# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francoise-foning
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:08:15.386Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francoise-foning"
name: "Françoise Foning"
slug: "francoise-foning"
description: "Françoise Foning was a Cameroonian businessperson and politician for the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM). She began a career in business at age 12, opening a restaurant before entering into the tourism, transportation, food, medical and education sectors. Foning became president of CPDM's women's division in 1992 and was appointed the party's leader in Douala and the national committee five years later. In 2002, she was elected deputy mayor of Douala II and began serving in the National Assembly that same year. Foning led the African Network and Cameroonian Businesswomen and consulted The World Bank, the African Development Bank along with several international agencies. She was founding president of the Association of Cameroonian Businesswomen and the NGO World Female Company Managers. A street in Douala was named in her memory."
tagline: "Cameroonian politician (1949-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FrancoiseFoning.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1949"
deathDate: "2015-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.39
  momentum:             0.4761904761904762
  historical:           6.607128
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Foning"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Foning"
    title: "Françoise Foning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Foning"
    title: "Françoise Foning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Foning"
    title: "Françoise Foning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Foning"
    title: "Françoise Foning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D5%A6_%D5%96%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A3"
    title: "Ֆրանսուազ Ֆոնինգ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Foning"
    title: "Françoise Foning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Foning"
    title: "Françoise Foning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17628636"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump