Pap Ndiaye

Pap Ndiaye
Ndiaye in 2018
Minister of National Education and Youth
In office
20 May 2022 – 20 July 2023
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Preceded byJean-Michel Blanquer
Succeeded byGabriel Attal
Personal details
Born
Papa N'Diaye

25 October 1965
Antony, France
Political partySocialist Party (1980s)
SpouseJeanne Lazarus
EducationLycée Lakanal
Lycée Henri-IV
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines
University of Virginia
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
ProfessionHistorian

Pap Ndiaye (French pronunciation: [pap ɛndjaj]) is a French historian and politician who has been serving as France's Ambassador to the Council of Europe since 2023.[1]

Ndiaye was a professor at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and then, since 2012, at Sciences Po. He served as Minister of National Education and Youth in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne between May 2022 and July 2023.

As an academic, Ndiaye focused on transnational philosophies of race that draw both from American and French political thought, especially as they apply to the African diaspora populations of both countries. His appointment to the government by President Emmanuel Macron drew criticisms from the far-right and parts of the traditional right.[2][3]