She experienced moments that were not always very serene during her time in government. Sibeth Ndiaye gave up her place as spokesperson in July 2020 – at the time of the reshuffle which saw Jean Castex become Prime Minister – to a certain… Gabriel Attal. If the latter has come a long way since then, becoming a tenant of Matignon, the former close friend of Emmanuel Macron chose to withdraw from political lifeafter seven years of a frantic pace.
Discreet both in the press and on her social networks, the 44-year-old mother is not talked about. We barely know that she is become in 2021 general secretary of Adecco France, responsible for “public affairs, legal, communication and employment solutions” and member of the executive committee. But, in its edition published this Thursday, February 8, the weekly Challenges revealed that Sibeth Ndiaye had left Adecco. As for the rest of his career, it has not been revealed.
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Sibeth Ndiaye, an eventful stint in politics
If Sibeth Ndiaye was close to the President, the two could sometimes not be on the same wavelength and “confront” each other on certain subjects. But a few words from Brigitte Macron’s husband visibly hit the mark. Just after his departure from the Government, Sibeth Ndiaye revealed that she was not unhappy about leaving politicsfinding that she didn’t spend enough time with her three children. “I thought a lot and realized that my kids were growing up quickly and that I was missing out on too many things. The President often says that you have to ‘know how to take your risk’. It’s done for me“she would have indicated, according to information from Chained duck in July 2020.
His move into politics was not without controversy. Between her calls to certain journalists, angered by certain criticisms of the head of state, Emmanuel Macron, his not obvious relationships with certain political figures like Évelyne Richardfamous press advisor to all presidents, her outspokenness which could be jarring and the numerous criticisms of which she was the target, her seven years in politics must sometimes have seemed longer to her.
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