Five Africans who have risen to become some of the most powerful people in European governments

Sibeth Ndiaye

Ndiaye was born in Senegal to a father who was a politician and a mother who was a legal scholar with Senegal’s constitutional council.

In 1995, Ndiaye went to France to pursue advanced education. But she also settled there and had a family.

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In April this year, President Emmanuel Macron appointed Ndiaye as the government’s spokesperson as well as the secretary of state in the prime minister’s office.