Mrs. Awa NDIAYE, who holds a PhD in French Literature (Sorbonne) and a Diplôme Supérieur d'Etudes Diplomatiques, has been the President of the Commission de Protection des Données Personnelles (CDP) since 2016.

Ms Ndiaye has been a member of the Senegalese government several times. She was Minister of State, in charge of Culture, Gender and Living Environment, Minister of State, in charge of Gender and Relations with African and International Women's Organisations, and Minister of Family, Social Action, National Solidarity, Women's Entrepreneurship and Microfinance.

Awa Ndiaye is a technical advisor to national, regional and international institutions and is also a lecturer in the Department of Modern Literature at the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar.