye | image = MH-Sibeth (cropped).jpg | office = [[List of government spokespeople of France|Spokesperson of the Government]] | term_start = 1 April 2019 | term_end = 6 July 2020 | prime_minister = [[Édouard Philippe]] | predecessor = [[Benjamin Griveaux]] | successor = [[Gabriel Attal]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1979|12|13}} | birth_place = [[Dakar]], [[Senegal]] | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[Lycée Montaigne (Paris)|Lycée Montaigne]] | alma_mater = [[Paris Diderot University]]<br>[[Pantheon-Sorbonne University]] | spouse = Patrice Roques | children = 3 | profession = Communications advisor | party = [[La République En Marche!]] | website = }} '''Sibeth Ndiaye''' (born 13 December 1979)<ref>[https://www.ouest-france.fr/politique/emmanuel-macron/sibeth-ndiaye-la-tete-qui-depasse-dans-macron-les-coulisses-d-une-victoire-4978718 « Sibeth Ndiaye, la tête qui dépasse dans ''Macron, les coulisses d’une victoire'' »], ''Ouest-France'', 9 May 2017.</ref> is a French-Senegalese communications advisor who served as [[List of government spokespeople of France|Spokesperson of the Government]] under Prime Minister [[Édouard Philippe]] from 1 April 2019 to 6 July 2020.<ref name="Le Monde.fr 2020">{{cite web | title=Gouvernement Castex en direct : Darmanin nommé ministre de l'intérieur, Dupond-Moretti garde des sceaux et Bachelot à la culture | website=Le Monde.fr | date=2020-07-06 | url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/live/2020/07/06/en-direct-la-composition-du-gouvernement-de-jean-castex-annoncee-a-19-heures_6045386_823448.html | language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.european-views.com/2019/04/macron-appoints-senegalese-born-sibeth-ndiaye-as-spokesperson-in-minor-government-reshuffle/|title=Macron Appoints Senegalese-born Sibeth Ndiaye as Spokesperson in Minor Government Reshuffle|last=Dikov|first=Ivan|date=1 April 2019|website=European Views|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Ndiaye was born in [[Dakar]], Senegal. Her father, a legislator, was involved with the [[Senegalese Democratic Party]] and her German-Togolese mother<ref>Elaine Sciolino (2 October 2019), [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/style/sibeth-ndiaye-emmanuel-macron-france.html She Speaks for France’s President. And ‘Explosions of Color.’] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> was a high-ranking judge on the country's [[Constitutional court|constitutional council]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47772604|title=Who is France's new spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye?|date=1 April 2019|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref> In 1995, she moved to France to study at the renowned [[Lycée Montaigne (Paris)|Lycée Montaigne]] where she obtained a [[Baccalauréat]] in Science. She then studied at [[Paris Diderot University]] and [[Pantheon-Sorbonne University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gala.fr/stars_et_gotha/sibeth_ndiaye|title=Sibeth Ndiaye – La biographie de Sibeth Ndiaye avec Gala.fr|last=Média|first=Prisma|website=Gala.fr|language=fr|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref>
==Political career== From 2002, Ndiaye was a member of the [[Socialist Party (France)|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 [[2006 French Socialist Party presidential primary|primaries]] ahead of the [[2007 French presidential election|2007 presidential election]].<ref>Mariana Grépinet (28 November 2018), [https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Politique/Un-inconnu-a-la-tete-des-marcheurs-1591148 Stanislas Guerini, un inconnu à la tête des marcheurs] ''[[Paris Match]]''.</ref>
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]].<ref>Raphaëlle Bacqué (7 June 2019), [https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2019/06/07/de-l-unef-a-macron-l-aventure-politique-de-sibeth-ndiaye_5472562_4500055.html Sibeth Ndiaye, langue de bois et paroles cash au service du macronisme] ''[[Le Monde]]''.</ref> Also in 2008, she became the Socialist Party’s spokesperson for children’s affairs, under the leadership of chairwoman [[Martine Aubry]].<ref>Gaëtane Morin (11 April 2019), [https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/une-battante-nommee-sibeth-ndiaye-11-04-2019-8050287.php Sibeth Ndiaye, confidences d'une porte-parole] ''[[Le Parisien]]''.</ref> She later endorsed Aubry in the [[2011 French Socialist Party presidential primary|Socialist Party’s primaries]] for the [[2012 French presidential election|2012 presidential election]].<ref>Raphaëlle Bacqué (7 June 2019), [https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2019/06/07/de-l-unef-a-macron-l-aventure-politique-de-sibeth-ndiaye_5472562_4500055.html Sibeth Ndiaye, langue de bois et paroles cash au service du macronisme] ''[[Le Monde]]''.</ref>
After the election of [[François Hollande]] as [[President of France]], Ndiaye joined the cabinet of [[Ministry of the Economy and Finance (France)|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|date=January 2021}}
Ndiaye subsequently was in charge of Macron's press relations during the [[2017 French presidential election|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 of France|Prime Minister]] and Government Spokeswoman.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gouvernement : voici les remplaçants des ministres sortants|url=https://www.ledauphine.com/france-monde/2019/03/31/remaniement-voici-les-remplacants-des-ministres-sortants|website=ledauphine.com|access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref>
In late 2020, Ndiaye joined the staff of the [[LREM]] party.<ref>Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (25 July 2020), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/sibeth-ndiaye-reprend-du-service-a-lrem-pour-identifier-les-talents-de-demain-20200725 Sibeth Ndiaye reprend du service à LREM pour identifier les «talents» de demain] ''[[Le Figaro]]''.</ref>
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]].<ref>Merlin Sugue (15 October 2020), [https://www.politico.eu/article/french-police-search-homes-of-health-minister/ French police search health minister’s home as part of coronavirus inquiry] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref>
== Career in the private sector == Since 2021, Ndiaye has been serving as managing director of [[The Adecco Group|Adecco]] in France.<ref>Barthélémy Philippe (25 January 2021), [https://www.capital.fr/economie-politique/reconversion-de-sibeth-ndiaye-chez-adecco-le-oui-mais-du-gendarme-de-la-transparence-1391793 Reconversion de Sibeth Ndiaye chez Adecco : le “oui, mais” du gendarme de la transparence] ''[[Capital (French magazine)|Capital]]''.</ref>
== Personal life == Ndiaye is married to Patrice Roques, a French senior official, and has 3 children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.planet.fr/societe-sibeth-ndiaye-on-sait-qui-est-le-mari-de-la-nouvelle-porte-parole-du-gouvernement.1744959.29336.html|title=Sibeth Ndiaye : on sait qui est le mari de la nouvelle porte-parole du gouvernement|date=2 April 2019|website=Planet|language=fr|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref> She became a naturalized French citizen in June 2016.<ref>Elaine Sciolino (2 October 2019), [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/style/sibeth-ndiaye-emmanuel-macron-france.html She Speaks for France’s President. And ‘Explosions of Color.’] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref>
== Further reading == ''[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/27/sibeth-ndiaye-emmanuel-macron-french-politics-angelique-chrisafis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Macron's right-hand woman: ‘He doesn't need another flatterer]’'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', April 2019
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