# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-tembo
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:23:51.198Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-tembo"
name: "John Tembo"
slug: "john-tembo"
description: "John Zenus Ungapake Tembo was a Malawian politician who served for years as President of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Tembo comes from the Dedza District in central Malawi, and he was a teacher by profession. Beginning in the 1960s he was an important politician in Malawi, and he was a key figure in the regime of Hastings Banda (1964–1994). He has been variously described as \"physically slight, ascetic, fastidious\" and \"cunning\". He was replaced as President of the MCP in August 2013."
tagline: "Malawian politician (1932–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Tembo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1932-09-14"
deathDate: "2023-09-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.216524
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tembo"
    title: "John Tembo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tembo"
    title: "John Tembo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tembo"
    title: "John Tembo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tembo"
    title: "John Tembo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tembo"
    title: "John Tembo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tembo"
    title: "John Tembo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C"
    title: "ジョン・テンボ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tembo"
    title: "John Tembo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1396322"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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