# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeannot-bemba-saolona
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:19:50.115Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeannot-bemba-saolona"
name: "Jeannot Bemba Saolona"
slug: "jeannot-bemba-saolona"
description: "Jeannot Bemba Saolona was a Congolese businessman, Minister of the Economy and Industry, and Senator for Équateur. He was regarded as the most renowned businessman of the Zaire era and was a close confidant of Mobutu Sese Seko. He's the father of Jean-Pierre Bemba and the father-in-law of Nzanga Mobutu."
tagline: "Democratic Republic of the Congo politician (1942–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeannot_Bemba_Saolona.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942-09-03"
deathDate: "2009-07-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.9
  momentum:             12.11937135793749
  historical:           4.431968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannot_Bemba_Saolona"
    title: "Jeannot Bemba Saolona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannot_Bemba_Saolona"
    title: "Jeannot Bemba Saolona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bemba_Saolona"
    title: "Bemba Saolona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannot_Bemba_Saolona"
    title: "Jeannot Bemba Saolona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannot_Bemba_Saolona"
    title: "Jeannot Bemba Saolona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3176296"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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